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by DigitalJack 4645 days ago
This article accounts for some of what causes traffic jams, but have a look at this video. It shows a study done where people tried to drive on a circular track at a constant speed.

Things start out okay, but it quickly devolves into the back propagating wave.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Suugn-p5C1M