DRIVERS spend 175 full days of their lives sitting in traffic jams.
A poll found the typical motorist now queues for 84 hours a year — twice the figure in 1994.
Over 50 years, that works out at 4,200 hours.
The worst place for jams was London, where delays add up to 148 hours every year.
Bristol came in second, with 89 hours, followed by Manchester on 88 hours.
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Then came Leicester on 79, Sheffield on 76, Liverpool and Belfast both on 75, Edinburgh on 74, Hull on 71 and Nottingham on 69.
Amy Turner, 41, of Hackney, East London, said she sold her car this year because she got so angry being stuck in jams.
The financial analyst added: “I used to just sit there staring ahead with steam coming out of my ears.
“I lost so much time sitting in traffic jams I decided to get myself a bike instead.
“Now I just whizz past all the angry drivers!”
The study was carried out using data from satnav firm TomTom for price comparison site Quotezone.co.uk.
Boss Greg Wilson said: “It’s frustrating when you start thinking about how many hours you’re spending each year waiting in traffic.”
