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Traffic Dynamics: Studies in Car Following

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Robert E. Chandler,

Robert Herman,

Elliott W. MontrollAuthors Info & Claims

Operations Research, Volume 6, Issue 2

Pages 165 - 184

https://doi.org/10.1287/opre.6.2.165

Published: 01 April 1958 Publication History

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The manner in which vehicles follow each other on a highway without passing and the propagation disturbances down a line of vehicles has been investigated. Experimental data is presented which indicates that the acceleration at time t of a car which is attempting to follow a leader is proportional to the difference in velocity of the two cars at a time t-Δ, Δ being about 1.5 sec and the proportionality constant being about 0.37 sec^-1. It is shown theoretically that the motion of a long line of vehicles becomes unstable when the product of the lag time and the proportionality constant exceeds one-half. The experimental data implies that driving is done on the verge of instability. A variety of other laws of following is analyzed theoretically.

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April 1958

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