Surviving Queues: 2 - On The Road

[For the first part of this two-part post, see here] Alas, we are all offenders. When we get stuck in a highway queue, with the clock ticking and our meeting time dangerously approaching, we often act irrationally, driven by instinct rather than rational thinking. But this needs not be so. Back home, as we sit in our old armchair with a long drink in our hand and coolly ponder at the problem, evaluating the odds of the various outcomes following different possible decisions, we may gather...