[*BCM*] NYC [Fwd: A(n important) triviality?]

Chung-chieh Shan ccshan at post.harvard.edu
Wed Mar 2 10:47:18 EST 2005


On 2005-03-02T06:20:41-0800, Anne Wolfe wrote:
> Rush hour traffic isn't a parade.  But if a group of people all decide
> to go the same route at the same time. (As in they make a consious
> decision to stay together and start following each other at that time)
> then it is a parade.  Just happening to all be stuck in cars going the
> same way (or even stuck behind the parade) is just a waste of fuel.

I guess I don't see how motorists in rush-hour traffic are not making a
conscious decision to stay together and start following each other...?

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