You are exactly right about the sheriffs. I pulled out of Hammers onto Abbott headed south and it was obviously bumper to bumber. Suddenly, people ahead of me drove into the northbound lanes and it freed up traffic so I followed them. At one point when I was stopped, a sheriff knocked on my window and yelled at me to "get over to the right, you and "all the other idiots" who pulled into the wrong lanes". I was thinking, sure thing, but why weren't you out directing traffic BEFORE the traffic got crazy. Then this never would have happened and you wouldn't have to go car to car calling people idiots, idiot.