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Re:Traffic Wouldn’t Jam If Drivers Behaved Like Ants by mjevans on Thursday June 23, 2016 @11:54PM (#11966195)
You've accurately observed what everyone in rush hour sees firsthand; how the poison distribution occurs in real life.

Worse, if you're the one in that vanishing lane, behaving in those optimum for you ways, you're the winner.

Automated driving, particularly if the automated driving lanes only obey 'safe driving speed' (not an actual limit) is the only real hope aside from a reduction in the traveling population.

Speaking of that, the best solution to this issue and that of skyrocketing prices for housing of any sort is build-baby-build (in all the cities).

Re:Traffic Wouldn’t Jam If Drivers Behaved Like Ants by eru on Friday June 24, 2016 @12:36AM (#11966507)
Nitpick: it's spelled Poisson distribution. We are probably looking at a Poisson process, actually.