I drive a pretty sizable distance every day to commute to work. I drive on a freeway most of the distance.
Freeways were poorly named. Congested freeways are anything but free of cars. They house traffic 'trends' such as 'packs' or 'squadrons' as well as 'stop and go' sections or often just convenient 'parking lot' areas while you attempt to get home before dark.
In an attempt to optimize this sad state of affairs affecting those of us in urban life, I have come up with the solution (which as I'm sure you've guessed by now since you read the title) is that all freeways should be replaced with conveyor belts.
Now, I don't mean the rubber & pulley wheel variety, I have in mind something more like the catapult system found on the flight decks of American super carriers. It seems so simple it just may work!
Each car would hook up to one of these at speed and "lock in" to a spot on the freeway 'belt.' That way, the belt is always moving at a constant speed, no one is able to weave in and out of lanes, it's impossible to have a fender bender, people can't use the margins on the side of the road as 'temp passing lanes,' maximum fuel efficiency for all cars is enforced and no one can speed!
It's a perfect solution! I just solved the top 5 highway issues with one ginormously expensive and implausible invention that everyone would hate.
I dare you to poke holes in my logic...
But what about a car that, ah, might not be up to the minimum required spec? ;-)
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what would the conveyor belts do when the free way drops from 4 lanes to 2, this is where the congestion really starts. would cars just get smashed to together would one belt stop moving, would the belts just slow down? hmmm we would be back at the same problem, nothing is fixed
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