Traffic Wouldn’t Jam If Drivers Behaved Like Ants

Re:Traffic Wouldn’t Jam If Drivers Behaved Like Ants by kazinator on Thursday June 23, 2016 @11:35PM (#11966104)

Ants aren't constrained to a few lanes and can climb over each other if necessary and even build bridges out of their bodies.

Ants do not have to obey a two second rule to prevent hitting the ant ahead of them.

Ants don't have to wait for a good sized gap when merging into a busy lane of ants.

Please, no more of these antics. :)

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Re:Traffic Wouldn’t Jam If Drivers Behaved Like Ants by sandworm101 on Thursday June 23, 2016 @11:55PM (#11966207)

Ants also cooperate.

Ants share the road only with their own kind.

Ants are blind, mostly.

Ants don't really care if they live or die.

Despite all this, they still collide with each other constantly. If they were the size of cars, these collisions would cause constant injury. They are not an appropriate analogue.

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Re:Traffic Wouldn’t Jam If Drivers Behaved Like Ants by chris_va on Thursday June 23, 2016 @11:55PM (#11966203)

I see what you did there.

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