Mathematicians Solve the Mystery of Traffic Jams 629
mlimber writes "Do you ever find yourself in a traffic jam, thinking, 'Man, there must be a bad accident up ahead,' but as you plod along you see no evidence of any crash? Some mathematicians have solved the mystery by developing a mathematical model that shows how one driver hitting the brakes a little too hard can cascade into a backup miles behind. The mathematicians' future research will investigate how automatic braking systems may alleviate the problem."
Small miscalculation (Score:5, Funny)
Einstein (Score:4, Funny)
next (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Not suprised (Score:5, Funny)
Most accidents are also due to people being retarded.
XKCD (Score:4, Funny)
Disgruntled traffic engineers cause traffic jams! [xkcd.com]
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Re:Not suprised (Score:3, Funny)
It was 1960.
Re:Bad drivers = traffic jams (Score:1, Funny)
Indeed (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Old news (Score:2, Funny)
Obligatory Simpsons (Score:5, Funny)
Lenny comes up with the best idea. Traffic lights only have red and yellow, no green. Traffic is speeded up immensely.
Re:next (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Bad drivers = traffic jams (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Bad drivers = traffic jams (Score:2, Funny)