traffic

Speed limits do not increase traffic capacity of a road. Why? Because a 1 second interval between cars remains fixed, but the vehicle distance grows. Discuss (unless you all agree with me, then answer with silence).

http://cbs4boston.com/local/local_story_122195548.html Catcher Doug Mirabelli was in California on Monday when he was traded back to the Red Sox. That trade triggered a cross country adventure, which included a police escort just so he could play in Monday’s game. The state police escort left...

That's right, there is no evidence supporting that traffic lights actually do anything except drive people into murderous rage which causes fatal accidents. (Why, I knew this one little boy, who would get mad every time the light went from green to yellow. One day he snapped and shot up an...

While having a fun discussion with my father on the topic of cosmology he raised an interesting question I hadn't encountered before. Expanding of the universe using whichever mind-experiment you prefer to show that everything is expanding away from everything else leaves a small problem -...

When I was working on a very large computer project once, and it was way over budget and late, (not all due to me, I can assure you, in case you were wondering), I asked my manager if it was worth computerising all this stuff, if a simple manual, or semi automated system mightn't be better. He...

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=857&ncid=757&e=10&u=/nm/20030701/od_uk_nm/oukoe_odd_germany_sex German man has sex while driving, hits a road sign, flees the scene, and is arrested. The arrest was for fleeing the scene of an accident. Apparently it's legal to have sex while...