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Re:Zillow to stop flipping homes, loses more than $550M, lay... by mattmanser on Wednesday November 03, 2021 @04:05AM (#29092148)
Actually, this is a problem that is already solved by smart motorways in the UK (Europe too maybe?). They have a variable speed limit that dynamically changes according to traffic that stop brake waves happening.

Do you not have them in the US?

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Re:Zillow to stop flipping homes, loses more than $550M, lay... by rand49an on Wednesday November 03, 2021 @05:27AM (#29092538)
If my experience with smart motorways is anything to go by they seem to increase brake waves because there are often times that speeds get reduced significantly for arbitrary reasons that not everyone chooses to follow. You then get larger closing speeds which causes people to slam on the brakes.

Additionally the removal of hard shoulders is just dangerous.

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Re:Zillow to stop flipping homes, loses more than $550M, lay... by Talanes on Wednesday November 03, 2021 @04:56AM (#29092373)
Not only do we not have them, but I don't think I've ever read a freeway speed limit sign at all.
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Re:Zillow to stop flipping homes, loses more than $550M, lay... by jlkuester7 on Wednesday November 03, 2021 @11:08AM (#29095734)
> I don't think I've ever read a freeway speed limit sign at all

Lol, why adopt the UK's variable speed limit when we have already de-facto reinvented the Autobahn....

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