Not the same thing...
Are you familiar with game theory?
Individuals will always act in their own self interest- that's a given. But a traffic jam is a large group of unrelated individuals selfishly pursuing their own interests (which may or may not be identical).
The ticket fiasco was a different animal. It would be like a corporation (or individual in the Lex Luthor mold) buying a fleet of cars and letting them loose each morning on I-25 to clog up the mouse trap just because it's a fun thing to do.
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