slow traffic
Bumper-to-bumper commute
Slow traffic refers to vehicles moving below normal speed, often due to congestion, road conditions, or incidents ahead.
Highway signs warn of slow traffic ahead.
The phrase also functions as a command to drivers: slow traffic keep right directs slower vehicles to yield the left lane to faster ones.
To slow traffic is to reduce vehicle speeds, often through design: Speed bumps slow traffic in residential areas.
- congestionExcessive accumulation causing blockage
- gridlockComplete mutual obstruction
- crawlMove slowly, low
- bottleneckConstriction limiting throughput
- jamCooked fruit spread
backup · bumper to bumper · bumper-to-bumper · stop and go · commute · rush hour · highway · brake lights · merge · standstill · dead stop · delay · creep · snail · idling · honking · road rage · frustration
- trafficcongestion, gridlock, bumper to bumper, bumper-to-bumper, stop and go
- travel problemslost luggage, flight delays, flight delay, delayed flight, missed flight
- rural roadscountry road, gravel roads, dirt road, dirt roads, country lane