Unconnected forces on the road

About 25 minutes to travel just under a mile this morning. It's happened enough for me to spot the connections - A fast flowing river on a clear winter's morn.

For those wondering what on earth that's got to do with traffic I'll explain. When the river is flowing faster it does so because it is carrying more water; when it does that certain riverside roads can be closed off and traffic diverts through the town; even when they're not closed off traffic still diverts just in case they are and the signs haven't been put up yet. As a result there's extra traffic in town from two directions.

In Winter the sun is low and the three major choke points High Street- Vale Road, Gilgal entrance and the island exit all lie such that you are either driving into or having to look directly at the sun; traffic slows down.

So more traffic makes things slower anyway on top of which they're driving even slower due to the sun. The only way it could be worse is if it had just rained and the road became a mirror.