Again, the drivers weren't bound. They could have left their cars. They weren't imprisoned. They weren't restrained, detained, or the other thing. You can't change that facts.
It happened in 2011 in Chicago:
Empty cars litter Lake Shore Drive
By ABC7
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
February 2, 2011 (CHICAGO)
Chopper 7 HD flew overhead around 10 p.m. to see crews hard at work. At this point, it's not clear when the Drive will reopen.
Motorists who have left vehicles should call 311 to recover their relocated vehicles.
All the cars and buses stranded north of Fullerton were cleared by late Wednesday night.
Michelle Reed was among the hundreds stuck on Lake Shore Drive.
"The worst thing was not knowing what was going on," said Reed. "We didn't see anybody until like around midnight, like, no cops, no firemen. No rescue workers. No one to tell us what was going on and help us out." The city was towing abandoned cars all day from the Drive. Some ended up on city streets or lakefront lots.
Wednesday night, some motorists who found their vehicles still couldn't leave because of car trouble.
In the daylight it was easy to see the problem: Hundreds of vehicles in the northbound lanes abandoned in the snow during Tuesday night's blizzard.
Motorists and their passengers were caught on Lake Shore Drive for hours before they opted to evacuate or officials told them to evacuate. They had been trapped by accidents ahead of them and traffic behind during the worst of the snow storm.
More:
https://abc7chicago.com/archive/7934385/
Again: you are not imprisoned because you are stuck in traffic.
