Traffic Jam
A traffic jam simulator. The view from behind the wheel, a sunset over the ring road and a radio with thousands of stations – you are not going anywhere anyway.
- In the jam
- 00:00
- Driven
- 0 m
- Average
- 0 km/h
- To the centre
- 5 km
JAM
Ring road, sunset and 5 km to the centre. You are in no hurry.
Move the mouse to look around. Click the dashboard screen or press R to turn on the radio.
Radio
Stations from the open Radio Browser database (radio-browser.info). Audio streams straight from the station servers – while playing, you connect to them directly.
Moving the mouse turns your head (on a phone: drag with a finger). The car drives itself – as far as the jam allows. Click the dashboard screen or press R to open the radio; the left and right arrows change the station. Horn: hold H or the centre of the steering wheel. Dusk falls over time.
About the experiment
You are sitting behind the wheel in a jam on the ring road. Move the mouse to look around the cabin and the road: the mirrors show the queue behind you, brake lights shimmer on the wet asphalt. Your left hand spreads out on the wheel or drums its fingers on its own. Click the screen on the dashboard and your right hand reaches for the radio.
The traffic is simulated: every car moves off and brakes after the one in front, so stop-and-go waves travel down the queue by themselves, and you only move as far as the jam allows. The radio plays real internet stations from the open, community-run Radio Browser database. The longer you wait, the lower the sun: after a few minutes, street lamps and windows light up.