RE: game theory etc.

[bearbvd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Greg Hermann)]

At 1:35 AM 8/11/03, Brian Shorey wrote:

>
>> > and I'd love to
>> > see that study.  I'm not sure how having a car in every available
>> > lane going 45mph and blocking all traffic could possibly be more
>> > efficient than having all the slow traffic in the right-most lane.
>>
>> Neither can I.
>
Believe it or not--if one plots vehicles per hour past a point on a road
vs. speed--based on an ASSUMPTION that all vehicles are maintaining the
propounded 'safe' braking distance between one another, the maximum traffic
capacity occurs at 40 to 45 mph !!!

Greg
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