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Phantom Traffic Jams
A phantom traffic jam is when everyone slows down or stops, but starts to go again inexplicably (Photo source: Crazytales at Wikimedia Commons)
According the the last report from the Texas Transportation Institute, traffic congestion in the US causes more than four-billion lost hours stuck in traffic and nearly three-billion gallons of wasted fuel. Lester Graham reports mathmeticians have found – on paper - one type of traffic jam looks something like a bomb going off:
Producer: Lester Graham
Release Date: June 15, 2009
Running Time: :51