- 1 month
I am that autonomous vehicle that always heavily dampens the stop and start flow. Ive been doing this for decades, its not hard just look ahead at traffic and stop being fixated on the vehicle directly in front of you.
- 1 month
It’s a game I play too. Sometimes you even get lucky with terrain and you can see the whole period of a wave and determine a speed to nullify it entirely. So satisfying.
- 1 month
Reminder that 2-wheelers are significantly resistant to traffic jams.
Not immune, but you need like 10x more bikes than cars to create a traffic jam, and even when the cars create one on their own, the bikes are able to flow around, at reduced speed.
- 1 month
Given that the majority of motorcycle crashes are single vehicle incidents, you can drastically reduce or even eliminate your potential for becoming said meat crayon by not riding like an idiot. Protective gear is also a must for situations beyond tootling around the inner city at ~25 MPH, which seems to be the majority of southeast Asian riding, for instance.
Your second biggest risk is being hit by some blissninny in their massive SUV, either rear ending you at a stop or blithely turning left (or right, depending on your country) across your lane of travel right in front of you. These possibilities are mitigated by everyone else being on a bike, too.
- kn33@lemmy.worldEnglish1 month
Your second biggest risk is being hit by some blissninny in their massive SUV, either rear ending you at a stop or blithely turning left (or right, depending on your country) across your lane of travel right in front of you. These possibilities are mitigated by everyone else being on a bike, too.
Sounds good. Let me know when you’ve convinced everyone on my commute to do that.
- TedZanzibar@feddit.ukEnglish1 month
Mythbusters did this, taking enough cars for one lane each in rush hour traffic, plus one car that was allowed to weave.
The weaving car was quicker by a not inconsiderable margin, so they kind of stumbled over the conclusion saying that yes, weaving is faster, but you probably shouldn’t.
- 1 month
I see the same on my commute, but it isn’t random. The same lanes consistently move faster between the same stretches every day. If you know how and when to merge, you can shave a significant amount of time off your drive.
- 1 month
I’ve personally found that weaving is definitely faster, but you have to be strategic about it. If there are three or more lanes, often people will weave between the two left-most lanes (right-most if you live in one of those weird countries where people drive the wrong way), thus clogging up those lanes. I find that if you stick to the ‘slowest’ lane you actually end up going faster, especially on highways because there are cars in that lane trying to get off and clearing space in front as you go. This falls apart when you have a very busy exit, but usually you can avoid it by looking at traffic on waze or google maps.
- MrSulu@lemmy.mlEnglish1 month
Not sure what the rest of the world is like. Here in the UK, far too many will want everybody else to follow that rule whilst they cut and slice their way forward.
