With the end of the restrictions imposed by the corona pandemic, traffic has largely returned to normal.
Nevertheless, Germans were less stuck in traffic jams in 2022 than the year before.
At least it feels like you always get stuck in a traffic jam when you least need it.
But even if nothing is going on, you should keep a cool head - and, for example, never turn around and simply drive back to the next exit.
It is just as important to form the rescue lane at the right moment - the right-hand rule helps here.
The ADAC has now presented its traffic jam balance for the year 2022 - and it shows a slight decrease in traffic jam hours compared to the previous year, despite the abolition of corona-related restrictions on car traffic.
Their number is even significantly lower than the 2019 level.
ADAC balance sheet for 2022: Saturdays and Sundays have the fewest traffic jams
In the last year before the lockdown, a total of 521,000 hours of traffic jams were counted on German autobahns.
In the 2020 blocking year, their number halved to 256,000, only to rise significantly again a year later to 346,500.
Despite the normalization in 2022, the number of traffic jam hours fell slightly to 333,000.
The ADAC counted a total of 474,000 traffic jams last year, and the reported traffic disruptions totaled 733,000 kilometers.
A comparison with the values of previous years is not possible due to a new method of data analysis.
The traffic jam, however, is comparable to the previous year, according to the traffic club.
Important to know: It is not always worth leaving the motorway in a traffic jam and taking an alternative route overland.
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According to the ADAC balance sheet, Germans were less stuck in traffic jams in 2022 than in the previous year.
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Traffic jam balance sheet 2022: Drivers stand the longest on Thursdays
The busiest day of the week was Thursday with around 1,200 traffic jam hours.
In 2019 it was Wednesday with 1,850 traffic jam hours.
Saturdays and Sundays last year saw the fewest traffic jams, at around 500 hours.
The busiest day of the year overall was Friday 30 September with 2,250 hours of traffic jams.
At that time, many Germans used the public holiday on October 3 for a long weekend.
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Traffic jam balance sheet 2022: In a comparison of German cities, Munich takes first place
Incidentally, in a comparison of the most congested cities in Germany, Munich is ahead: In 2022, drivers had to endure an average time loss of 74 hours here.
Berlin ranks second with 71 hours, ahead of Hamburg with 56 hours.
In an international comparison, however, this is still relatively moderate: the average time lost was 156 hours in London, 155 hours in Chicago and 138 hours in Paris.
(With material from SP-X)
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