Examples of jamming

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1550345/breaking_up_a_traffic_jam/

I found this video of a guy who considers himself a "zen warrior who can shatter traffic jams as he approaches them."  He makes some valid points about not how traffic jams form, but how they break up.  He talks about leaving a big space in front of you, thereby eliminating stop and go driving, and thus eliminating the traffic jam in your lane.  He also discusses how traffic jams form at merging lanes - "cheaters" going up to the front and trying to fight their way into traffic.  By employing his big gap philosophy, he reasons that cars can merge smoothly into the lane, thus stopping the stop and go traffic that causes jams.

ps.  I also found an example of Stephen Marley jamming to a song he calls "the traffic jam." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzOC46VIC-Y

Posted at 11:28PM Dec 01, 2008 by Victor Brozovsky in General  |  Comments[0]