Driving home for Christmas may take a while, but we traffic officers will get you there

If you’re on the UK’s motorways, spare a thought for the workers who give up their Christmas festivities so you can get home safely to enjoy yours• Catherine Dent is a Highways England traffic officerThere’s nothing quite like getting into a car stacked with presents, putting on your best festive jumper, and cranking up the Chris Rea as you venture out on to the motorway to drive home for Christmas. There’s also nothing worse than finding yourself, as the song goes,