Automotive

Speed limits are more emotive and divisive than almost anything else about the road network. How do you sort the fact from the opinion? And how did we end up with the speed limits we have?

Three roads were built in the space of 200 years, all trying to tame Rannoch Moor and Glen Coe. This is the impressive tale of one of Scotland's most memorable routes.

The first motorway opened in 1958. The first road restricted to motor traffic, on the other hand, opened in 1923...

The UK has been driving in circles for a hundred years now, and this humble road junction has become part of British culture. Just what is so special about roundabouts?

We'd be lost without them. Find your way around road numbering - how it works, how it was done and how it doesn't always work all that well.