Suddenly really busy out...

[Wanderlust21]

Anyone else noticed an awful lot of cars on the roads today in comparison to recent days?

I was gonna pop out to the store as it's been 9 days in the house and I'm running low. But apparently some of the shops have lifted some of their limits. Think all those cars are going there to panic stock up again? Don't want caught in a cram.

Not here. It’s still quiet on my road and l didn’t see much on my walk

Ugh damn that probably means they're all going to the Aldi near my place :/

Anyone else noticed an awful lot of cars on the roads today in comparison to recent days?

Yes definitely and just been discussing it with a friend on the phone this morning

its payday!!!

Nhs food parcels being delivered in my area which could explain the increased traffic?

Yes, I just mentioned it to my partner.

Ate you near /enroute to any big supermarkets by any chance flaxmeadow?

It’s busy here. Park bustling, lots of cars on the road. Think lockdown fatigue must be kicking in...

It’s not too bad near Leeds. I mean, I don’t go outside, but DP is a key worker and said motorways are really quiet

*are

Busier here. I think everyone is getting fed up with it all and going out more.

Busier here in the east too

No

But yes it is payday

And the only place to spend money is the supermarket...

Was fine earlier though

I noticed the a lot more cars last night and there were more people in the supermarket too at a time when it's previously been deserted. Payday could be reason for the supermarket.

Ah yeah damn so it is.
Hmm maybe I'll take a walk along and if it looks too busy I'll just go home again lol.

I blame Professor Stephen Powis and his ridiculous mention of 'green shoots' 🤬

We had to run our cars out the other day just to make sure we weren't going to get flat batteries. Ran them a bit further than just to the supermarket and back to make sure they're OK (particularly DH's car which doesn't get used when he's not at work and will be back in mothballs for a couple of weeks now).

Nope dead here.

Yes my road is busier than normal cant all be key workers or they would be regulars who know the fucking SPEED LIMIT

No not round here

Went to the PO to pay CT earlier . Didn't notice many cars but counted , in total (also went to Sainsbury local) 11 or so people , including myself. All of us keeping our distance.

It's been in the news today that police cannot stop people from driving to a place to exercise, so I wonder if more cars are on the road as a result of that. In my local town the police set up road blocks to question every vehicle that came past, and apparently they've been told they cannot do that now either.

Yes very busy, cars going non stop up our road which is usually quiet.

Can't see a road and haven't been out but the streets have been busier with pedestrians when I've been out for an evening walk. It's practically impossible to do social distancing (am I supposed to stand in the middle of a main road while people pass??) so actually starting to think i'd be safer driving to somewhere quieter for my exercise!

Yes, busy even with people taking a walk - much more than the last 2 days, and busier on the roads as well. Probably a combination of lockdown fatigue as mentioned above and the mixed messages from government (cautious optimism etc).

Far busier today, I think the novelty of watching Netflix is wearing off. Lidl was particularly busy, people very friendly and chatty (not what the government wants!) staff chatty too.