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What causes traffic jams
It's people who drive red cars, as this clearly shows.
Feb 2, 2018 12:42 PM
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It's people who drive red cars, as this clearly shows.
Dutchclutch
I've been saying this shit for years. Selfish motherfuckers ruin it for EVERYONE.
Mrdaihatsu
It wasn't the lane change as much as the sudden double lane change that caused the problem.
NahImmaJustGo
Specifically red BMWs.
jqdao3
I just wanted to say that this was ripped from a CGP Grey video on youtube and never credited.
Klaaism
I was expecting a frog... man I feel old.
SpaceJazzTechnoFunk
No joke though. Breaking causes traffic jams. Necessary or uneccessary. Not sure what to do with this info, but there it is.
Inglonias
Does this mean that if I drive like an asshole, I can cause my very own traffic jam?! AWESOME.
HitlerHoleThumbBunker
Assholes. Assholes cause traffic jams.
theavocadocaster7
So it's...assholes?
NoLoSeRickPareceFalso
Assholes. Assholes cause traffic jams.
WellThatsOriginal
Frogger!
ExtremelyHappyGuy
THANK YOU!! .. FINALLY, someone else had the same thought.
geewalt
It doesn't have to be that way
69Voltage
Ive been saying this for a long time and people always said I was crazy. Now there’s proof!
SquirtleSquad420
There's a shit ton of research done on this but no one fucking listens to it.
BigRedMonkeyButts
Just fuckin' go
AnotherSliceOfPizzaPlease
We call those people Jagoffs!
Threns
The way to fix a traffic jam is to drive at a steady pace through the entire thing, however slow it takes to never brake. Once one person +
Threns
brakes, everyone behind them brakes which causes the entire lane to slow down more and more.
Kaldim
Coasting and leaving space to absorb people breaking in front of you OR to let that jagoff cut in or merge. he'll cut back out eventually.
Threns
Exactly. It's a much more 'work together' instead of 'against the flow' solution.
Whiachy
It's almost like the 3-5 second following distance that every drivers' manual talks about is for a reason.
Mimsey
Even THAT can cause traffic jams. Jams aren't JUST from cutting people off. They're also from slow people impeding traffic flow.
thissitestealswhatcouldvebeenmyproductivity
And poor civil engineering or light systems without differences for varied traffic.
CantComeUpWithACreativeUsername
YES! People don't understand that although there may be enough SPACE for your car to pass, there isn't enough TIME!
mikeatike
But, according to relativity, time IS space.
CantComeUpWithACreativeUsername
https://imgur.com/ws8Bujl
Ironhide6
Nope. The people who slam on their brakes for no reason.
BreadyStinellis
Which usually happens because they're tailgating.
existentialcrisisforeveryone
That’s usually a person on their cell not paying attention to traffic in front of them, and realizing they’re still fucking driving
Kaldim
In my case she realized she was still driving when she slammed into me at 40 while I was sitting at a light. Good times.
existentialcrisisforeveryone
That’s a red Honda CR-V
garandguy24
I laugh when people cut lanes like that because they think it's moving faster. But as soon as they switch it slows down!
notarepublican
Actually what tends to cause traffic jams is a magnification of small delays due to each person taking a little longer to react.
notarepublican
Basically, human reaction speed causes a delay of a few seconds to be amplified as it moves through dozens or hundreds of cars.
holmes00
All this red car hate speech is terrible! #redcarsmatter
bryanew710
Meanwhile people who drive black cars get blamed for it.
darwinhacker
Or shot
SBSP129
You carcist!
nateglen350
Great
PsycheClone
And the brown cars get blamed for taking all the exits.
Tornadotaco
Black cars matter?
noneyobusisness
ballsohard2202
I mean, they’re partially the problem. They don’t accelerate or go the speed limit.
bryanew710
What about all the white cars that are doing the same? Why are you picking out the black ones? Because they look different?
yarow12
Of course not, what do you take me for, a simpleton?! It's to keep everyone's attention on them so no one notices what I'm doing.
bryanew710
Well played.
bryanew710
(Oh come on...that wasn't THAT bad of a joke)
vaffler
I chuckled
AccioCatGIFs
Black Drivers Matter?
bryanew710
As a black guy who drives...I sure hope so.
