Here's what I don't understand: if 1 car gan go 60 mph on a freeway with relative ease, why can't 1000 cars going in the same direction ALSO go 60 mph with relative ease? Why is it that, as more vehicles get added into the mix, the slower everyone seems to go? Is it simply the random mix of idiocy, people changing lanes, larger vehicles vs smaller, exiting & entering vehicles? And is it unavoidable human nature to gawk at a traffic accident, thereby slowing down the people behind you?
It seems like every day I hear traffic reports of accidents at the same locations & just wondering WHY??? And, with that knowledge, what can be done to decrease the probability of repeated accidents?
Sorry -- lots of questions -- but I've wondered abou these things for years.
2007-10-12
03:01:42
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