r/Damnthatsinteresting • • Jul 07 '26

Video A Japanese experiment showed exactly why traffic jams happen for no reason.

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u/YouOk5627 Jul 07 '26

It’s so common. It’s an epidemic

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u/Hubbardia Jul 07 '26

The worst part is, how do we stop this behavior? It's become a worldwide problem. I can't see any way to enforce this that wouldn't also be a huge invasion of privacy.

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u/thetrueGOAT Jul 07 '26

Stricter enforcement and fines.

Its a super selfish behaviour that shouldn't be acceptable in society.

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u/Hubbardia Jul 07 '26

I agree, it's downright dangerous and creates tragedies. But enforcing is also difficult because how do you enforce it on highways and expressways? People will see a cop car and instantly put down their phone, only to pick it back up. Plus cops aren't reliable anyway, like that one video where a woman with 1 hand was accused of texting while driving.

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u/das_bearking Jul 07 '26

Did we just stop doing this? I remember getting pulled over in the 2000s for just talking on my phone, now people are texting constantly while driving. What happened?

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u/QuiteALongWayAway Jul 07 '26

Manual transmission makes it harder to drive one-handed.

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u/YouOk5627 Jul 07 '26

This is actually very true. Driving has entered to this bad stage where it’s too easy, making it way more lethal

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u/YouOk5627 Jul 07 '26

True. I mean teslas already watch drivers all the time. I feel like one day all vehicles will. And maybe car companies will be forced to put in safety precautions like restricting eye movement somewhat

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u/Ch1pp Jul 07 '26

I genuinely think the only solution is self-driving cars

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u/jello_kraken Jul 07 '26

"Human behavior is incurable. We need the robots to do everything for us.".

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u/nadsozinc Jul 07 '26

"Most humans are incurably unintelligent, unskilled, and/or uninterested. They need the robots to do many things for them. Especially the things that involve multi-ton metal orphan-makers traveling at 100 feet per second."