{"id":8533,"date":"2019-04-16T14:34:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-16T14:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/?p=8533"},"modified":"2019-04-16T14:34:02","modified_gmt":"2019-04-16T14:34:02","slug":"traffic-jams-set-to-peak-on-good-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/traffic-jams-set-to-peak-on-good-friday\/","title":{"rendered":"Traffic jams set to peak on Good Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Around 15 million leisure car journeys are expected to be made in the run-up to Good Friday, with a further 12 million across the bank holiday weekend itself, according to the RAC<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Traffic data from mobility analytics provider INRIX<\/a> suggests that traffic jams will peak on Good Friday, with major routes clogging up between 11am and 4.30pm. Almost all (99%) of the motorways and major A-roads in England will be free of roadworks, with Highways England removing more than 450 miles of cones in time for the Easter bank holiday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis week we\u2019re expecting a significant second wave of\nEaster getaway traffic, following that which we saw at the start of April when\nschools broke up,\u201d said RAC Traffic Watch spokesperson Rod Dennis. \u201cThis will\nmean the coming week and the bank holiday will likely be characterised by\nlengthy queues in some spots.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dennis said that many breakdowns attended by RAC patrols can be avoided by drivers checking their cars before setting out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWrongly inflated tyres, or those with a lack of tread,\nalong with low oil and coolant levels and even a lack of fuel are all typical\nbreakdowns at this time of year,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s therefore vital motorists\nspend a few moments checking these things before getting behind the wheel.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Around 15 million leisure car journeys are expected to be made in the run-up to Good Friday, with a further 12 million across the bank holiday weekend itself, according to the RAC. Traffic data from mobility analytics provider INRIX suggests that traffic jams will peak on Good Friday, with major routes clogging up between 11am […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":8536,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-global-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8533"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8533\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}