May Bank Holiday Traffic

So the weather this May Bank Holiday looks a bit mixed - it'll be warm but wet in certain areas! This may have an effect on the traffic.

As I type the M6 is closed Northbound around Holmes Chapple. It's going to be a nightmare on the roads as per usual. But it may be worsend by the good weather today as many will try and take advantage and go today rather than leave it until Saturday morning.

The press agrees with me too. Here's some news resources:

Getaway drivers risk getting caught in the great Bank Holiday slowdown
Times Online
Parts of Britain will be blessed by warm and clement weather over the Bank Holiday weekend, but seeking it out will be as stressful as ever. ...

Bank holiday travel chaos to hit roads and rail
guardian.co.uk
This article was first published on guardian.co.uk on Thursday May 01 2008. It was last updated at 14:04 on May 01 2008. Heavy traffic on the M6 in the West ...

Holiday rail chaos for travellers
The Press Association
Travellers to and from London have been warned that they will have to contend with rail engineering works this bank holiday weekend. ...

Weekend travellers face chaos on railways
Telegraph.co.uk
By David Millward, Transport Editor Hundreds of thousands of travellers are to be engulfed in another weekend of Bank Holiday chaos. ...

Families face Bank Holiday travel chaos due to maintenance on road ...
This is London, UK
Drivers were last night warned to expect delays across the country over the bank holiday weekend. Up to 18million vehicles are forecast to take to the roads ...

TRAVEL CHAOS... IT MUST BE THE BANK HOLIDAY
UK Express, UK
By Polly Buchanan ROAD and rail travellers face a bank holiday nightmare this weekend, with engineering works set to cause misery for millions. ...

Road and rail chaos for bank holiday travel
Birmingham Post, UK
Holidaymakers hoping to get away for the long weekend have been warned to prepare for traffic jams and major disruption on the region’s roads and railways. ...

What's Your Traffic Pet Hate?

Mine has to be the junction of the M62 and M6 near Warrington. I take this junction most days on my way to work and I every time I use it there'll be some muppet stuck in the outside lane the entire way round - it's almost a mile!

The sit there knowing that you're behind them and that there's an empty lane, but thing because a mile down the road they'll have to indicate, they just think they can't spend 2 seconds pulling in! Annoyed or what!

What's your traffic pet hate?

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