Mr. Jones (Corbin Bensen) is an edgy businessman on his way to a meeting that will promote him if he shows up. No one vents like Mr. Jones and no one looks funnier.
Two young screenwriters on their way to pitch a war script debate the good and bad that war has to offer. They exit their car and roam the traffic jam questioning random passengers their views of war.
A challenged painter Kent (Kent Toussaint), looking for a new inspiration in life, spies a cute, energetic girl Ashton (Renee O'Connor) talking on her cellular phone. He holds up a sign, giving her his cellular phone number. She calls and a relationship begins.
Steve and Charlie, two ex-colligiate football players, on their way to a reunion with their teammates talk seriously about how they could have done more with their post-football careers. Their wives at home, remember their old days as cheerleaders by watching a game of football.
Tommy, (Ayre Gross), raised Catholic, and Julia (Debra Wilson), a fiery young Rosie Perez, try to take their on-the-edge co-dependent relationship to a more serious level. They learn to share their passionate energy instead of using it against each other.
Hitmen are taking their friend, Bobby for "a ride". Bobby, a joker and a fast talker from a big city thinks the guys are treating him to a baseball game. Traffic puts their "ride" on hold.
The Bumblemeyers are your typical family going on vacation for the weekend. Seven-year-old son Gus has bladder problems, daughter Jaime screams. Father entertains his family with his frantic bumbling antics.
Packing a VW van, a spirited and colourful group were on their way to a music festival. Two fun-loving hippies, a philosopher, a "dude" and a halucinetic find themselves trapped in the jam, but they realise that seeing the concert isn't as important as spending time together.
Other quirky characters such as numerous hippies and an un-orthodox priest join in on the freeway madness. A hitchhiker befriends Moses and relates the physical traffic to the traffic going on emotionally for people in all the vehicles that he's ironically passing on foot. The road eventually opens up and so do the possibilities.
