A NOTORIOUS road where campaigners have been fighting a long campaign for improvements has been named as the best in Britain in a new study. Experts drove a specially adapted car the length and breadth of the UK to examine road conditions and the physical effects they had on drivers.

The A82 from Glasgow to Fort William was found to be Britain's best road, while the M1 at Sheffield was the worst. The M8 between Edinburgh and Glasgow, unpopular with many Scottish motorists, was voted third worst. But one campaigner said the praise for the A82 was "totally absurd" and questioned the methodology used.