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[0:50] ..." the road and one of these was. The question of merging a construction zone I became a -- merger were used to be an early merger. I felt really bad about that because -- of controversial topic but. Found -- that this if everyone became a late merger and we just went all the way to the work zone and merged. Would have 15% better traffic flow which in this day and age that would be a good thing for everyone."...
[2:02] ..." actually the modern roundabout is safer than a four way intersection with traffic lights have been packed much safer and just one of those things that you strike ever sharper surprising but. It is to eliminate some of the most dangerous. Issues about an intersection mobile left turn of the higher speed makes everyone slowdown. It to navigate yourself through the roundabout in stressful to us but. It's -- way to think that's -- Makes us more aware this is more vigilant and we rely on our -- that more than just kind of a little flashing lights in the sky."...
[0:00]" And -- Tom Vanderbilt the book is traffic why -- we -- the way we do. What it says about us he."
[0:06]" Let's talk about the way we drive these days. We seem a lot angrier than in the old days is that true."
[0:14]" Yet there was a study done in New Jersey that sound can over the course of twenty years in the first time the study was done people. But most people on the road actually. You know we're we're pretty well behaved and twenty years later that on the reversed more people thought that compartment on the road we're driving aggressively we're not paying attention we're violating rules -- somehow and in twenty years we've gone from. You know into the state of we're getting on the road becomes you know the source of fear and aggravation forever."
[0:42]" Did you write this --"
[0:45]" And just you know and every -- driver and I had a lot of questions about driving -- that would come up with those on the road and one of these was. The question of merging a construction zone I became a -- merger were used to be an early merger. I felt really bad about that because -- of controversial topic but. Found -- that this if everyone became a late merger and we just went all the way to the work zone and merged. Would have 15% better traffic flow which in this day and age that would be a good thing for everyone."
[1:14]" Everybody wants to be the first. In line obviously they don't want to wait."
[1:19]" And people feel really you know passionate about which is the right way but you know instructions were dismantled nuclear I think we would avoid you know some of the some of this aggravation on the road and and merging by the -- number one. Cause of stress for drivers on the road and in one study."
[1:36]" You did a lot of research for your book you looked at everything from when car crashes happened to. Merging as you mentioned and also. Which roads are the safest and and and this seems kind of perplexing to -- dangerous roads are often the safest lie."
[1:56]" Well think of the other roundabout and in. -- in Massachusetts gets caught his rotary is but. Round -- are actually the modern roundabout is safer than a four way intersection with traffic lights have been packed much safer and just one of those things that you strike ever sharper surprising but. It is to eliminate some of the most dangerous. Issues about an intersection mobile left turn of the higher speed makes everyone slowdown. It to navigate yourself through the roundabout in stressful to us but. It's -- way to think that's -- Makes us more aware this is more vigilant and we rely on our -- that more than just kind of a little flashing lights in the sky."
[2:35]" try to answer the question why is it that the other lane always is moving faster is set to star perception."
[2:42]" I'm -- in some cases there are linked arms and veteran -- drivers will will seek these out but another. -- happened to spent a lot of work I'm looking forward in traffic 90% of our time we don't look behind us and we physically spend more time watching cars passed. Than we passed cars so be it plays into the solution. Which triggers something inner ecology -- more sensitive to. When using things and we are gaining and so for traffic up and -- seems like a constant losing. Battle in their everyone's getting kind of the better of us."
[3:15]" Why does a ten minute incident create 100 minutes of gridlock we see every day -- Boston."
[3:21]" assist. There's something about high speed platoons of current that is the incident happened wheeled plow into the speak. Traffic jam -- it it just takes while to recover from I think about every vehicle starting happened trying to regain that maximum speed and there's been work in Europe and other places to. Have variable speed limits where you could slow the cars down before they got that incident and it would. -- that -- driving and one that applicants not entire flow -- and the total time would be actually reduced."
[3:53]" Let's talk about red lights. About a series of red lights that are times -- that you have to stop every block. Are you in favor of those or how to those impact -- are driving an hour traffic."
[4:05]" I mean that's and keep a wasteful on -- something not in places like Los vandals spent a lot of time and money thinking about how to get with pickled green waves. Unfortunately you know in this city that have a lot of demands -- wanting to go in every direction. You can just sort of give everyone agreed Mike ovitz hired someone you know it's like. You know an elevator -- want to get on every floor and you can't just. -- people staying there forever so this is does what the classic dilemmas of traffic."
[4:34]" What would you say bottom line is the message of your book traffic why we drive the way we do and what it says about us."
[4:41]" But -- the driving it has little more complicated than we might even think we can -- reluctance to hit the road and become experienced and there's a lot going on that kind of taxes are. Our our brains were you know there's we're we're acting and legal system or making decisions were. You know we're just doing a lot -- process in thirteen hundred pieces information. Every minute as we drive thirty miles per hour we have just 1500. Skill involved and driving an estimated -- At press made it seems easy and we were good at -- Just a note of caution to it will mark tensions the actual. Process of driving itself."
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