Traffic Waves

One of my favorite videos of all time on this topic: Traffic Waves ▶ this video (Not new information, but a fun video, and it's something truckers have known about for decades)

I leave massive gaps constantly now, it lets me see farther ahead so I can switch lanes when I see a problem coming and my average trip time is definitely shorter because of this. I really like this video for describing some of the advantages of "zen driving": ▶ this video

You beautiful zen traffic wave surfer you. This, a thousand times this. Somewhere on the web there is a great video of a guy doing this pretty effectively. I guess it's maybe five years old now but worth a watch. I think this wsj vid may contain excerpts from the original: link If everyone could just relax out there, some of those traffic standing waves would diffuse away to nothing. Ahhh... When I get in bad traffic and struggle against the urge to tailgate I play a game where I try and give enough space to where I just roll up to the car in front of me as it is starting to move again. This gives me a time-local goal to aim at instead of fixating on supposed "bad actors" I might want to judge instead. Edit: I found it! (from 2008 it appears) ▶ this video

William J Beaty's video on Traffic Waves (linked in the article) is an enjoyable summary of some of these ideas: ▶ this video

I don't know if you've seen this video[0]. It helped me understand traffic waves quite a bit [0] ▶ this video

Original copy at link A video from there, omitted from OP: ▶ this video OP is a cut-down version of this site, which has been up for a decade or two. I'm curious if it's a legitimate copy.