Bank holiday traffic and B roads. AIBU to blame sat nav?

[isanyonegoinganywhere]

I live in N Wales close to the English border.

I have always lived in the area, and have lived in my particular town for over 15 years. There are a couple of major A roads that criss-cross the area. Typically on Fridays between about April and October, and each day over bank holiday weekends, these roads are busy with cars heading to the N Wales coast. A pain in the backside when you are caught up in it on the way home from work but otherwise manageable if you avoid these roads.

However, I have noticed this year that the local B roads are now heavy with traffic. This didn't used to be the case. On a couple of occasions (May bank holiday and this weekend) the 6 mile journey to the next town has taken 45 minutes rather than the usual 15. Looking at where the cars join / leave and the fact that many of them are full with families and luggage I can only guess that the additional traffic is holiday traffic using sat nav to avoid the jam. I assume similar happens to other parts of the UK?

AIBU to hate the additional traffic on the local routes?

And AIBU to think Sat Nav is to blame?

I’m a Marches dweller too. There is just so much more traffic on the roads and not just in holiday season. Tourists use the B roads for the same reason as locals but due to volume of traffic both are clogged. I don’t think it can be avoided.

@AlexaAmbidextra neither my town nor the town I was going to have a train station so that's not possible. I do use trains when i can but I have to drive a few miles to a station.

@EggysMom ah, it was you! 😉

Meh, roads are for everybody, locals or tourists have as much right to use them.

isanyonegoinganywhere. It was orangeshoebox that suggested using the trains more. Not me. I was saying why I couldn’t.

@alexaambidextra sorry, clicked the wrong person, your point was the same as mine re the trains

Cross post!

EggysMom, ah it was you!

Well you shouldn't make north Wales such a nice place to visit - it's your own fault, that lovely coastline, those welcoming people, exhilarating adventures, and a great air show ...

Correct. We were heading to Weston super mare yesterday. Sat nav picked up a major traffic huge traffic jam going into Bristol area. So we swung round and got to Weymouth.

@EggysMom point taken 😂

I don't even have a problem with people following sat nav to avoid traffic because it's human nature. It's just frustrating as hell not being able to go anywhere.