Traffic Has a Perfect Solution. Humans Are the Problem.
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A chicken leaves the road while the braking wave it triggered continues upstream in Grey’s animation. Reaction delay, braking strength and spacing affect the disturbance. His coordinated-vehicle scenario then contrasts local responses with actions vehicles could synchronize.
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brakes a little harder than necessarySelf-driving cars can just be programmed to stay in the middle