Breakdown in vehicular traffic: driver over-acceleration, not over-reaction
Physics and Society
2023-09-19 v1
Abstract
Contrary to a wide-accepted assumption about the decisive role of driver over-reaction for breakdown in vehicular traffic, we have shown that the cause of the breakdown is driver over-acceleration, not driver over-reaction. To reach this goal, we have introduced a mathematical approach for the description of driver over-acceleration in a microscopic traffic flow model. The model, in which no driver over-reaction occurs, explains all observed empirical nucleation features of traffic breakdown.
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@article{arxiv.2309.09275,
title = {Breakdown in vehicular traffic: driver over-acceleration, not over-reaction},
author = {Boris S. Kerner},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2309.09275},
year = {2023}
}
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4 pages, 4 figures