The traffic on Britain’s roads has started creeping back up during the past couple of weeks, but – as you may have noticed when out shopping, exercising or going to work – they’re still a lot quieter than before the lockdown.<\/p>\n
The government says road trips in motorised vehicles, recorded at 275 automated sites, are now at around 35% to 45% of the usual level.<\/p>\n
AA president Edmund King has told the BBC that – based on analysis of the official figures and his organisation’s own monitoring – traffic volumes in Britain are now “akin to those in the early 1970s”.<\/p>\n
Transport usage ‘will change after lockdown’<\/p>\n
It was a time the Morris Marina and Ford Cortina were among the UK’s best-selling cars.<\/p>\n
Edward Heath was prime minister, the UK joined the European Economic Community, money went fully decimal, David Bowie rebranded himself as Ziggy Stardust and almost half of all adults smoked – many while at the wheel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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