We have here a bad combination of timid drivers, often out of towners, or from some metro county, and highly aggressive drivers who will floor it to get to the next stoplight first, and then sit. I understand the out of towners, the road grid here was laid out a century ago when nothing much mattered, and we have a lot of one way streets. The aggressive drivers weave in and out of traffic, even when it's heavy and their antics won't save them any time.
I spend a lot of time looking at my rear view to see if one is rushing up on me.
We both try and avoid driving anywhere after 3 PM, sometimes, we are trying a new restaurant at say 7 and it's not avoidable. The main freeway is not really an issue because by 3 PM it will be socked in. There is only one N-S freeway here, and only one major E-W freeway here, in town. The planned freeways were all cancelled.