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    Drivers warned to expect ‘daily delays’ as 21m leisure trips planned

    by Neil Lancefield Dec 18, 2023 2 minutes
    Source: PA Archive

    UK drivers are expected to make 21 million leisure trips between Monday and Christmas Eve, leading to warnings of daily delays.

    Getaway traffic will climb slowly at the start of the week before jumping from 2.2 million trips on Thursday to 3.2 million on Friday, the last working day before Christmas Day, the RAC said.

    Some 13.5 million leisure journeys by car are

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