Surprising Traffic Congestion

One of the weirdest road conditions is a weird type of traffic congestion. You see it far away, reach it, slow down, and join the other cars. After crawling for several minutes (or hours), an even more surprising thing happens - the road clears and you can once again drive fast.

This weird phenomenon happens even outside of the rush hour times. Cars just slow down sometimes for no apparent reason and then speed up back. Nothing seems to cause it, it just happens.

It happened to me today. I was driving on the Coast Highway when I suddenly had to slow down for congested traffic. There was no car crash, no police, no nothing. Cars simply slowed down.

I don't know how this happens. If you can shed some light, please free to do so using the comments section. Maybe this mystery will be solved once and for all.

Have a great weekend,
Nadav

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