Drivers stuck in a stationary queue following an accident on the westbound M26 motorway in the UK.


The UK's motorways are now five times busier than their original planning estimates expected and indicate a severe lack of capacity within Britain's road transport network. Many experts believe the nation's transport problems are so profound that the country will not be able to build its way out of crisis no matter how many new railway lines, bus lanes or motorways are constructed. Successive governments have periodically sanctioning road-building programs that have failed to provide a realistic solution to the traffic congestion facing the country.


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Location: Kent, Southern England, UK
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