Any motorist travelling through Belfast city centre over the last few weeks probably has a lot to say about the traffic.
There has been almost daily paralysis on the roads; some of it the result of a delay in bringing train services to the newly-opened Grand Central Station, some due to ongoing road works, and some relating to collisions.
City centre businesses have been vocal in their frustration. People are finding it harder to get in and out of the area, let alone find time to stop and spend money.
Now even those opting to stay at home, but still attempting to support some of those businesses, are unable to do so.
NI Food-to-Go Association chief executive Michael Henderson has said some takeaway businesses are having to cancel deliveries to outside the city centre as their staff are simply unable to get out.
Mr Henderson added that some outlets in the Dublin Road area had to cut their client base in half because they can’t get to west Belfast during peak traffic times.
In the past week, a number of business groups have pleaded with the Department for Infrastructure to take steps to reduce the problem, with the department announcing a moratorium on work from November 25 in the run-up to Christmas.
The frustration is not solely the preserve of the business community; traffic affects everyone using the roads, from those trying to get to their workplace to patients attending ever more elusive hospital appointments.
Infrastructure Minister John O’Dowd angered some commuters last week when he suggested the answer to the traffic problem is for people to use public transport more often.
And in fairness, he’s right. However, public transport only serves those who are in a position to benefit from it.
Parents with children to drop at school can’t jump on a bus or train at 6am to make the journey to Belfast from various towns across the province.
Others who work over a number of sites throughout the day can’t rely on the current public transport timetable to attend appointments.
The fare prices, and whether they represent value for money, is a whole other debate.
So people struggle on, wading through the sea of headlights, exhaust fumes and traffic lights as the gridlock hands them an increasingly more stressful start to their day.
There are many things that divide the people of Northern Ireland, but anger at traffic chaos is a definite unifier.