Picture shows the heavy traffic on the A14 near Cambridge on Friday lunchtime (Dec 18) as the Christmas getaway started.
Picture shows the heavy traffic on the A14 near Cambridge on Friday lunchtime (Dec 18) as the Christmas getaway started. The big Christmas getaway is starting this afternoon (Fri) as four million Brits take to the roads this weekend. Cars were queuing on the A14 in Cambrideshire today as schools finish early, offices close for Christmas and families head away for the festive season. Christmas Eve is set to be the busiest day with million separate journeys taken, according to new RAC Traffic Watch data. Around million Christmas journeys will take place across Christmas Day and Boxing Day, according to the RAC Traffic Watch study, which asked more than 1,700 motorists about their Christmas getaway plans. Rod Dennis, RAC Traffic Watch spokesman, said: "Around 11 million separate Christmas-related car journeys will take place between Christmas Eve and Boxing Day, and this is consistent with previous years - but motorists may benefit from traffic flows that are more evenly spaced out this year, perhaps as a result of schools breaking up a full week before Christmas Day.
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Location: Cambridge UK
Photo credit: © Geoffrey Robinson / Alamy / Afripics
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