Book Review: Traffic Why We Drive the Way We Do

re: Book Review: Traffic Why We Drive the Way We Do

Andy Warren — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:35:18 GMT

I don't know if they still do it, but in central Texas if you came up behind someone going slower than you were they would pull off halfway into the emergency strip while continuing to drive, making it easy to pass. Nice bit of courtesy on two lane roads.

I think we could solve a lot of our own problems by teaching some standardized behaviors; this is what to do if lane ends, this is what to do if blah - go beyond stop and go!

re: Book Review: Traffic Why We Drive the Way We Do

nite_eagle — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:29:27 GMT

Interesting, but it's cultural too.

While on vacation in Germany, I was driving the autobahn when we came up on a truck that had turned over. One lane was closed. Traffic continue along at 25mph. The folks in the left lane made room for the next person in the right. No stopping and starting, just a continuous 25mph with every one courteously leaving enough space and letting the next person merge in. I think pigs would be flying if I ever experienced this here.

re: Book Review: Traffic Why We Drive the Way We Do

Steve Jones — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:38:55 GMT

Interesting. Probably the reasoning behind the observations would apply to lots of things in life.