#Update: Traffic is being diverted off Interstate 5 at State Route 273 in Anderson, California, as crews await a HAZMAT team to empty the overturned fuel tanker, Caltrans said. No ETA to reopen. -- #TrafficAlert: Around 4,500 gallons of diesel spilled onto northbound Interstate 5 in Anderson on Tuesday morning after a fuel tanker collided with a vehicle near Balls Ferry Road, according to the California Highway Patrol and Caltrans officials. DETAILS: https://krcrtv.com/news/local/overturned-tank

In a 2008 experiment, Japanese researchers recreated "shockwave" traffic jams, where congestion appears spontaneously without an accident or bottleneck. A team of 22 cars drove in a circle, and despite drivers trying to maintain a consistent speed, slight variations created a ripple effect of braking that caused a stop-and-go jam. The experiment proved that human driving behavior alone can trigger these phantom jams, with the backward-traveling wave of congestion mimicking real-world traffic. Cr