Eli5 How two different car signals sync

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Ever notice when you’re behind two cars that have their turn signals on and while they’re currently blinking at alternating intervals, they always seem to sync up and blink at the same time before going back to alternating blinks. How?

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When blink duration differs, the time difference between them accumulates every cycle. When the accumulated difference approaches roughly the average cycle duration between each car, the lights are in sync again.

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