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Phantom traffic jams occur due to instabilities and feedback in traffic flow.

When one driver brakes slightly, subsequent drivers will have to brake even more, propagating a wave of slower traffic.

Traffic can flow smoothly until a critical density of cars is reached, at which point instabilities set in.

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