Drivers travel 600m miles just to avoid motorways

Drivers travelled more than 600 million miles last year just to avoid motorways, according to figures from the AA.

Motorway-averse motorists used the AA's online route planner to devise more than five million routes specifically to steer clear of motorways.

The routes average more than 125 miles and, stretched end to end, would extend around the world 24,000 times.