Summer Road Trip Drive From Scone Perthshire To Visit Glasgow Scotland

Tour Scotland Summer travel video of a one hour drive, with Scottish music, from the village where I live in Scone, through the Fair City of Perth, then West on the A9 road and the M80 Motorway on visit to Glasgow. The M80 is a motorway in Scotland's central belt, running between Glasgow and Stirling via Cumbernauld and Denny and linking the M8, M73 and M9 motorways. The A9 is a major road running from the Falkirk council area in central Scotland to Scrabster Harbour, Thurso in the far north, via Stirling, Bridge of Allan, Perth and Inverness. At 273 miles, it is the longest road in Scotland and the fifth longest A road in the United Kingdom.
For car drivers, the national speed limit on a motorway is 70 mph, but look out for exceptions to this. Where there are road works for instance you may see signs indicating a lower speed and you’ll need to respond by slowing down. Breaking the speed limit is both dangerous and illegal so stick to 70 max and stay in the right lane for your speed. Once you have joined the motorway, you should stay in the left hand lane unless you’re overtaking slower moving traffic. If you do decide to overtake, use the usual mirror, signal, manoeuvre procedure when moving in and out of lanes and avoid sitting in the middle or outside lanes. Watch out for large vehicles like lorries changing lanes, they have much bigger blind spots than you so keep your distance. With cars travelling at such high speeds you need to allow far more space to stop. Follow the 2 second rule to ensure there is enough space between you and the car in front.

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