Key to Happiness - Avoid Traffic

Saw this small article in the Wall Street Journal today written by Jonathan Clements about the Keys to Happiness (WSJ 12/6, p. D1). He talked with several experts who specialize in "Happiness Research", and reported back what he found. One of the items was to avoid traffic. Traffic is one of the least favorite things to deal with in life, and that tends to be because we're not in control of it. "Lack of control is what tends to induce stress in human beings", says Andrew Oswald, professor at England's Warwick University. I have to agree, I mean what's worse than knowing you need to be somewhere for [insert important work/personal appointment here] and you get caught in unexpected traffic.

If you can't move closer to work to avoid traffic, my immediate idea was to get a traffic enabled GPS. If you live in a top metro area (where there's a lot of traffic), you are pobably served by TMC traffic flow and incident reporting. Here are some Traffic enabled GPS units on the market: