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The a82 picks its way past lochs and across mountains. like thousands of old routes in britain, it's an ancient road in a modern world. i'm not really enjoying the drive on the a82. this section's actually ok but there's loads of sections that are really narrow and quite intimidating, and speed just feels like a massive factor. like, i'm doing the speed limit, or below, most of the time. there's loads of cars behind me trying to get past me and then there's stuff coming the other way, big trucks, and sometimes vehicles that are clearly going too fast, and it is... ..it is quite frightening bec...

It is scotland's most dangerous road. the a82 has cost dozens of lives and captures many of the dangers of driving in britain. first, there's bad driving. a lot of that has been caught on film. horn beeps bleep me! thud, gasp horn blares. then there's fewer traffic officers, 47 lost in scotland in five years. and there's also the state of the road itself. i took a safety expert down one notorious section. we're right by loch lomond and then on this side, it's kind of hills and cliffs.

It's a very, very beautiful location. but this route has a dreadful statistic. it is scotland's most dangerous road. the a82 has cost dozens of lives and captures many of the dangers of driving in britain. first, there's bad driving. a lot of that has been caught on film. bleep me! thud, gasp horn blares then there's fewer traffic officers, 47 lost in scotland in five years. and there's also the state of the road itself. i took a safety expert down one notorious section. we're right by loch lomond and then on this side, it's kind of hills and cliffs.

The a82 picks its way past lochs and across mountains. like thousands of old routes in britain, it's an ancient road in a modern world. i'm not really enjoying the drive on the a82. this section's actually ok but there's loads of sections that are really narrow and quite intimidating, and speed just feels like a massive factor. like, i'm doing the speed limit, or below, most of the time. there's loads of cars behind me trying to get past me and then there's stuff coming the other way, big trucks, and sometimes vehicles that are clearly going too fast, and it is... ..it is quite frightening bec...

Who do you blame? no—one. the road. i blame the road. 0ne false move and you're done for. you really are done for. if you go on that road, you are literally taking your life in your hands. everybody knows that. everybody knows the a82 is the forgotten road and it needs to change. four people in one car died. four people from our family died on that road. that's enough. the uk government says our roads are among the safest in the world. but it's conducting a safety review with police chiefs. five people a day die on our roads, and there is growing pressure on government and the police to act ...