I love Sydney traffic!

I found out yesterday that Sydneysiders spend 92 extra hours per year in their car because of traffic congestion. This is nearly four days of your life per year sitting in your car in traffic!

This article was saying this is a bad thing. I really think people need to stop and think about this for a second and see the positives.

When I drive to work I am hoping there is traffic! It is MY time. I am sure other parents out there will agree.

It is the time I spend listening to my music and not The Wiggles, Play School, Justine Clarke, Captain Bandanna or The Tangled soundtrack.

It is the time I spend in peace and quiet without being asked for food, to do crafts, to watch ABC4Kids or Cinderelly, or to play dolls.

It is the time I spend having an uninterrupted phone conversation with a friend - using my Bluetooth of course.

As I look around I see other drivers using this time wisely too. People are putting on make-up  shaving, reading the paper, flossing their teeth, picking their nose and singing loudly to THEIR favourite song - all activities that they probably can't do uninterrupted at home.

If I am a little late to work because of the traffic, no-one seems to mind because they know someone probably only farted in their car at the wrong time on the harbour bridge and Sydney traffic ground to a standstill. Yep, it is that easy to block Sydney roads and it is to be expected these days.

So I say to all the Sydneysiders stuck in traffic, use this time wisely, listen to your favourite music or call a friend to say G'Day (using Bluetooth of course) because you may not get the chance at any other time.

What do you spend your time doing in the traffic?

The non-traffic in the school holidays

I love driving to work in the school holidays, the traffic is amazing. What can sometimes take me an hour, takes me about 20 minutes.
However, I am always baffled by the amount of people that aren't driving during the school holidays, where do all these people go?

• Are they teachers?
• Do they have no need to drop their kids to school?
• Are they actual school kids?
• Are they parents having holidays with their kids? (and if this is the case I would like to know how they get 12 weeks holiday a year, because I need that job for when my daughter reaches school.)
• Or clearly the most likely - a combination of all of the above.

I am definitely lulled into a false sense of security for the time it takes me to get to work during this time, and therefore I get later and later each day in leaving the house - and therefore getting a precious 5, 10 even 15 minutes sleep each day. 

Only to be brought back to earth with a great big thud when school goes back and it is taking me an hour again....and I am late to work.

Do you leave for work later in the school holidays too?

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