#MicroPrompt: Penny
The Measurement Problem
"It was only stopped for a moment Meera, not long enough for..."
"You're missing the point. Why didn't the southbound car pull in to the second passing place? It was closer to the point where they'd have met."
The penny dropped. Cars talk to each other, exchanging position, speed, preferred route information, optimising the traffic flow amongst themselves. "There was already a vehicle there, no room for another."