Why It's Nearly Impossible to Get Rid of Traffic

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6 жыл бұрын

The average human will spend 1-3 years in traffic over the duration of their life. That's crazy! There's got to be an easy fix to the traffic issue-just add more roads, right? Turns out that this is a major problem studied by physicists and psychologists alike, with no easy answers. Join Hank Green and find out why improving traffic is such a difficult task in this new episode of SciShow!
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Пікірлер: 2 500

@josephjackson1956 6 жыл бұрын

This video needs to be mandatory for anyone who gets a driving license

@jeffareh 6 жыл бұрын

I don't mind traffic. But I do mind sitting at a red light for 2 minutes while literally nobody on the road perpendicular to me goes through the intersection. That's annoying. Traffic lights need to have a more adaptive schedule and switch to flashing yellows/reds more often. A lot of cities do a good job with this, but others are absolutely terrible.

@dannne88 4 жыл бұрын

I've played cities: skyline, I know it's hard to build good roads.

@ksub91 6 жыл бұрын

Patience should be tested in the driver licence test.

@johnbagel2560 6 жыл бұрын

We need everyone to watch this video.

@musclehank6067 6 жыл бұрын

being in a traffic jam apparently feels like being stuck between a rock and another rock, surprise you're in a sack of Rocks.

@Kid_Legend_4_Life 6 жыл бұрын

You don’t get stuck in traffic YOU BECOME THE TRAFFIC

@tonybrock5288 4 жыл бұрын

We should move away from using the word "accident". "Accident" implies that it was no ones fault, "it just happened!". This sanitises what's going on. Let's call it what it really is: "a crash". This helps focus peoples minds and make them think about reality. It really does improve behavior on the road!

@Peder_Holte 4 жыл бұрын

The main problem with traffic in my opinion is humans and humans errors.

@jameshamilton9160 4 жыл бұрын

Forgot one thing. When a developer builds 100 new houses on the old farm up the street and the population density changes

@YaeBocchi 5 жыл бұрын

leaves space in front

@ovDarkness 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for using roadsign from my city :)

@RaynosFAA777 6 жыл бұрын

I remember when I used to live in Melbourne. I started work at 7. If I left at 6 I would get there just about right on 7, but if I left at

@Watashinomori 6 жыл бұрын

I used to be a little aggressive when driving, but my city filled the roads with radars. I decided to be way less aggressive until I memorize all the places there was the pesky little things. During this time I noticed I was commuting faster. Driving under the speed limit actually made me brake less and by that being more efficient.

@jesusfreak777ize 4 жыл бұрын

I drive an hour to work every day, and doing that much driving, I figured all this stuff out by observing. It's cool to get validation that they're legit concepts. I always see aggressive drivers who weave around the highway, but they always only end up a car length or two in front of me.

@chernandez2134 6 жыл бұрын

I feel a lot of things would be way more efficient if a majority of people didn't work and get off at approximately the same time everyday and things were staggered more. It would cut down on a ton of traffic issues and I find it kind of ridiculous how you have to take a day off of work yourself to get anything done because of the 9-5 standard business hours for virtually everything (especially with banks, doctors offices, government/licensing stuff)

@Maniac3020 5 жыл бұрын

Begins to slow down when light turns red

@dogwaffles 6 жыл бұрын

So many people in the comments seem to think someone merging into your lane in front of you requires you to brake. They must already be going your speed or faster to do that. Just let off the gas and regain your distance.

@fastfiddler1625 5 жыл бұрын

Magical moment of my life was a lady straddling lanes to prevent others from driving to the end of the lane (to zipper merge) getting pulled over.

@onua136 6 жыл бұрын

I think, now I'm gonna go out on a limb here & make a generalization, that the "answer" to this issue, is about the same as every other issue in America. A collective, dare I say, "cultural shift" in mindset, like leaving more space between cars & realizing that I/you/them/all of us are a part of the problem, will be very effective, but only if generations continue to breed progression instead of stagnation.