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| Laurence Howe was returning from an experiment at Grenoble in 1990 when he became entangled with the traffic leaving Paris on a holiday Saturday. He was struck by the apparent wave-like motion of the traffic queues and decided to write a computer model to explore the phenomenon. By this time he had successfully written a number of complex computer models, including one of molecular flow in a porous medium and one of molecular binary phase separation. His interest was kindled by the knowledge that understanding the interaction between drivers and vehicles at the level of individual vehicles could have many implications, including the exploration of safety systems and automatic vehicle control. |