&quot;You shouldn&#x27;t even want to accelerate immediately at the same rate as the car in front of you,... but that doesn&#x27;t mean we can actually <i>do</i> that without tons of collisions.&quot;<p>That is correct. Therefore, <i>safe driving</i> will actually create traffic waves. It seems unlikely we&#x27;d actually <i>want</i> the regulations that would prevent this sort of wave!