Commuters could gain more than 55 extra hours of sleep annually if it weren´t for traffic jams
(WorldNews Europe)

Commuters build in a 13 minute `traffic jam allowance` to their daily journey to work Nevertheless, four out of ten have been late for work in the last six months due to traffic jams A majority of the population favours more investment in public transport as a way to tackle road congestion For those travelling by bus, the `tipping point` of impatience is 20 minutes, 16 seconds The true impact of traffic congestion on quality of life has been revealed by a new poll showing that commuters leave home an average of 13 minutes early every day to allow for jams on Britain`s roads. A study by polling agency Walnut Unlimited commissioned by The Go-Ahead Group, one of the UK`s leading public...