I feel the same way about the weekends with all mix of people taking to the roads its no fun.
But it seems we have out grown our roads. In the south east you have to get up before the sparrow and only then will you get a couple of hours of empty ish roads.
The near continent is more fun simply because the roads are almost empty.
Harder for you to get to than me I guess you need to move further south so you can nip across at will. Believe me its worth it.
