The Simple Solution to Traffic

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[FiresideLeo]

A system where all cars accelerate at once and there are no intersections, that just sounds like a train with extra steps.

[temporaryvisitor]

As somebody once wrote in the accident report to his insurace: "I am aware that there should always be a space of two car lengths between me and the next vehicle. But if you were to actually practice this, you would find that that space will quickly be occupied by two more cars!"

[serialexperimentslain]

it is hilarious how close this video gets to realizing that cars are the problem without realizing that cars are the problem

[ric]

I love how from 5 years ago the comments have gone from being about monkey drivers and self driving cars, to just give us trains. I'm glad people are catching on to the real solution to traffic.

[Avionicx]

The simplest solution to traffic is easily seen in cities like Tokyo. It's called trains

[JesusChrist-wppj]

Imagine being late to a job interview because a cat crossed a road six hours ago

[zablvit]

I know - to accelerate cars at the same time - we can just connect all of them into a chain - then it does not matter, which car is accelerating now - it accelerates the whole chain of cars. To improve stability and reduce unnecessary incidents by drivers - we can remove turning front wheels with rigid ones and put all the wheels on some kind of guided tracks, so they would follow the path. Then we can optimize by making individuals cars bigger to fit more people and decrease an amount of links in the chain.

I have revolutionised traffic for you, you're welcome!

[kissgergo]

The solution to traffic is to give people viable alternives to driving. That means a well design public transport network and plenty of bicycle/pedastrian only areas. Exactly like the Netherlands does it.

[CSGhostAnimation]

My friend tailgates because he says people drive too slow. I showed him this video and he said he's already seen it. Then he continued tailgating within the same hour.

[starwbry]

teacher: why are you late
me: a chicken crossed the road 4 hours ago

[okayso]

Most times I enjoy CGP grey videos. This one, however, applies logical reasoning to a world that would ostensibly outlaw pedestrians for it to function.

[amanahmadzai]

4:05 I'm not sure how a pedestrian would cross that.

[tori]

Imagine being that one guy who switches lanes and causes 5 hours of traffic.

[planescaped]

"We can make traffic snakes less likely by changing the way we drive."

So it's hopeless then.

[LBRECK]

When I saw this 6 years ago I was like "yeah! great idea! XD" Then I lived in places with public transit, regional rail, and subways now I'm like "NO, BAD IDEA :("

[Rob_Enhoud]

3:50 In CGP Grey's future I guess pedestrians don't exist. Also it takes the same amount of distance to come to a stop no matter how fast you are going.

The main reason cars spread out after piling up at a traffic light is you need to allow more distance between you and the car in front of you the faster you are going because it takes more distance to stop in case there is an emergency. This doesn't change with robocars.

[Thunkedmypants]

When the simple solution is changing human behaviour, it's no longer a simple solution.

[speedy]

0:13 You know what this reminds me of ? A train !

[kentonporter]

“A simple solution to traffic” is an ironic title seeing how in his best way to fill a plane video he says that a simple answer is usually wrong.

[ConstantUNTILisnt]

Me: *keeps distance with car behind and infront*
Car on the side:
*ITS FREE REAL ESTATE*