fault-finding mission

In previous years I was always intrigued how the streets became much busier at around 07:23. Today I was pleased at how much quieter they were a bit after eight rather than a bit before nine; it's a step in the right direction but I hope to get out slightly earlier again tomorrow to prevent a repeat of this afternoon's unpleasant experience of feeling that I'd achieved a reasonable daysworth of work but finding that I still had to work for at least another half an hour in order for the time and attendance system to consider me on target for achieving a full working week.