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I'm not so sure. I think the big difference it would make to have cars talking to each other is that they can all know where the other (within a local range) is heading, make interchanges more optimal.

A lot of traffic congestion happens because we have nothing but (too-infrequently-used) turn signals to indicate our intentions. If all the cars knew where they were going at an interchange, you could at least optimize the flow.

Of course, there is _no_ solution when there are just too many cars trying to fit on a road that can't handle it. And that's probably 80-90% of the problem anyway :(