Speak Out: How Do You Deal with Traffic?

Every day in the Charleston area, traffic creates congestion as commuters try to go home or go to work. Some days, a simple 10 or 15 mile commute can turn into an hour slog. And other days, .

The average person spends 47 hours a year stuck in traffic. Some ideas for coping with traffic include: 

• Squeezing the steering wheel like a stress ball
• Eating popcorn — one kernel at a time
• Listing to books on tape, especially mystery novels

Speak Out: How do you cope with traffic? Tell us in the comments!