AccioCatGIFs
I'm sure you're a very talented and responsible golfer!
bryanew710
I do enjoy golf, oddly enough.
bryanew710
And yeah, I got the joke, lol
HardRockAnal
Fuck, I got a red car!
CantStopTheNipple
I have a red bmw...
IFKTyrantr
I have a red lambo whats your point?
CantStopTheNipple
Not bragging lol, It's just that usually people hate on bmw drivers, and on top of that it's red! Btw my bmw is from 1995 so again, no brag
Didyouthinkthisthrough
You can always repaint it
NyanDroid
Like GTA
DefinitelyNotHavingAMeltdown
I'm a transfer! I just wrecked my blue car and bought a red car cause it was a killer deal. What have i done!?
KillingTlme
Enjoy your tickets. I got 3 speeding tickets in 1 year in my red car, 0 tickets in 20 years of the same driving habits in others.
Didyouthinkthisthrough
You now
PracticalCactus
username checks out
shutupgrampa
I can't wait that all cars are self driving. Humans are idiots.
CommanderWilliamTRiker
No thanks.
ReJokeStatistics
And who will be programming those self driving cars?
KillingTlme
AI, jackass
sasser
https://youtu.be/l3ELVACR2VY
NotIrony
Humans are certainly terrible drivers on average, too bad they are also selfish and prideful, we're never gonna get rid of traffic.
NotIrony
even If 1% of cars on the road in 50 years were being piloted there will still be a ton of traffic everywhere.
RdizzyC
It isn't about getting rid of traffic, traffic isn't the same as traffic jams. You can have always steady flowing traffic.
NotIrony
..........................................................if only I had enough characters to have included all the words I wanted to include
Mizerii
Oh and I thought it was because there's too many damn people and not enough road...
Didyouthinkthisthrough
It's when something changes to affect the flow that cars on the road become traffic.
NotIrony
Most of the highway space in america is free at any given time. Humans tend to live near each other but also forget how big their land is.
NotIrony
This creates the illusion that there is a lot of people for not very much land. Turns out, individuals perception of their reality is...
NotIrony
stark in comparison to the real world.
phil1d
somehow trains manage with one lane... because they are all going the same speed...
Mizerii
And they can only fit so many people or things as cargo
AdonisInGlasses
ATL. They keep adding lanes, and traffic keeps finding a way to clog it up.
ReJokeStatistics
We have a LOT of red cars in ATL.
Mizerii
Same here in CT
PassiveAggressiveHotdogVendor
Adding lanes often increases congestion. More people will take the road because they added more lanes, thus you get the same situation.
GodEmperorMasterOfMankind
Threewisemen
Good luck everybody else.
ehoba666
I think you mean "view at ground level" not "first person"
penguinpab
What causes traffics jams is cars driving slow in the passing lanes. If you’re not passing in a timely manner, stay out of the passing lane.
latinsaint
If you are passing you are speeding so in fact that is the problem.
Bojingles
Or you're in Germany on the Autobahn or your car says you're going 100kph but your gauge is off by 5kph and you're going 95.
LiterallyYourMom
Also interstate highways that run directly through populated downtown areas. There should be a total city bypass lane on all highways.
daggleshire
But that lane is where I check my emails....
blooregardqkazoo
It's actually people too hungry to stay un their own lane.
DonaldTrumpsFlaccidHairpiece
"Oh, that lane's going faster!" *changes lanes* "Damnit, now that lane is moving faster" *changes back* "Wtf are we stopped?!" *changes*
Bojingles
Found the German, but he's right.
sunyudai
That's another cause, but a separate subject form this one.
Didyouthinkthisthrough
FuckMeThenYou
The single biggest factor is people not keeping distance to the car in front.
ProfessorSnugglesworth
Yep. What sucks though is when you try to maintain a decent distance it just invites people to cut in there.
KillingTlme
You are the red car.
DrKriegersClone
He's not wrong though. As someone who habitually keeps right and pretty close to the limit, slower traffic in the center and left lanes 1/
DrKriegersClone
2/ does provoke lane changes that shouldn't be necessary if the slower drivers were conscious of where they belong.
KillingTlme
Depends on how slow. Normally, the slower drivers are the ones going the speed limit, and many times 5-10 miles over.
Kavrae
That seems more than a little oversimplified.
Thelrishlnquistion
crankyoldgeezer
Dear European friends in America much like we vote for the rich against our interests we also block the passing lane for the police.
GeorgeHWBushsGhost
We have shoulders and medians for that...
AllThePups
Not always.
Vegonbrei
This. I usually sit at 100km/h (60mph) to save gas (thirsty old truck). But if someone is coming up behind I'll speed up to move back over.
BubsPeps
Nice(nice)
FussyZeus
Hell I do 78 mph on our road trips down south and still occasionally get people coming up behind, and just move over. It's just manners.
Sremmos
Just wondering why don’t stay over? Not trying to be confrontational just wondering.
Vegonbrei
Frequently have the retirees going 80 or 90 or people that decide light rain requires them to go from 120 to 90. Always someone slower.
Sremmos
Those numbers registered as mph the first time I read and I was confused. But okay I get it.
Vegonbrei
To clarify where I live most highways only have at most two lanes in the same direction.
AntiPiety
Why not just pass them when the time comes? Like pretending you’re only on a one lane highway?
ZanarkandAbes
How about the people who fail to accelerate when they see that red car take off and take 5 minutes to get to the speed limit? Ridiculous.
nateglen350
They spilled their beer, and trying to regroup, if this is Oklahoma or Texas
EGOT
I like to think that buffer zone in front of my car belongs to me. And if you use your blinker, I'll slow down a bit and share
theduckshatetherain
Quickly chasing the car as soon as its out of the way makes things worse. It means that you catch up more quickly, then have to brake hard.
icanttype
when the red car makes the car behind slow down, it causes the car behind that to have to go slightly slower, which continues with cars1/2
icanttype
2/2 going slower and slower until cars that were behind have to stop
phil1d
such a red car driver. where are you going through the back of that car 200 ft ahead? better to approach close to matching speed
Kryalis
Those people are the worst. The gas savings from going up to speed that slow versus a decent pace on your average vehicle is negligible.
Throrf
Or the ones that fucking slow down to stare at a crashed car that's not even on the road.
rlfcl
or when that goddamn red car takes off and then immediately begins tapping the brakes every 15 seconds, giving you a stress headache and
eetsumkaus
found the LA driver
rlfcl
making you wonder: is prison food really THAT bad?
ghsdkgb
Doesn't much matter. Once they've had to hit their brakes, the cars behind them have already begun to jam up.
ZanarkandAbes
Hit the brakes if he's going to hit you. Don't SLAM on the brakes because he "cut you off" with two car lengths distance.
ghsdkgb
Well sure in that specific scenario you kind of have a point, but merging like that asshole is just gonna cause problems more often than not
sunyudai
Distance doesn't take into account relative speed. Also, I don't trust the idiot to speed up when entering my lane.
blmeop
Now we know who the red car drivers are here
Infamouse
And we know who the idiot who slams on the breaks on the interstate is.
sunyudai
If I don't slam on my brakes when some idiot red car pulls in front of me, then I'll hit that car and we'll all be late.
Infamouse
I knew this was coming and no you dont need to come to complete dead stop just because someone enters your lane.
sunyudai
If my car has no place to go, it needs to come to a stop.
Infamouse
This video doesnt depict someone cutting someone off. It simply shows a lane change during heavy traffic and the guy behind overreacted.
ZanarkandAbes
Exactly. Guy pissed because he "got cut off" and now he's being dramatic and waving his arms slowing everyone else down.
Thanossaves
Californians?
mycatsanarsehole
Thank you!!!! Even if this simulation had any bacis in reallity, it is them at least as much as the red cars causing the problem.
sunyudai
Take into account 3 seconds reflex lag.
phil1d
filling space is not the same as going faster, especially if you slow down anyway. you ARE the problem and you will never see it...
mycatsanarsehole
I dont think you understand the conversation
SuddenlySarah
Spoken like a true red car -.-
jwbonus
Spoken like someone who doesn't accelerate quick enough to make traffic flow, while probably IN the fast lane.
mycatsanarsehole
Spoken like a true dickhead not accelerating quickly enough as if you are in a school zone not a highway.
BreadyStinellis
Any basis in reality... you realize there are people who study traffic patterns, right?
mycatsanarsehole
Do cars drive that slow or that close together? Do they stop in an instant? When you look at a real road does it look like this?
BreadyStinellis
They study actual roads, so yes. You've probably seen these people and just don't realize it.
mycatsanarsehole
If the highways where you are from look like this then you have far bigger problems than the red cars
SirKhan
Let me guess... BMW?
phil1d
gonna put him/her in a Land Rover because they think they are smarter than a BMW driver
ZanarkandAbes
Acura TL-S.
SirKhan
A fancy honda... The Honda people in ger ate mostly suv gramps and civic youth
ZanarkandAbes
Lol what?
sunyudai
Round here it's usually a Lexus.
Pinkllamajr
Or you can know where you are going and be in the correct fucking lane 1 or 2 miles ahead of time. Ill take slow acceleraters over fuckwit.
DrKriegersClone
People who pull out to use an on ramp to pass on the right and then cut back in are the fucking worst.
haIreallysigneduphere
The people who wait til the absolute last second to merge really grind my gears
ZanarkandAbes
I guess you've never driven down a road that you've never driven down before. Never been to a new city or location either.
BreadyStinellis
If you're not sure, get in the right lane where the exits are and stay there until you are sure.
Nykidemus
A lot of the time around here if you're in that lane you'll be forced to exit, which sucks pretty good.
sunyudai
If I miss my turn, I go to the next fucking turn and turn around or rerout. That is no excuse.
nero4ty2
ever driven in boston? good luck with that strategy
BreadyStinellis
Boston is an outlier in this convo. That's literally the worst city to drive in.
sunyudai
No, have not driven far in Boston. Still, you might have to go a little ways, but at least you won't be driving like a dick.
ThemDarkArts
so never merge or change lanes or speed, folks.
phil1d
actually this is pretty close to correct, even though I know you are being sarcastic. 90% of lane changes are unnecessary, at best parasitic
ThemDarkArts
ackshually...
NotIrony
Actually it's been proven that in traffic if you change lanes more to avoid traffic you are slowing yourself down. The slower you move, the
NotIrony
faster your car moves.
ThemDarkArts
ackshually...
NotIrony
Take the advice, and move on, the slower you move, the faster your car moves. End of conversation. Try to figure it out. Be a fuckin person.
NotIrony
aCkSHuAlLy, it's also been proven that people without anything to say, will say something very close to nothing. Case in point.
ThemDarkArts
idk if you know, not everyone is required to engage you.
NotIrony
You clearly don't know, that is obvious. For you engaged me unrequited. What are you even trying to prove? That you can use eDgY MemES?
NotIrony
Are you really writing a comment unsolicitedly about how people shouldn't comment on things unsolicited?
Skizzlesnap
To an extent. 90% of the time someone got in a fender bender and every asshole has to slow down to rubberneck.
fed250
Or you know slow down to make sure you don't hit anyone and give them room to do what they need to. You should slow down around an accident
DirtyWizardsBrew
I was told by a cop that it's actually about safety. You're supposed to slow down to make sure you don't hit responders and the like.
helpusdrzaius
You got to pay the troll toll if you want to see the boys hole
reediculous84
Or fuckers who drive slow in the fast or passing lane!!! Why are you allowed to live?!?!?!
altfiction
they see everyone passing around them on the right, they know they're dicks. cut em off, they deserve it
XaiaX
You slowed down at the spot of the accident, too. So you're the rubbernecker to everyone behind you.
