OT: Traffic patterns...Fluid dynamics

[narf poit chez BOOM]

http://www.amasci.com/amateur/traffic/traffic1.html

No, it's really not boring. This is how to get traffic unstuck. Finally, an end to traffic jams!

This is not an in-character post.

[Slick]

As geekish as this sounds, I have pondered the similarity between traffic patterns and fluid dynamics many times over the years. Must be my geeky ME background. I have also tried some of those "anti-traffic" techniques the guy listed - and I can say that they do work.

But mostly in traffic I ponder the benefits of getting a helicopter. A military attack helicopter. With lots of guns and missiles to vaporize that BLEEPer up front causing the slowdown! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/evil.gif THAT WILL TEACH HIM! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/mad.gif But I digress, besides, I don't think those things are for sale... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif

Slick.

[Kamog]

Or get one of those monster trucks with huge wheels that could just drive over and crush any cars in the way. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

Sometimes, traffic jams happen for silly reasons, like drivers slowing down just to look at a guy who's stopped on the side of the road to change a tire. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif

[Grandpa Kim]

Great site Narf!

But I wonder why so many people are in the wrong lane. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/confused.gif I have no trouble getting in the right lane early.

[TurinTurambar]

Wow. Could I really use this to make the Great Satan (the 405) stop taking years off my life?

[Rasorow]

I always thought a nice M1 Abrams would unjam traffic nicely.

Rasorow

[Suicide Junkie]

Ahh, I did some of that unintentionally in Toronto and on Highway 8.

"Idling in second gear" and "Look ma, no feet"

[narf poit chez BOOM]

"Look ma, no hands!", "Wook ma, no teef!"

* For those who don't get it, that was originally a joke about a kid on a bike.