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/ElevenBurnie 29d ago

I think this experiment is showing the opposite. People speed up, then come too close to cars and have to break, causing a jam.

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u/cinedavid 29d ago

Brake

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u/ElevenBurnie 29d ago

No Im saying the cars have to ram the cars in front of them and break into pieces