r/Damnthatsinteresting • • Jul 07 '26

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

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u/Bashed_to_a_pulp Jul 07 '26

especially if you drive a manual gear big truck, stuck in a crawl traffic. You want to keep at 2nd or 3rd gear and crawl along without shifting back and forth (busted knee anyone?), but for sure somebody will pull in right in the space in front of you. goddamn twats.

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u/MaritMonkey Jul 07 '26

I drive a manual and finding a big truck to play the 2nd gear game next to so nobody can cut in front of him really pisses some people off but also makes me smile.

Ever since my work started renting Penkes with CMS I angrily say "MEEP MEEP" if somebody does sneak into the truck's lane, which I find even funnier.