Most of the time these drivers spend as much time avoiding these traffic jams as they would being in them. But when interviewed, these drivers felt they were more in control because they were moving. Moving took away that helpless feeling they felt being stuck in traffic. Other drivers crate little wars with the drivers beside them so that they can compete with them and see how far that they have progressed counting every inch. A lot of these drivers feel that it is them against everyone else they even feel that quick traffic lights and turning restriction signs were put purposely to people stuck in traffic longer.
People always seem to be late or in a rush.
This usually leads to stress and reckless driving. No matter how hard they try their efforts do not usually get them to their destination any quicker, they also do not realize that risk they are taking in doing so. I feel that these are all cases of people coping with driving stress by monitoring their situation, by looking around to see if they can do anything to control their destination. There are also people who are blunting their driving situation and just sit in their cars and try to avoid doing anything to get out of traffic, besides following everyone else. Merging Can Send Drivers Into A Major Metamorphosis .