Tour Scotland early Autumn travel video of a one hour road trip drive East, with Scottish music, on the M8 and M80 Motorways and on the A9 road from Glasgow on ancestry, genealogy, history visit to Perth, Perthshire. The M80 is a motorway in central Scotland, running through Glasgow, North Lanarkshire, Falkirk and Stirling and links the M8, the 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 in the Highlands. 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. When driving in Scotland, slow down and enjoy the trip.
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