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carbrain is "this is the fault of 3 million parallel, separated, individual actors" a lot
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okay so what if somebody has to brake because they got cut off or something
The person who changed lanes without enough space/speed caused the traffic jam.
It's a terrible system of transportation and we all want to get off the road as fast as possible.
How's tailgaiting help with this?
Oh, you know, fair. I wasn't focusing on the tailgating aspect. Maintain a safe distance at all time frfr
Or if they were tailgating and had to brake suddenly rather than smoothly because they don't have a large following distance?
The person cutting off is most likely the problem.
They need to match speed and merge in where there is space; if you see traffic merging in to your lane, leave space for them (drop speed by ~2 kph) so you don't have to brake.
If your driving philosophy assumes everyone is always gonna merge safely, you're gonna be jerking on the brakes a lot, at the very least.
I hardly ever use my brakes on the highway, so idk how to respond to that. A lot of generalizations don't really function anyway due to local driving cultures and infrastructure.