This new song from the Corrigan Brothers tells the story of the forgotten men who sacrificed home and family to build the motorways of the UK. I wonder how similar is their story to the East Europeans who have built our motorways? Time will tell. Anyway a great song and a great video to go with it.

... 39;s the 50th anniversary of the M1! The BBC has pictures. But we know what motorways look like. There are, however, many questions that remain unanswered, and possibly even unasked, about motorways, ... are little windy things where you have to reverse into a lay-by to let a tractor past. Sure, motorways have several lanes, but that's not the point, is it? Why not have one big road and forget ...

... to fill the car with petrol, and everyone could get out and get something to eat. It all seemed very new and modern and exciting. Before the motorways were built, long-distance journeys by road were slow and ... on the same road as me! In the 1950's, hardly anyone opposed the building of the first motorways. Today, many people say that if you build more roads, they will quickly fill up with ...

... come across HATOs because by the nature of their role most of their work is restricted to the motorways & therefore it’s likely to be only the dying breed of traffic officers ... traffic officers who felt they were unprofessional or even dangerous – motorways can be really scary – but I think this could have been because the service was so new a few staff had any experience of ...

... I rarely exceed 60 on dual carriageways and motorways. I'm happy to observe speed limits, ... the consequences in the lane you're in, hogging the outside lane on motorways at 50mph, driving in the middle lane of the new three-lane motorways rather than the inside lane, not using indicator lights to warn us where you're going etc). Quite a list, which raises my righteous (?) anger! Lots ...

... on single track roads and 60mph on dual carrigeways (and of course motorways). A CAR DERIVED VAN is a van named after a car ... on single track roads and 70mph on dual carriageways and motorways. There is not a Transit car or a Mercedes Sprinter or a Ford Connect car ... on single track roads and 60mph on dual carriageways and motorways. Drive Careful and remember what you're driving, and what ...