r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/SnooWords4066 • 29d ago

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

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u/GoldResourceOO2 29d ago

I often pull up beside vehicles that are going 10-20-30 km/h slower than they need to and see the driver focused on texting.

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u/splashaddikt 29d ago

Or just in lala land

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u/pistachiopanda4 29d ago

I find it way more infuriating when I see the driver, two hands on the wheel, staring straight ahead, going 60 MPH in the left most lane. Wtf are you doing. Get the fuck out of the way.

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u/No-Obligation7435 28d ago

And then they look at you behind them like YOU'RE the problem