Mike T. NOTHING to to Driver behavior isn't always acceleration. Driver behavior isn't always high speed. Driver behavior IS, however, at least using a large enough following distance so that others can merge or change lanes.
In fact, just focusing on Norwalk, that traffic jams up frequently on the I-5, because of two major factors:
1) Drivers trying to merge onto the freeway, being blocked out by thru traffic that won't create sufficient gaps. As the right lane force-ends, thru traffic and merging traffic jam with merging traffic trying to force its way into narrow gaps while thru traffic still refuses to open up larger gaps. This jams the right lane.
2) Drivers trying to merge into the right lane from the left lanes, to access the I-605 junction, while again, thru traffic refuses to open up suitable gaps to allow these lane changes. As lane changing traffic starts to slow as they approach the junction so they can try to force the lane change, this also slows at least the middle lane.
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The partial solution, of course, is to engineer every merge as a protected merge-exit only lane, so that merging traffic can at least go from onramp to onramp if thru traffic won't let them in.
The other solution, regulating following distances so that traffic can lane change, is something the drivers must (unfortunately) do on their own, until close proximity forced throttle cutoff-forced engine braking is incorporated into newer vehicles as an sensor-ECU function.
And yes, there are occasions where--even though certain group members may disagree--it is completely necessary to let someone into a lane. When that breaks down, using technology to govern that behavior does become a viable secondary solution.
