These are the views that hundreds of motorists face every single day as one of Leyland's major junctions grinds to a halt.
Each morning drivers negotiating the junction of Wigan Road, Lancaster Lane and Leyland Way are backed up hundreds of metres along the roads.
The heaving junction is the major route for all commuters using the motorway network and the highways were only redesigned in the last two years.
The Guardian has visited the junction every day for a week to take a photo of the congestion so we can send our findings to Lancashire County Council.
While the Guardian was taking pictures of the built up traffic this week, there were a number of near-misses and angry exchanges as motorists got caught in the middle of the junction or raced through on changing lights.
Traffic leaving and entering Leyland both face rush-hour delays but fears have been raised that as well as being inconvenient the traffic layout could also be dangerous.
That's because traffic approaching Leyland from Lancaster Lane narrows from three lanes to two.
The problem is made worse by the traffic lights for the M6 slip road which can leave traffic stacked up all the way across Wigan Road.
Residents say that the situation could get worse if developer Wainhomes gets permission to build a large development of houses on several gardens further up Lancaster Lane.
A spokesman for Lancashire County Council said: "We have plans to alter the sequence on the traffic lights to improve the traffic flows in the area. Traffic counts need to be carried out and, once these are complete, we can install the new software.
"The new layout was installed more than two years ago as part of the ROF development and introduced additional capacity. Having monitored the area closely over time it has become clear that improvements could, and should, be made."
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