Let's be honest about it: phantom traffic jams are real, happen regularly, and look impossible to prevent, especially because all it takes to create one is a single car slowing down. Phantom traffic ...

I drive a lot of DFW, area well known for heavy traffic. Often when everything comes to a stop on a freeway, I wonder why. It's a beautiful day, there are no wrecks, yet traffic is bumper-to-bumper.

We've all been part of plenty of traffic jams in our lives, but no matter how frustrating and annoying even the worst traffic jam you've ever experienced was, it probably wasn't bad enough to justify ...