Published Date: 19 July 2008 THEY are the vehicles that motorists either love or hate – depending on whether they are ahead of, or behind, their cars. But now the often fraught relationship between caravanners and other drivers faces further strain, with predictions of record numbers of caravans on the roads this summer. Tensions have been increased with the coining of the term "caravanger" to describe car drivers' likely reaction to having more caravans to contend with. This has in turn enraged caravan groups, who condemned claims of increased traffic as exaggeration and scaremongering. Caravans are limited to 60mph on motorways and dual carriageways, and 50mph on single carriageways – 10mph less than cars. The extra traffic is expected to be generated by caravan sites reporting an increase in bookings compared with last...
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