Originally Posted by
gerv
Interesting section at minute 8 where he explains why cars tend to travel in bunches and why it's so difficult to maintain a steady speed. I wonder what even a small population of driverless cars would do to impact this. I bet you'd see more non-driverless cars going "steady"
What he left out was the impact that trucks have in slowing down traffic. My express bus that takes me into Manhattan uses the turnpike and I see all the slow moving trucks going in the opposite direction holding up traffic as they climb the ramp at 10 miles per hour! You bet that slows down traffic and if you put thousands of them on the road, you'll never be able to fix rush hour traffic.