HonestCommentFarmer
I remember how when I got a flat tire and was waiting on the side of the interstate for a towtruck, a large # of passers-by were telling me
HonestCommentFarmer
to "keep your eyes on the road." Like that's gonna help the nail in my tire. Also they took their eyes off the road to tell me this.
kristiwalker
This. A million dicks in a bucket, this. Or when a cop or tow truck is pulled over. “Ooh, pretty lights!”
mrayetch
Well, there are actually laws saying to slow down for the emergency vehicles. Just saying
kristiwalker
Not like this.
baconandplagues
For real rubbernecking fucking shit heels are the bane of my existence
ruferto
when you see an accident or incident on the highway, do you not slow down slightly? you do. then it accumulates gradually as other ppl do it
Tikityler
No, the only way anything on the freeway affects my driving is if other people react to it and then cause that or it is in my lane.
ruferto
i mean they're not being assholes, they're being normal humans because you'd do that shit too, except traffic makes you do it
Opportunist
This! Herd instinct. "Danger? Other folks are reacting in a manner that could indicate danger. I'd better check too."
doggosandcats
Had to lay down my bike because of an asshole who turned into my lane who claimed he “didn’t see me”. Slowed traffic down for 1/2
doggosandcats
A good 10 min because my bike was on the side of the road. Not even on the road, on the side. People are dumb.
theeAndikrist
I always think "first visit to the big city?"
doggosandcats
Right?
tinyfootprints
I had been making good time on a freeway when I encountered a miles-long jam. People were rubbernecking someone changing a flat tire.
XaiaX
People look because they've slowed down, not vice versa.
tinyfootprints
I disagree. In my experience, people slow down so they can look, which eventually causes a jam as more cars approach the slowed ones.
tinyfootprints
Most cars on the freeway I mentioned were going 90ish mph. Nobody would slow down from about 90 to about 5 for no reason.
XaiaX
You slowed down, didn't you? Traffic jams are caused by people who don't maintain proper following distance and have to slow down too much.
LiterallyYourMom
The worst is when it's on the other side of the divider so there's not even an obstruction to slow down the lookers. I beep at those people.
Muhfynmann2
No. The worst is when you get to where traffic finally starts speeding up and there never having been a wreck in the first place!
Zandrake
Happens so many times. It's absolutely mind boggling.
LiterallyYourMom
That has an explanation! Backups are due to people braking for whatever obstruction there was, which has a cascading effect over time. 1/
LiterallyYourMom
So even when the space is cleared, the problem still exists due to everyone braking. It's actually a perfect representation of 4D objects.
EvenSpeedwagon
The horn is for emergencies m8. If you use it just bc you cant wait 20 seconds at a light or something you're a cunt
VirtualNaut
20 seconds stopped at a light?!? Really!?! I won't use my horn, I'm getting out my car and taking the guy/girl in front of me out their car.
LiterallyYourMom
You must live in the middle of nowhere if you think this is true.
OverlySalted
Its says that in yur fukin paper to get your liscence numb nuts.
EvenSpeedwagon
I live in chicago, I genuinely hate that everyine is so self important that they think getting home 20 seconds late is a life or death issue
squiddlyDOwrong
It's the frustration of every other driver behind you, that you're not paying attention and we all are. Plus after a long day, who'd want1/2
squiddlyDOwrong
3/2 and let alone for 20 fucking seconds at a green light.
LiterallyYourMom
It's perfectly sensible to tap your horn to get the attention of people who don't have their eyes on the road. That's a safety issue too.
squiddlyDOwrong
2/2 to sit behind another selfish and incompetent person on a road.