Thou­sands of pa­trons at­tempt­ing to leave the ‘Stink and Dut­ty’ fete held at the Ch­aguara­mas He­li­port were caught in hours-long traf­fic con­ges­tion yes­ter­day, leav­ing the West­ern Main Road se­vere­ly grid­locked. The traf­fic night­mare prompt­ed some rev­ellers to seek al­ter­na­tive routes by sea to get home.

From ear­ly yes­ter­day morn­ing, traf­fic along the West­ern Main Road slowed to a crawl, with long lines of ve­hi­cles stretch­ing for kilo­me­tres which last­ed well in­to yes­ter­day af­ter­noon.

So­cial me­dia was flood­ed with im­ages and videos of mo­torists stuck for ex­tend­ed pe­ri­ods, with lit­tle move­ment as traf­fic fun­nelled out of the venue.