The Scout-Out

Why is it so hard to get up-to-date traffic information? The best source is on the radio but if you tune in then you’re done for and you have to wait for the next bulletin to find out whether your issue is still ongoing, cleared up or forgotten about. Then there’s motoring organisations like the AA who you think you can trust but their on-line maps are very tricky to use and they’re not always updated properly. When a reported incident is still ongoing but there’s no sign of it when you get there clearly shows that something is up. And the traffic camera websites are so difficult to use. First, you have to hope and assume that they’re live; then you have to find your motorway and the bit of junction that you want to scout out; before discovering that half of the cameras are turned off. Sometimes the only way is to get out there yourself.