Tuesday 9th August 2005

Here's when to avoid the M25

Country's busiest road clogs up in the summer

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Just don't go there

You want to know when to avoid the M25? Friday evenings in August are the busiest times, especially on the western ring and holiday-makers combined with daily commuters clog the country's busiest motorway.

Travelling between 5pm and 6pm between junctions 10 and 21A is when traffic is at its heaviest, according to a survey by Trafficmaster. You don't want to go near the northern section, between junctions 21A and 30, either if you can avoid it. Or, according to Trafficmaster, the southbound section of the M1 between junctions 12 and 6A.

A Trafficmaster spokesman said, "August is one of the worst months of the year for traffic as Fridays within this month are on average busier than a normal Friday. Many people make the most of the weekend during the summer holidays and with holidaymakers mixing with commuter traffic, delays are more frequent and longer."

Other congested roads highlighted by Trafficmaster include:

• The M4 from London to Bristol and between the Severn Bridge and Cardiff;
• The M62 in West Yorkshire between junction 23 and the M621 at junction seven;
• The M8 at Glasgow from junction 13 to junction 25;
• The M6 in the West Midlands between junctions four and 10A
• The M5 Avonmouth to Almondsbury near Bristol.

Trafficmaster also found that 40 per cent of drivers spend an hour a day stuck in traffic and that last year motorists wasted around 182 million working days waiting in jams - costing the UK up to £20bn.

[bigjimmy]

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[trevorw]

bigjimmy said:

[Nicol@]

'You don't want to go near the northern section, between junctions 21A and 30'

I stupidly did that section last Friday evening. It was very boring as there were no nice cars in the traffic to look at.

The traffic was moving most of the time, but slowly due to volume.

So glad I am not a commuter.

[bigjimmy]

trevorw said:

bigjimmy said:

I'm not very good at this internet stuff. How do you get it so that the Pic shows on the page, rather than just putting the link, like i did?

Thanks

[trevorw]

bigjimmy said:

trevorw said: bigjimmy said: [pic]*** www.home.no/c0licab/captain.jpg ***[/pic] I'm not very good at this internet stuff. How do you get it so that the Pic shows on the page, rather than just putting the link, like i did? Thanks

You where nearly there, you just needed to add the [pic] [/pic] either side of the URL without spaces.

See above, you just need to remove the ****

[bigjimmy]

Thanks, thats good to know!!