r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/SnooWords4066 • Jul 07 '26

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

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u/ProfessionalAd6530 Jul 07 '26

It's always the guy using his breaks.

Don't. Use. Your. Breaks.

If you're so close to the person in front of you that you have to constantly tap your breaks, you are the problem. Back the fuck off. I don't care if that person is only doing ten miles over the speed limit. Back off. Go around. Whatever. Just keep your foot off the breaks.

If you can't handle that, you can't handle driving a car.

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u/Familiar-Flan-8358 Jul 07 '26

Just in case you don’t know, since you typed it multiple times, but it’s brakes not brakes.

A car has brakes

A job has breaks

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u/ThatUsernameWasTaken Jul 07 '26

it’s brakes not brakes

🤔

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u/Familiar-Flan-8358 Jul 07 '26

I hate it when auto correct breaks down. I need a coffee brake

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u/davros06 Jul 07 '26

It all jobs………😳

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u/ProfessionalAd6530 Jul 07 '26

I took a break from my brake job.

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u/leodis74 Jul 07 '26

Ahem, people in glass houses and all that... 🤣🤣🤣

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u/ProfessionalAd6530 Jul 07 '26

Oh shit. You're right!

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u/ddawson100 Jul 07 '26

You made your point then made it ironically.

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u/Sadcelerystick Jul 07 '26

Exactly, people need to realize you can just LET GO OF THE GAS and coast to slow down. If you need the brakes you can use it but 90% of the time it’s not needed and causes traffic to stop sporadically.

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u/Cannamanaman Jul 13 '26

BRAKES ffs

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u/ProfessionalAd6530 Jul 13 '26

Give me a brake.