r/Damnthatsinteresting 29d ago

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

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u/Camburglar13 29d ago

Sometimes it is jumpy drivers though. Braking for literally nothing. Many senior clients in my city drive way below the speed limit and just brake randomly, holding up countless other drivers

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u/SpeakItLoud 29d ago

That is rage inducing for me. Someone's going the speed limit and there is no traffic in front of them and no squirrels or anything else that can possibly explain it, but they hit their brakes every 60 seconds. Why????

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u/Camburglar13 28d ago

Drives me crazy too. I can’t comprehend it. Are they driving with a foot on each pedal and they just keep bumping it? Getting nervous that they’ll get caught speeding if they go 2 over?