Idiom Breakdown

go with the flow of traffic

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Definition

To drive a vehicle at approximately the speed of other vehicles on the road, irrespective of the speed limit.

To drive so as to blend in with traffic.

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Here, flow is used in the sense of "direction of movement."

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"I was just going with the flow of traffic, and I just happened to look down and I was going a little bit faster than the speed limit."
""You don't have to do this, guy" yelled the passenger as he sat there fidgeting in his chair, "we are only trying to go with the flow of traffic, you know?""
"I had to get Sera off it as soon as I could, and the fastest way to do that was to go with the flow of traffic heading toward Brooklyn."
"She decided to go with the flow of traffic and let it take her through the city and out the other side, with a stop at one of the big supermarkets at the busiest time of the day to shop for the week's groceries en route."