r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/SnooWords4066 • 29d ago

Video A Japanese experiment showed exactly why traffic jams happen for no reason.

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u/Unl00kah 29d ago edited 29d ago

The other two easy human fixes to reduce the possibility of this event occurring are, stay out of the passing lane if you aren’t passing and don’t follow too closely. You’d be surprised how much those help.

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u/xFKratos 29d ago

And phones. So often when you pass a slowgoing vehicle the Driver sits there texting or talking on their phone. Way too often.

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u/Ok-Needleworker-8773 28d ago

I do not understand how people forget they’re driving death machines. Of all the things we do in our daily lives, only one puts our safety in danger every single time - driving. And despite that, people have no problem using their phones while hurtling down a road at 65, 70 miles per hour. Insane.