Study Contradicts Common Practice Of Traffic Light Tailgating (IMAGE)

Virginia Tech

Study Contradicts Common Practice Of Traffic Light Tailgating

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Drone footage revealed that cars take more time to accelerate when they stop closer together than when they stop farther apart. The researchers conceptualized this aspect of the Smart Road experiment as the latent heat of transitioning from a solid, or stopped, phase to a liquid, or moving, phase.

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