2007-03-09 03:00:26 · 5 answers · asked by milanoj22 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
Imagine a bottle of pop. Cars (lots of them) are travelling from the bottom towards the top. As the bottle curves, the availible lanes get smaller, but the amount of traffic stays the same. Traffic gets slower, then stops. Hence the term.
2007-03-09 03:05:30 · answer #1 · answered by biscuitperifrank 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When 4 lanes of one way traffic narrows down to two or 3 lanes,sometimes the cars can't,or, don't merge sucessfully and the result is a bottleneck. 4 lanes of traffis trying to get into a 2 lane formation.
2007-03-09 03:09:33 · answer #2 · answered by susan m 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because water and other items will always slow down as they reach a narrower point. Such as, the neck of a bottle. If a road narrows from 4 lanes to one, you have the same affect. Allthe cars were moving nicely until they got to that narrower part, and then had to squeeze through a smaller area.
2007-03-09 03:04:45 · answer #3 · answered by Kevin M 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
ummm, and here I thought it had something to do with beer. U know bottleneck beer (ones NOT in a can) and chugging it down was bottlenecking.
Thanks to your question, I learned something new.
2007-03-09 03:09:21 · answer #4 · answered by 2shay 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the flow is restricted, just as the flow of a liquid (such as ketchup) is restricted in the neck of a bottle, which is narrower than the rest of the bottle.
2007-03-09 03:03:23 · answer #5 · answered by KCBA 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