RAC issue warning to Christmas getaway drivers - with three key roads named as problem routes
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The RAC has urged Christmas getaway travellers to avoid three major roads, which have been named as problem routes. The RAC is pleading drivers heading away for Christmas to “be patient” on the roads, and have highlighted the M25, M4 and M5 as “crunch points” for possible delays.
Speaking to BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, RAC senior policy officer Rod Dennis said: “Anyone travelling now, I’m looking at the maps, you’ve got a lot of the road largely to yourself. “But we are expecting things to build up through the course of the morning … If you’re packing up now, this is a good time to travel. There’s a core of about 11 o’clock this morning and between about four and six this afternoon, that’s the core time where we expect the traffic to be heavier.”.
When asked if there are particular crunch points of delays the RAC is worried about, Mr Dennis added: “Yeah, I wouldn’t say worried about. I think this is the thing people are going to be well used to, where they’re not able to tear all the cones out and open all the lanes.
“Obviously there’s stretches of the northern part of the M25, part of the M4, the M5, a lot of routes people use for the sorts of journeys they’re going to make ahead of Christmas where they just can’t open all the lanes back up again. So, there’s those to bear in mind.
