Wacky Races: How our reporter fared as she drove her car to work

Never a fan of public transport, I have always preferred to commute by car but the reasons why are what also makes the drive to work frustrating '“ I get impatient and don't like sitting still for too long.
By The Newsroom
Published 24th Feb 2018, 13:00 BST
Updated 24th Feb 2018, 13:25 BST
Our reporter Emma Spencer drove her car to work in our race to work.Our reporter Emma Spencer drove her car to work in our race to work.
Our reporter Emma Spencer drove her car to work in our race to work.

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Getting to the meeting point was an arduous task in itself. I joined the slow winding line of cars making their way to Rodley roundabout before I could join the bypass up to Horsforth.

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I resisted the urge to take the rat run and zip up Canal Road and Bridge Road before re-joining Rodley Lane. This is because a) I don’t think by the time you have waited to re-join the traffic you save much time and b) it looks like the council is making that road one-way soon so it will be out of the question anyway.

Our reporter Emma Spencer drove her car to work in our race to work.Our reporter Emma Spencer drove her car to work in our race to work.
Our reporter Emma Spencer drove her car to work in our race to work.

It took 20 minutes to do the two-mile journey to the meeting point and I took this as a sign of how the rest of the journey might go, especially after seeing the line of traffic waiting in the opposite direction.

After leaving our starting point, I find the traffic waiting to go through the lights at the Toby Carvery has actually decreased, and I turn onto the ring road before taking a popular cut-through via Featherbank Lane to get to New Road Side. Traffic is moving steadily, although slowly, as I approach Kirkstall on Abbey Road.

A fair few cyclists whizzed past while I sit on Kirkstall Road which is, as expected, quite stop-start. After joining Wellington Road, it’s a fairly clear run to the office via Northern Street and my destination on Whitehall Road.

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Find out how everyone else got on in our wacky race across Leeds by clicking the links below...

Our reporter Emma Spencer drove her car to work in our race to work.Our reporter Emma Spencer drove her car to work in our race to work.
Our reporter Emma Spencer drove her car to work in our race to work.

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Wacky Races: How our reporter fared as she drove her CAR to work

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