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How does a traffic jam come out of nowhere?

Fantomska prometna gneča

The causes of traffic jams are very different. It could be road work, a bottleneck, rush hour, an accident, a border crossing, a holiday, bad weather or a road obstruction, or sometimes none of these, but a traffic jam still occurs. Have you ever been stuck in a traffic jam, but when the traffic finally cleared, you searched in vain for the cause? So what causes such phantom traffic jams? Using the example of 22 vehicles driving in a circle, you will realize that a single single vehicle can cause a traffic jam.

Ste vedeli, da lahko iz nič nastane prometni zastoj? Da je dovolj en sam samcat avto za nastanek prometne gneče? Japonski matematiki so to dokazali na primeru 22 avtomobilov, ki so vozili v krogu, že malenkostno zmanjšanje hitrosti enega izmed vozil pa je povzročilo, da so se vozila začela ”nabijati” drugo na drugo toliko časa, da so se bila prisiljena povsem ustaviti.

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Najdlje trajajoči prometni zastoj v zgodovini je bil v okolici Pekinga in je trajala kar 11 dni!
Najdlje trajajoči prometni zastoj v zgodovini je bil v okolici Pekinga in je trajala kar 11 dni!

Učinek metulja v prometu si lahko ogledate v zanimivem posnetku, da si ne boste naslednjič po nepotrebnem belili glave z iskanjem razloga, zakaj ste na cesti pustili dragocene minute, če vzrok ne bo znan. In še nasvet. Smotrno uporabljajte brakes, saj vsako nepotrebno zaviranje v tekoči koloni prej ali slej povzroči stoječo kolono.

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