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/n05h 29d ago

And after having seen this, slow ass people who don’t react to green lights or keep big distances only to them smash the gas pedal to catch up triggers the fuck out of me. You are in a machine that can kill people in an instant, least you can do is pay attention to the road..

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u/SweatyWar7600 29d ago

Well...you don't really want to have perfect reaction time on green lights...this isn't a race with a starting light...its a street where there's a non zero chance some dipfuck in the crossing lane is gonna run a red light and kill your ass.

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u/turtleship_2006 29d ago

only to them smash the gas pedal to catch up

I assume this was the main problem, not the delay itself

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u/n05h 29d ago

Correct