I’m sure you’re all experiencing the weather first hand, so you don’t need me (or probably any other site) blathering on about how bad it is. However, TomTom have some interesting facts:
TomTom’s HD Traffic, a live traffic service updated every three minutes, showed 2456 miles of traffic at 08.00 on Jan 6th on major roads, with the longest queue being 50 miles on the A1 (between South Charlton and Darlington North) with delays on both sides of the road. 1196 separate traffic incidents were recorded, 823 of which were on major roads. Quite scary I’m sure you’ll all agree.
Compared to figures collated by TomTom’s HD Traffic Centre during the last heavy snowfall across the UK in February 2009, this is 435 more traffic jams on major roads and 1370 more miles of traffic.
With more snow expected to fall in the next few days, it’s being recommended that you leave the car at home if possible. If travel is necessary you check www.tomtom.com/routeplanner for the most up-to-date traffic information.
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