Local interactions between drivers can lead to traffic jams even without any external inhomogeneities, due to human overreaction and limited acceleration/deceleration capabilities. The model shows strong hysteresis between synchronized and jammed phases - it is difficult to transition back from a jammed to synchronized state by just decreasing vehicle density. A proposed solution is for autonomous cruise control systems to avoid overreaction when approaching a downstream jam by driving more carefully, which can dissolve jams and remove hysteresis.