There was an article in today's SMH about a survey by the NRMA (surely not a completely disinterested observer when it comes to traffic, but that's another quibble) that showed that drivers in Sydney who used tollroads saved a hell of a lot of time and gas money. Hardly a surprise, really. My favorite bit was this....
"Drivers living in the outer north-west and paying four tolls to get to the city - on the M7, M2, the Lane Cove Tunnel and the Harbour Bridge - are reaping a 94 per cent saving in travel time, taking an average of 47 minutes"
So if you save 94% of the time it would otherwise take to drive, and it still takes 47 minutes, that means it must normally take 783 minutes, or about 13 hours. Or maybe the journalist is clueless about numbers. Take your pick.
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