  The basic properties of traffic flow are analyzed using a simple
deterministic one dimensional "car following model" with continuous variables
based on a model introduced by Nagel and Herrmann [Physica A 199 254--269
(1993)] including a few modifications. As a first case we investigate the
creation and propagation of jams in a platoon generated by a slow leading
vehicle. In a second case we look at a system with the size L, periodic
boundary conditions and identical vehicles. A strong dependence on the initial
configuration of the fundamental diagram's shape can be found.
