Jabberwalker Jabberwalker:
I commute for two hours per day. Traffic is a lumpy fluid full of stupid.
I agree. An algorithm will not cure the following problems in traffic:
1. The handicapped driver with the handicapped placard who drives as if his/her car were also handicapped.
2. Asians.
3. The distracted drivers who think that talking or texting on their cell phones is more important than driving. And then let's not forget the people who shave, apply makeup, eat breakfast, and etc. all in commute traffic.
4. The bicyclists who insist on riding their bicycle in traffic even if there's a bike lane, they blow through stop signs and red lights, they ride against traffic, and other suicidal insanity.
5. Old people who drive their 300hp Buick as if it were a Model T.
6. Angry old men who drive 1970's luxo-barges in the fast lane at impossibly slow speeds but then the m*therf*ckers speed up to cut you off when you try to pass them.
7. Crazy young men who drive their Japanese cars as if they were invincible and immune to traffic laws.
8. Stupid, asswipe cops who drive 5mph below the limit during the commute and then they do in the #2 lane as if they're just daring someone to pass them - which I always do. In any case, these arrogant pricks deliberately create a traffic jam just to compensate for how small their d*cks are.
9. Motorcyclists who insist on riding extra-loud bikes and then they lane split and scare the beejeezus out of everyone - causing a flurry of brake lights in their path.
& etc.
No algorithm will fix these problems.
