Ok let me try and make this make sense; when driving on the motorway/highway, why does traffic come to a slow or stop at some points and then speed up (with no obstructions/traffic lights etc) and flow freely with no change in the road or conditions?
If it’s clear up ahead, why do cars slow down or stop when nothing is blocking them in the distance? It’s like it slows down for no reason then just regains speed and traffic flows fine. Drives me insane
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Myth Busters did an episode about this phenomenon. All it took was one person to hit the break pedal for one second to cause a snowball effect and eventually caused the cars behind them to come to a stop
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