Yep, you were obviously lucky when you drove in Melbourne last, if I have to commute into the city (22 Km) I give myself 2 hours and sometimes I'm still late.
It'll be better once they build the "East West Link", that will stop a lot of "thru-traffic" clogging the city, as there is no ringroad for East/West traffic.
I remember London traffic of almost 40 years ago, and it was a nightmare then. But then again, they've got such a good public transport system compared to melbourne, I don't know why they'd want to drive anyway.
