Knospe, Wolfgang; Santen, Ludger; Schadschneider, Andreas; … - In: Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications 265 (1999) 3, pp. 614-633
For single-lane traffic models it is well known that particle disorder leads to platoon formation at low densities. Here we discuss the effect of slow cars in two-lane systems. Surprisingly, even a small number of slow cars can initiate the formation of platoons at low densities. The robustness...