posted by dennisn on November 8th, 2008 at 11:51PM
The key was leaving lots of space in front of you, not simply driving slower, and for the same reason as "allowing drivers access to the offramp" (which he also cited, I believe)--allowing drivers free passage anywhere "spreads" the traffic around, and makes a clogged lane less likely. And avoiding/minimizing these clogged lanes, at least intuitively, should maximize net flow.
