Kevin Durant’s instinct to beat traffic is being regarded as heroic.

The Thunder superstar — and free-agent-to-be — was entangled in an Oklahoma City traffic jam this weekend, alongside an ambulance.

Paramedics struggled to penetrate the hoard of cars until Durant turned on his hazard lights and snuck behind the emergency vehicle.

“We were stuck in traffic, so pretty much cars surrounding us all over,” paramedic Peter Radford told Oklahoma’s News 9. “All of a sudden, I see a silver Ferrari or a silver sports car pull in behind us.”

My EMSA friends say Kevin Durant @okcthunder slowed traffic in his Ferrari so the ambulance could run to a call ⚡️⬆️ pic.twitter.com/wfgVQI0Ymm

— Lance West (@lancewest) May 14, 2016

And just like that, the cars began to clear. Oklahoma paramedics praised Durant, crediting the hazards for clearing a lane.

“Once we actually get through all the traffic, this silver Ferrari comes over to the side and waves to my partner,” Radford said. “And my partner goes, ‘Do you have any idea who that is?’ And of course I’m clueless. ‘That’s Kevin Durant.’

“All he did was be awesome Kevin Durant,” Radford continued. “The hometown hero.”

The hometown hero, trying to tail an emergency vehicle to avoid traffic. To his credit, Durant admitted as much while describing his thought process to reporters on Saturday: “I’m just going to follow the ambulance so I can get through traffic a little quicker.”

Kevin Durant on paramedics waving to him from ambulance: "Don't you got a job to do?" pic.twitter.com/Fd69oooiah

— Fred Katz (@FredKatz) May 14, 2016

Oklahoma City must really want its star forward back next year.