You're going to love ODOT's latest ploy: variable speed limits. As ODOT spokeswoman Kimberly Dinwiddie puts it, slowing down traffic is a good thing: while it might sound counterintuitive, it actually makes sense when you look at it from a more scientific angle.
"It's like pouring rice into a funnel," she said. "If you pour the rice really fast, it'll get clogged up but if you pour it slow, it'll flow smoothly."
As anybody who's ever driven highway 26 at rush hours knows, those metered on-ramps really smooth out traffic. It's not uncommon for vehicles to move along at clips of as much as 5 m.p.h. Soon, they'll be able to extend the fun across even more lanes!
