The Voorhees law of traffic: when overtaken slow cars seem to always catch up at a red light

Tamara Ceaikovski

UK researcher uses maths to explain seeming inevitability of phenomenon experienced by many motorists UK researcher uses maths to explain seeming inevitability of phenomenon experienced by many motorists It is a situation experienced by many motorists: one driver overtakes another only to find the slower car is right behind them when they reach a red light. Now a researcher has used mathematics to reveal why the situation feels inevitable. Dr Conor Boland from Dublin City University has called