How traffic flows
This is how traffic flows…
You are on a two lane road (or is that a four lane? what do you call the ones that have two lanes going in each direction? ). You see that both lanes ahead of you seem to be slowing & backing up - one more than the other. You look ahead, and about 2 long blocks away, you see one of those flashing arrows in the right lane, telling everyone to go into the left lane. Everyone in the left lane opens up a space in front of them. Everyone in the right lane moves to the left lane as soon as they possibly can. The traffic flows right past the flashing arrow.
This is how traffic backs up…
You are on a two lane road (or is that a four lane? what do you call the ones that have two lanes going in each direction? ). You see that both lanes ahead of you seem to be slowing & backing up - one more than the other. You look ahead, and about 2 long blocks away, you see one of those flashing arrows in the right lane, telling everyone to go into the left lane. A few cars move over to the left lane. You see the right lane opening up before you as they do and see the left lane, therefore, moving slower than the right (not even thinking ahead to the part where the right lane actually stops). You zoom up to the part where the right lane actually stops, then, in order to get into the left lane, the cars there have to go even slower to let you in, along with the 10 other cars who decided to wait until the last minute, too, in order to get ahead of the other drivers travelling on the same road with you.
Oh this is so true!
Comment by Robin — December 14, 2006 @ 5:52 pm