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Part of the problem is they don’t plan for these events.

Just like you were talking about food, they need to have traffic plans ready up front.

Let it be known that at a certain time, all traffic along certain corridors will be one-way, heading out. Make warnings before hand, and then just do it.

Also, remove idiots from the vehicles, or at least warn them how to drive. The other day I was in bumper to bumper vehicle traffic for about 45 minutes. I can’t tell you how much some drivers affect the movement. In this type of traffic, you have people just sitting there with three car lengths in front of them. They have no idea how this impacts people behind them for a mile or more.

Keep the gaps to a minimum. Don’t get so close it will cause contact, but don’t leave three to five car lengths. Generally you can be ten feet from the care in front of you max. They pull up, and you follow suit immediately.

Cars behind want to see progress. As long as they are moving a little, they see some end in site. If a person allows the cars to pull three to five or more car lengths ahead and doesn’t move, the cars behind don’t move at all for a few minutes. If you get three or four people pulling this nut-job stunt in a quarter of a mile, it can really affect the traffic.

Others get to talking and don’t drive safely. You can see them using hand gestures, looking the side and not the traffic. You can tell the conversation is taking up far more attention than driving is.

Don’t be overly timid when the time comes to blend in with other traffic. The more time you take, the more you hold up the whole procession behind you.

Be courteous with the people around and behind you. Realize you have direct impact on a lot of drivers, perhaps for even ten or fifteen miles behind you.