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Don't step on it this holiday

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Smooth driving is the key to fewer traffic jams.

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  1. Knospe, W., Santen, L., Schadschneider, A. & Schreckenberg, M. Human behaviour as origin of traffic phases. Physical Review E 65, 015101, (2001).

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Ball, P. Don't step on it this holiday. Nature (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/news011227-6

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