Motorists will now be able to watch real-time video footage of motorway jams on their mobile phones.
The Highways Agency has launched a service that will send images from its CCTV cameras so motorists can check traffic before setting out. A trial project has begun with 100 cameras on the M25, M1, M6, M4, M5, M40, M42, M54, M60, A1M and M61 and will extend to cover the agency’s full network of 300 sites by December. Users select the camera they want by scrolling across a map. The service is free by texting “traffic mxdata” to 60070.