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If you are wondering why there is a big traffic jam, it's not all down to careless drivers updating Twitter, it's the Easter holidays you know. But if you really want to cut out the jams this weekend, then the helpful people at the Highways Agency have come up with a new mobile service.
Obviously, you don't want to use the mobile website when you are behind the wheel. But your passengers may wish to access live traffic information while on the move.
the new website is an extention of the present desktop-based one and provides updates from the Agency's National Traffic Control Centre with regional and national information on incidents, traffic jams, road closures and where traffic is ok (a small section of the site we presume).
According to the website, people are already on their Easter hols since lunchtime with 45 per cent more vehicles on the road than a normal Thursday at 2pm. As much as 80 per cent more traffic could be on the road by 10pm tonight.
"Planning your journey to avoid any congestion hotspots can take the stress out of the first day of the holiday so that everyone arrives at their destination happy and ready to enjoy themselves," said Denise Plumpton, Highways Agency director of information.
Thousands of people already take advantage of our website to check the latest traffic information before they leave; now we are making that same information much easier to access when people are away from their PC too."
Link: Live traffic information
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