Posted by
James Steiner on
Apr 22, 2006; 3:25pm
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/Emergence-of-traffic-rules-tp521733p521735.html
This also depends on the characteristics of the local population.
Optimally, the two lanes should "spread out" leaving 1.5 car lengths
between each car, the gap in one lane opposite a car in the other
lane. Then, the two lanes can merge seemlessly into one. that never
happens. People always bunch up.
Another behavior I see here in the Philadelphia area is that some
drivers will see a "lane closed ahead sign" and immediately merge
over, while others will see that sign, and the open lane ahead of
them, zoom on ahead until the lane finally,ends, and only then try to
merge, having placed themselves ahead of the folks who merged earlier.
They are viewed with contempt, like any queue-jumper.
This conv. reminds me of this oldy-by-goody, that I'm sure you're all
familiar with:
http://amasci.com/amateur/traffic/traffic1.html(TRAFFIC WAVES, William Beaty, 1998, Science Hobbyist)
~~James
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On 4/22/06, Robert Holmes <rholmes62 at gmail.com> wrote:
> We've been discussing traffic behaviour and the emergence of laws, so here's
> a concrete question to consider: