Motorists are set to save a lot of time on their morning slog to work this week - and it's all down to dodging the school run.
The half term holidays mean that drivers will save an average of just over 12 minutes every morning, according to elephant.co.uk, which polled 3,000 UK commuters.
Over the course of a week it adds up to more than an hour saved for the average motorist - and one in 10 said they save between 30 minutes and a full hour during the 13 weeks of school holidays through the year.
Londoners are set to be the biggest winners, with drivers seing an average of almost 16 minutes whittled off their commuting times. Next biggest savers are drivers in Northern Ireland, who should get to work thirteen-and-a-half minutes earlier this week.
Only those in the South East and the South West are likely to save fewer than ten minutes each morning - not that they will be complaining.
Managing director of elephant.co.uk Brian Martin said that the boon to commuters could lead to lower stress levels.
"It's estimated that 20% of cars on the roads in the rush hour are in the school run," he said.
"Twelve minutes might not sound like much, but when you add all those twelve minutes up over all the school holidays it equates to an awful lot of extra time you can enjoy at home, rather than being stuck in the car."
