Motorway phobia
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Just how far will anxious drivers go to avoid joining the motorway? More than 600 million miles, if the last year is anything to go by.
During that time UK drivers used the AA’s online Route Planner to devise more than five million routes specifically to steer clear of motorways. The routes, weaving under, over and alongside busy multi-lane roads, averaged over 125 miles each. Stretched end-to-end they would extend around the world 24,000 times.
Though motorways are statistically the UK’s safes...
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