David Held (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} andukar) wrote,@ 2003-10-20 20:35:00 |
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Simluated Rush Hour
Todays posting is brought to you by the "People You Want To Punch In The Face" department!
I stayed at work until 7:30PM today (and had to be let out through security since they lock the doors at 7... except that security wasn't so I kinda had to sneak out... ; ).
When you stay at work that late, one bonus you would really expect is that you can avoid traffic. This was true when I went out onto the road I drive on for most of the way home as I saw there were only 4 cars in front of me. The problem? This road though having a speed limit of 80km/h only has one lane and doesn't allow you to pass people. Keeping this in mind, you can see the frustration of having the front car driving at 40km/h for no reason whatsoever.
They joyfully near-doubled the length of my drive home for fun!
This reminded me of the first time I ever went camping. On the way home our drive was rather interesting. The traffic would move at 80km/h... and then all of a sudden would slow down to 3km/h for about half an hour until it would speed up again to 80km/h for about 5 minutes. Then back to slow again... with a horrible repeating cycle.
My theory at the time as to why this would be happening is as follows:
Some guy who likes to annoy people for no reason drives his car as slowly as possible. This was another situation with a one-lane high speed road with no real potential for passing people. As such, traffic slows to a near halt.
What, you might ask, is the cause of the speed ups then? Well you see, that's when people get so frustrated that they start ramming the guys car from behind and he realizes he should probably speed up. Instead, he pulls over to the side of the road, lets a few people pass, and then starts his game again.
Sure... I might be crazy.... but at least I keep myself entertained. ; )
Todays posting is brought to you by the "People You Want To Punch In The Face" department!
I stayed at work until 7:30PM today (and had to be let out through security since they lock the doors at 7... except that security wasn't so I kinda had to sneak out... ; ).
When you stay at work that late, one bonus you would really expect is that you can avoid traffic. This was true when I went out onto the road I drive on for most of the way home as I saw there were only 4 cars in front of me. The problem? This road though having a speed limit of 80km/h only has one lane and doesn't allow you to pass people. Keeping this in mind, you can see the frustration of having the front car driving at 40km/h for no reason whatsoever.
They joyfully near-doubled the length of my drive home for fun!
This reminded me of the first time I ever went camping. On the way home our drive was rather interesting. The traffic would move at 80km/h... and then all of a sudden would slow down to 3km/h for about half an hour until it would speed up again to 80km/h for about 5 minutes. Then back to slow again... with a horrible repeating cycle.
My theory at the time as to why this would be happening is as follows:
Some guy who likes to annoy people for no reason drives his car as slowly as possible. This was another situation with a one-lane high speed road with no real potential for passing people. As such, traffic slows to a near halt.
What, you might ask, is the cause of the speed ups then? Well you see, that's when people get so frustrated that they start ramming the guys car from behind and he realizes he should probably speed up. Instead, he pulls over to the side of the road, lets a few people pass, and then starts his game again.
Sure... I might be crazy.... but at least I keep myself entertained. ; )
