Appears to violate divJ + rhodot = 0.
Traffic Simulator
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#42Earlier quoted context omitted.
This would be a neat reinforcement learning project. > Some places the drivers are so polite to the point it really makes things dangerous I've known people like this, who will approach a 4-way intersection and stop even when they don't have a stop sign and the perpendicular street does.
> who will approach a 4-way intersection and stop even when they don't have a stop sign and the perpendicular street does Not the main point but I never liked how traffic signs aren't affirmative sometimes. In the case of the 4-way usually the stopping direction have a stop sign with a missing "All Way" sign below it. But thats not required in all jurisdictions. Nor is the non-stopping direction 100% sure their stop…
Speaking as someone who recently blew through a 4-way stop with other cars waiting, because the setting sun made it hard to see the stop sign, yeah, there are no shortage of human factors at play.
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#43Turning the politeness down to zero really messes things up for everyone. There's a lesson in there somewhere...
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#44Needs an American mode where people don’t know they should stick to the right-most lane, unless passing.
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#45The more lanes you add, the more cars you get. Adding more lanes doesn't solve traffic issues.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Induced_demand#Induced_traffic...
Re: Traffic Simulator
#46Turning the politeness down to zero really messes things up for everyone. There's a lesson in there somewhere...
I found that changing the politeness in either directions causes traffic jams. But I feel it happens faster if you decrease the value (but I'm not sure). Also it's best to set "timewrap" to 20 times to see the effects quickly.
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#47Re: Traffic Simulator
#48Needs an American mode where people don’t know they should stick to the right-most lane, unless passing.
Other uniquely American things:
- Passing on the right
- Taking an exit from the passing lane (cutting everyone off)
- Couch in the middle of the highway
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#49I don't know if "right bias" is enough to simulate my experience in traffic which includes trying to get in the fastest lane and also trying to get over to the exit for my exit. As well as when my exit is backed up a couple of miles but the lane I'm in is moving faster such that I have to block my lane to wait for an opening into the lanes that will exit.
Re: Traffic Simulator
#50Earlier quoted context omitted.
This would be a neat reinforcement learning project. > Some places the drivers are so polite to the point it really makes things dangerous I've known people like this, who will approach a 4-way intersection and stop even when they don't have a stop sign and the perpendicular street does.
Places where I've seen it, people who have the right of way take that to mean they get to play "traffic cop". E.g., at a 4-way stop the "extra polite" person who gets there first, instead of going through the intersection first, waits and waves the person who does not have the right of way to go through first, which makes that person (and everyone else) confused, and then causes a lot of slowdown, frustration, etc. O…
Or they slam on the brakes at the end of what should be a merging ramp or lane because the fore and aft distances to the other traffic that were good enough for the prior N people would be too close for them.