>>>ers, along with anecdotal evidence that some congested cities could avoid multiple millions in road expansion by providing chauffeurs for a handful of useless drivers who screw up traffic flow every day.
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>I commuted to Manhattan from Long Island for 10 years for economic reasons (the company supplied the car and all costs - but looking back it was stupid - the cost in wasted time and angst was huge - I should have ridden the train)
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>The people commuting by car to Manhattan are among the most skillful - and ruthless - drivers in the world.
>Definitely not for the faint of heart.
>I'd be willing to bet that in the ten years that I drove I never saw more than 4 feet of space between the front and rear bumpers of two cars during rush hour.

depends a lot on the speed currently reached by front and rear bumpers ;-))

>Not much slack in that system.

Never drove in that area, but in some asian regions as well as european cities and our Autobahn. Autobahn is high speed but usually easy to calculate. Paris more mind-plucking than London with the switched driving, but the craziest by far was inner City of Naples.