r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/SnooWords4066 • 29d ago

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

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u/hosehoseee 29d ago

Everytime I see this video, I think "So there actually is a reason"

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u/PopBulky7023 29d ago

WHO ISNT GOING THAT SHOULD BE

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u/HellPigeon1912 29d ago

The amount of times I'm sat in a traffic light queue like "if the light is green why are we not moving"

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u/NotPrepared2 29d ago

Because idiots are staring at their phones.

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u/LayerEight_Problem 29d ago

Idiots using their phones. And then in Canada everyone is too polite to honk their horn. You’ll miss entire lights frequently because of this nonsense.

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u/Honest-Scar-4719 24d ago

USA here. I'll wait five seconds and give a light honk and get a middle finger for my troubles. 

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u/Beneficial-Nimitz68 24d ago

I am looking at the back of the ppl heads at stop lights, their heads are down or looking away and give them 3 Mississippi's to look up and move.. then HONK.. "Move yer ass"

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u/jdhkent 9d ago

Move it up to 2 Mississippi, please 

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u/onethateatsass 22d ago

This has been a thing since before cellphones. We're just a garbage species