Good Morning Britain's Simon Calder shared the times people should set off if they are planning a long drive this Easter.
The travel expert appeared on today's edition of the ITV news programme and warned this bank holiday is set to be the busiest for travel since 2019. It is expected 17 million car journeys will take place over the Easter weekend and broadcaster, Adil Ray, asked Simon what people can do to avoid the "mayhem on the roads".
The expert explained how the roads are always worst at the middle of the day as he issued guidance for people plotting a road trip. He said: "Today probably about 11am things will start building up and that will continue until about 4pm.