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Roads and tracks. Connecting straightaways and turns to at least second order (sometimes third, esp. for high speed trains) makes transitions much smoother as it reduces or eliminates jerk.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerk_(physics)

Even during driving, intuitively you don't yank the steering wheel to the desired position but produce a eased-in eased-out progressive movement that results in such a trajectory.




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