It may sound hard to believe but being stuck in so many traffic jams is a cause for celebration, apparently.
The AA says Britain has the best managed and safest roadworks in Europe.
So while you're 'jammed' again just consider that of the six roadworks in the 50-location survey, one was rated very good, four good and one acceptable, earning the UK the top position.
The "very good" UK site was the Holmesdale Tunnel in its daytime "mode" on the M25 north of London which narrowly missed out to an Austrian site as the 'best' in Europe.
The AA's Paul Watters said: "UK drivers loathe motorway roadworks but they are an unfortunate fact of life. At least we can take some comfort that, when we carry them out, we manage traffic and safety better than our European neighbours despite having some of the heaviest traffic."
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