An accident? Construction work? A bottleneck? No, just too much traffic

A new study from a Japanese research group explains why we’re occasionally caught in traffic jams for no visible reason. The real origin of traffic jams often has nothing to do with obvious obstructions such as accidents or construction work but is simply the result of there being too many cars on the road.

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news123831950.html">An accident? Construction work? A bottleneck? No, just too much traffic</a></p> <p>A new study from a Japanese research group explains why we’re occasionally caught in traffic jams for no visible reason. The real origin of traffic jams often has nothing to do with obvious obstructions such as accidents or construction work but is simply the result of there being too many cars on the road.</p>