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by jaclaz 1438 days ago
>Also seen in the planning of curves in roads (where jerk corresponds to the rate at which a steering wheel must be turned) and railways.

Just for the record, the transition curve is usually (not always but very often ) a clothoid (or Euler's spiral or Cornu spiral)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euler_spiral