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gridlockjoe ([personal profile] gridlockjoe) wrote2008-03-04 09:19 am

Japanese researchers successfully recreate traffic jam

“Traffic that grinds to a halt and then restarts for no apparent reason is one of the biggest causes of frustration for drivers. Now a team of Japanese researchers has recreated the phenomenon on a test-track for the first time.”

http://technology.newscientist.com/article/dn13402-shockwave-traffic-jam-recreated-for-first-time.html

[identity profile] smart-ted.livejournal.com 2008-03-07 07:35 pm (UTC)(link)
I could have done that with electric cars on a toy track, or hey with hot wheels! Why don't I get lots of money to drive cars around in circle?