by Administrator
23. January 2010 21:03
We've all been there....stuck in a daily traffic jam....late for work...cut up on the road by various useless drivers. Yes, the daily commute to work is a nightmare for most workers and a new survey has revealed that the average UK daily commute to and from work is around 47 minutes.
That's the equivalent of 8 days a year and an average total of around £454. In a survey of 3000 workers, 58% admitted being late for work due to traffic, while 59% admitted to often feeling angry on the daily commute.
The longest average commute time is in London - 56 minutes a day, where 70% of commuters admitted to regularly feeling angry on their way to work.
This added stress is often unnecessary and can often be avoided. 68% of those asked said they would work from home if this was an option.
Brian Martin, from elephant.co.uk who conducted the survey, said, “Modern technology is enabling more and more people the chance to work at least some of their time from home. It’s something we expect to see more of in the years to come. This won’t only benefit those people who are given the option of working from home, it should also take some of the commuter traffic off the road at rush hour and make the commute less busy for all road users.”
As well as cutting down commuter traffic and taking stress off major roads, home working also allows workers to make their working hours more productive. Time spent commuting is the equivalent of £260 million worth of working hours. This wasted time could be converted into working time if workers switched from working in the office to working at home.
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