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Originally Posted by 4X4
I guess there were three. You, me and REDVAN. I got nailed to the cross for bringing this up about a year ago. I remember comments like "suck it up" and "speeding is illegal" and "I can go whatever speed I want in the left lane and to hell with the rest of you".
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In case anyone wanted to relive that CP classic
"Get the F * * * Out of the Left Lane"
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Originally Posted by photon
Actually I guess it's a pretty well known phenomenon in traffic. The actual point of slowdown can be far removed in time and distance from the actual problem.
I saw some simulations of it done once, where someone at one end of a busy road (say deerfoot up near canyon meadows) slams on their brakes, which causes the next person to do it, etc, causing a small area where everyone has to slow down to 20 or stop even. Then over a half hour this region will "move" down the road as it works its way out.
I can't find it now, but it was pretty interesting stuff.
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Originally Posted by flip
IIRC someone here posted a study from the Japanese that came to the conclusion that 1 car can disrupt traffic for up to 2 miles or something.
All it takes is one idiot.
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Shockwave Traffic Jams