Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/02/highways_agency/
Highways Agency forecasts last year's traffic
2008? Never heard of it
Posted in Bootnotes, 2nd January 2008 16:19 GMT
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Those of you thinking of heading out onto the UK highways and byways are advised not to bother checking out the Highways Agency's handy traffic forecaster (http://www.highways.gov.uk/traffic/forecast.aspx), unless you're lucky enough to have a Back to the Future DeLorean:
(http://www.highways.gov.uk/traffic/forecast.aspx)
Yup, it looks like the Agency's staff had a very robust New Year's Eve indeed, and have evidently still not woken up to the fact that it's now officially 2008. As our informant Stephen Braithwaite puts it: "Another government IT shambles." ®
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Oh yes, and when you haven't selected the current or a future date, try step 2 - "Select an area". The error message is a classic in itself.