Fluid Dynamics Explains Some Traffic Jams

A popular luxury car option might be part of the solution to unexplained traffic jams. Image credit: Alexandre Dulaunoy via flick Rights information It happens to everyone. You are cruising down the freeway -- at the speed limit, of course -- when suddenly the traffic thickens and slows to a complete stop. When traffic resumes moving you note there was no apparent reason for the halt -- no accident, no detour, no construction. The phenomenon has been the topic of countless dissertations and thes...