No real reason? Following too close so that a small change in speed makes the following car have to brake harder which then propagates like a wave causing traffic.
Mr_Strol on
There is no such thing as no reason. Something is happening.
LivingTheTruths on
Go to any major city today. Traffic is caused by people literally on their phones while driving
tipareth1978 on
Well, one real reason is safe following distance
JustAboutAlright on
One of two reasons – a moron or a group of morons. The people who think it happens for no reasons are likely in one of those two groups.
nirvanist on
Montreal
Isthisusernamecool23 on
Think Bee Movie, that’s the goal
LookAtMeNow247 on
I knew traffic was bull shit
hatredforcabbage on
Hey guys, I am a traffic planner. As some others have already said, the reason for a traffic jam usually are drivers’ reactions to others. So braking when another one in front of you does or when you notice too late that the car in front of you is slower for example. And whenever you have others behind you that are forced to react to your action, a chain reaction happens and boom, traffic jam. So the ultimate reason is a combination of nobody driving perfectly and too much traffic overall. In this circle you see here, there is quite a big number of cars going round. Simply too many for that one lane circle road they are forming.
So yeah, there are real reasons of course. And I am also quite sure that traffic planners and others who work with traffic knew that before some japanese guys played mythbusters nippon in 2008 😀
Edit: typo 🙂
cellphone_blanket on
It’s a death spiral. Each car is following the pheromone trail of the car ahead of it in a loop. So sad to see 🙁
ThatSwoleKeister on
I see a bunch of ass riders fucking it all up.
megamanxc1 on
It’s a lack of proper spacing AKA bad drivers cause traffic jams.
Hol7i on
The “no real reason” in that case is the lack of distance to the car in front of you. You need to break and if the person behind you does the same…well.
amateurfunk on
If everyone drove like me this wouldn’t happen
– Everyone in the comments, me included
Waly98 on
There’s is a reason tho. It’s those reckless idiots that go faster, and geriatric morons that go slower than you at the moment.
Poodlepink22 on
I haven’t heard that song for a long time
This_wAs_a-MistakE on
No real reason is basically long for TLDR.
Sparko_Marco on
The reason here is bad drivers not keeping their distance from other cars or maintaining a steady speed
gliedinat0r on
So Cities Skylines is actually realistic?
StringNo6144 on
bad driving is a real reason.
Flaky-Rip-1333 on
They start because a single asshole slows down slower than average while a single other asshole doesnt keep a normal distance.
A-nom-nom-nom-aly on
I used to work for a traffic management company that monitored the main motorways and A roads in the whole of the UK… and there’s always a reason
The most common one was something that caused traffic to slow down, avoid or reduce the number of lanes. So a minor collision on a motorway, and cars/debris reduce the lanes from 3 to 2.
The original incident might only last for a few minutes… but depending on how busy the road was and the time of day it happens… the effects can last for hours and creates a ripple effect.
An incident that happened between junctions 5 and 6 and was cleared within 30 mins, between the hours of 7-10am or 4-7pm can cause traffic delays for up to 2 or more hours afterwards, and the traffic slowing down, ripples further and further away. So the delay between 5 & 6, soon becomes a delay between 6 & 7.
If you’ve ever been on a journey and traffic has slowed down and back up… and then suddenly cleared without you ever having seen what’s caused it… It’s likely the ripple effect from a much earlier incident is the cause.
Pifin on
That’s why I prefer to slow roll instead of stop and go. The constant predictable movement keeps the cars behind me moving predictably and slowly as well.
Andyjrmie on
”No reason”
tubular1845 on
You’d have to be kind of dumb to watch this and think it’s happening for no reason
Krish_1234 on
There is a reason one guy is slow and slows everyone behind
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No real reason? Following too close so that a small change in speed makes the following car have to brake harder which then propagates like a wave causing traffic.
There is no such thing as no reason. Something is happening.
Go to any major city today. Traffic is caused by people literally on their phones while driving
Well, one real reason is safe following distance
One of two reasons – a moron or a group of morons. The people who think it happens for no reasons are likely in one of those two groups.
Montreal
Think Bee Movie, that’s the goal
I knew traffic was bull shit
Hey guys, I am a traffic planner. As some others have already said, the reason for a traffic jam usually are drivers’ reactions to others. So braking when another one in front of you does or when you notice too late that the car in front of you is slower for example. And whenever you have others behind you that are forced to react to your action, a chain reaction happens and boom, traffic jam. So the ultimate reason is a combination of nobody driving perfectly and too much traffic overall. In this circle you see here, there is quite a big number of cars going round. Simply too many for that one lane circle road they are forming.
So yeah, there are real reasons of course. And I am also quite sure that traffic planners and others who work with traffic knew that before some japanese guys played mythbusters nippon in 2008 😀
Edit: typo 🙂
It’s a death spiral. Each car is following the pheromone trail of the car ahead of it in a loop. So sad to see 🙁
I see a bunch of ass riders fucking it all up.
It’s a lack of proper spacing AKA bad drivers cause traffic jams.
The “no real reason” in that case is the lack of distance to the car in front of you. You need to break and if the person behind you does the same…well.
If everyone drove like me this wouldn’t happen
– Everyone in the comments, me included
There’s is a reason tho. It’s those reckless idiots that go faster, and geriatric morons that go slower than you at the moment.
I haven’t heard that song for a long time
No real reason is basically long for TLDR.
The reason here is bad drivers not keeping their distance from other cars or maintaining a steady speed
So Cities Skylines is actually realistic?
bad driving is a real reason.
They start because a single asshole slows down slower than average while a single other asshole doesnt keep a normal distance.
I used to work for a traffic management company that monitored the main motorways and A roads in the whole of the UK… and there’s always a reason
The most common one was something that caused traffic to slow down, avoid or reduce the number of lanes. So a minor collision on a motorway, and cars/debris reduce the lanes from 3 to 2.
The original incident might only last for a few minutes… but depending on how busy the road was and the time of day it happens… the effects can last for hours and creates a ripple effect.
An incident that happened between junctions 5 and 6 and was cleared within 30 mins, between the hours of 7-10am or 4-7pm can cause traffic delays for up to 2 or more hours afterwards, and the traffic slowing down, ripples further and further away. So the delay between 5 & 6, soon becomes a delay between 6 & 7.
If you’ve ever been on a journey and traffic has slowed down and back up… and then suddenly cleared without you ever having seen what’s caused it… It’s likely the ripple effect from a much earlier incident is the cause.
That’s why I prefer to slow roll instead of stop and go. The constant predictable movement keeps the cars behind me moving predictably and slowly as well.
”No reason”
You’d have to be kind of dumb to watch this and think it’s happening for no reason
There is a reason one guy is slow and slows everyone behind
SEIZE THE GAP