We have arguments in the car from time to time, for we live just north of a half-mile stretch of road that is is congested for most of the daylight hours. My argument is that switching to the street a couple of blocks over produces the illusion of progress, but no real gain. Sticking to the nearer road is obviously stop and go, but lacks a couple of bottlenecks further down, and is thereafter faster.

I'm not sure whether my reasoning convinces my wife, or she just finds the left-hand turns inconvenient.