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23/10/2009
Drivers are predicted to face the worst traffic congestion of the year this evening, as families take to the roads for the half-term holidays amid bad weather, forecast for many areas of the country.
The AA warned that traffic could build from this morning up to 15 million cars, causing queues on the major routes.
And holiday congestion is set to be unusually bad this year, the motoring organisation said, because half-terms in most areas coincide next week - as opposed to being spread over a fortnight window.
While the Met Office predicts that many areas are set for rain well into the middle of the week, motoring groups are warning that drivers will also face worsening conditions due to the clocks going back in the early hours of Sunday morning.
The Institute of Advanced Motorists said that the return to Greenwich Mean Time will bring an end to "optimum driving conditions" after an autumn of relatively good weather.
Chief examiner Peter Rodger stressed that drivers need to be prepared to slow down due to bad light and bad weather.
"The period between late afternoon and early evening, the time when most casualties happen, is now in darkness," he added.
To help motorists plan their journeys, the Highways Agency has a traffic forecaster service which predicts how fast traffic is likely to move on major routes throughout the day.
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