Comment Are you kidding? (Score 2, Interesting) 218
"in which dense traffic moves in unison, like marchers moving in step"
Some important facts, which the system designers seem to have forgotten: Real systems veer towards chaos and orderly behavior is anathema to all nationals except Germans. That apart, any traffic simulation design could be considered a success if it can be put to use in all conditions. I am quite sure that this system will come a cropper on Indian roads where cars have to jostle for space with cattle, cycles, pedestrians, three wheelers, two wheelers and so on. (Digression: I always find the sight of a stray dog crossing the busy road a lesson in traffic manners. The dog looks either side, ensures that there are no vehicles in vicinity and then crosses: A case of animal adapting his behavior to real time situations.) Human beings are not so adaptable and would do the best they could to defeat even the most beautifully designed systems.
Some important facts, which the system designers seem to have forgotten: Real systems veer towards chaos and orderly behavior is anathema to all nationals except Germans. That apart, any traffic simulation design could be considered a success if it can be put to use in all conditions. I am quite sure that this system will come a cropper on Indian roads where cars have to jostle for space with cattle, cycles, pedestrians, three wheelers, two wheelers and so on. (Digression: I always find the sight of a stray dog crossing the busy road a lesson in traffic manners. The dog looks either side, ensures that there are no vehicles in vicinity and then crosses: A case of animal adapting his behavior to real time situations.) Human beings are not so adaptable and would do the best they could to defeat even the most beautifully designed systems.
