You're not stuck in traffic, you are traffic. Likewise, you're not opposing the crowd, you are part of the mechanism of a shifting and unpredictable crowd. It

You're not stuck in traffic, you are traffic. Likewise, you're not opposing the crowd, you are part of the mechanism of a shifting and unpredictable crowd. It's not an uncommon experience, when seeing a crowd one would like to avoid, to take an action that leads to another smaller crowd.