Eliminating Stop-and-Go Traffic
We’ve all been in horrible traffic on the highway where you’re completely stopped for awhile, can take your foot off the brake to travel 10-15 mph for a few yards, and then totally stop again. Personally, I’ve always wondered why it is indeed “stop-and-go” traffic instead of everyone just moving along at a constant, average speed.
A man named William Beaty in Seattle had the same thoughts, and did an experiment when driving in stop-and-go traffic one day. He began hitting the usual “waves” of stopped traffic, and instead of filing in line with the other cars only to stop a short distance ahead, he decided to hang back and move at the average speed of traffic. He left a huge gap in front of his car and arrived at the next clump of stopped cars as the brakelights were being turned off. Beaty kept up this behavior for about thirty minutes, continuing to leave a large space in front of him and driving at a constant speed.
As he looked in the rearview mirror, he was shocked to see that in the lane behind him for miles, there was a total uniform distribution of the cars. However, in the lanes beside him, there were the usual stop-and-go waves of cars. Everyone ahead of him was also caught in the stop/go cycle, but behind him cars were able to drive at a smooth 30-35 mph. By driving at the average speed of the traffic around him, he had erased miles of stop-and-go traffic.
The next time you’re driving in heavy traffic, remember Beaty’s actions, and apply them to your own driving. According to him, traffic patterns are in our own hands.
A single solitary driver, if they stop “competing” and instead adopt some unusual driving habits, can actually wipe away some of the frustrating traffic patterns on the highway.
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Roundabouts. Why are these calming traffic circles so scary and unfamiliar to some people when in reality, they are statistically much safer than traditional intersections? The answer probably lies in the fact that up until the last few years, roundabouts have been a relatively scarce occurrence in most parts of the U.S. However, in North Carolina alone, over 60 roundabouts have been built in the past decade, and the DOT state congestion management engineer says the state could see 600 more in the next ten years. With similar projects being launched in states all over the country,
Though gas prices where I live in Raleigh have dropped almost 40 cents over the past month, the era of higher prices is most likely here to stay. Nevertheless, there are numerous things drivers can do to 
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driving can also be one of the dangerous activities that a person can engage in. According to recent
gas station and over the past week alone I have witnessed a ten-cent drop in the price of gas per gallon. Imagine my surprise when I had passed by this station last week and had noticed a one-cent change in price. I immediately thought to myself, “wow, maybe things are about to change.” Well amazingly enough, my thought process was right. I watched that gas price drop a few more cents every single day and I truly thought I was witnessing a miracle.
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come face to face with some of the worst traffic jams in the nation. I can attest from personal experience of living in all three cities, that the traffic is horrendous. From having to sit in traffic for up to 2 hours at a time, seeing a line of cars over 3 miles long, and trying to avoid obnoxious cab drivers, big city driving brings with it a variety of unpleasant feelings. And now there is one more to add to the list: 
