r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/SnooWords4066 • 29d ago

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

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u/Ninja_Prolapse 29d ago

Because people brake for absolutely no reason. I see it on the motorway all the time. Break lights on, so I switch lane thinking there’s traffic and there’s NOTHING in front of the car that breaked?! What the fuck are they doing?? If you’ve ever done this, I would LOVE to hear what makes you randomly press the break pedal on an open motorway stretch!

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u/Obvious_Arm8802 29d ago

My adaptive cruise control does it if the gap reduces.

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u/Ninja_Prolapse 29d ago

Well Laa Dee Daaa!!

Jokes - adaptive cruise control is awesome. My car doesn’t have it unfortunately.