It is the great holiday getaway in France – or maybe that should be the great holiday standstill.<br /><br /> Many routes have been gridlocked, as scores of people head off on their annual summer breaks. <br /><br /> Those taking to the roads on so-called “Black Saturday” have been left in first gear.<br /><br /> “We’ve been on the road 12 hours from Belgium. It’s very tiring, especially at night,” said one man in the back of a car.<br /><br /> A woman, also trapped in traffic, added: “I’m sick of it.”<br /><br /> Up to 900 kilometres of queues have been stacking up across France – the equivalent of Paris to St Tropez. <br /><br /> There have been particular problems on routes leading to the Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts. <br /><br /> Police have brought in measures to try and ease the pain, but motorists were being urged to delay their journeys where possible.
