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Originally Posted by Flyboy
These incidents are more than likely caused by excessive speeds.
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Now that is silly, isn't it? If the cars that follow get progressively slower, they will be farther and farther apart. Most traffic jams are caused by excessive speeds. When these cars ALL stop being one another that is what is called the "concertina" effect. If the cars are slower, as is the reason for the variable speed limits on motorways, the effect is greatly reduced.
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no and no
the offical stats show its not speed causing accidents
see
http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/statistics...atbritain20071
downloads the stats from article 4 downloads on the right side side
accidents because of speed are not the major factor
and traffic jams are not because of excessive speed i have never seen a study show that
the variable speeds on motorways are there to keep excessive amounts of traffic moving by speeding them up more often than not