Motoring Oddities EP5 - The Longest Straight Road in the UK - Lincolnshire
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- #lincolnshire #roads #travel
If you're looking for an arrow straight road to test those high speed vehicles.. the A15 would have been perfect, if it wasn't for the speed cameras.
Today, not only are we exploring the straightest road the UK has to offer, we're doing so in style with a Ford Mustang! I might have taken a little inspiration from a Top Gear episode of yester year..
Special thanks to the Red Arrows display team for their brief appearances.
As a resident of Boston (one of the slimmer ones I might add), I can share that one of the town's claims to fame is that the Pilgrim Fathers left from near here, or there abouts, to head off to America. So yes, Boston is famous for a group of people who were desperate to leave!
Were they the guys that founded Boston Massachusetts by any chance?
@@helenHTID They were indeed.
The ship only got as far as Southampton before springing a leek and had to find another, the name of which we all know.
@@SirReginaldBlomfield1234 Dave?
They tried to leave from Boston but we unsuccessful
ANY sausage is fine, provided it's English, local and made by a master butcher.
I can’t believe Scunthorpe got away so lightly!!
the romans called it Ermine street. right next to it there are still elements of it and the roundabout at the top end it goes trough that. its kinda cool
Don’t knock Hull…great heritage and within 20 minutes you can be stood on a cliff top looking out to sea.
@@ABunchOfSpanners beat me to it 😂
Where would the straightest stretch of road in scotland be including the islands
Lincs sausages, always!
Not quite the 90 mile Nullarbor Straight with no bends on the Eyre Highway in South Australia. Definitely not the same risk of hitting a Kangaroo at dusk either.
But even that is only a short straight drive compared to the 159 mile straight drive on Highway 10 in Saudi Arabia.
I've got a question and the question is: was the a15 split into 2 sections or has it been 1 section and then split
The section from Hessle ( the Humber Bridge is a relatively new section and was probably designated as the A15 because it was the nearest trunk road. The road carrys on to the roundabout at the M180 then, to rejoin the A15 proper, off at the next exit.
It's not Hull it's Kingston !! It's Kingston upon Hull !
Call it what you want, it's still a shithole
Cumberland sausage always
I enjoyed this.
Thank you.
BTW - you are correct about the Mustang IRS (independent rear suspension).
EXCEPT, the 1999-2004 Mustang SVT Cobra''s did come with IRS.
Though, I have no idea if they were available for sale in GB?
So, maybe you are completely right, after all.
I owned a 2008 Mustang GT Bullitt.
Whenever I went around a corner with any gravel?
And gave it some power?
The back end would hop-hop-hop around it.
Cheers.
☮
I don't think they sold the SVT Cobras over here. Although, to be fair, I believe the only official UK model sold is the S550.
@@AutoShenanigans Than, for Britain, you were 100% correct.
I am in America, BTW.
Really enjoy your channel so far (I've watched 4 or 5 vids).
Cumberland
I see what you did there with the outro
A Ford commercial? WTF?
DO NOT overtake on this road. There used to be an ambulance at caenby corner cafe all day and sometimes a hearse for scooping up impatient boy racer teenagers possessing a shiny new licence. 😁
It's the straightest of roads in the flattest of counties, but that's not to say it's a flat road. There's plenty of hills and dips on it that can easily hide an oncoming artic and someone doing an overtake at the wrong moment. That's pretty much the reason for the cameras and speed traps, and it's happened a lot of times. Might be worth adding a bit to the video about this roads terrible safety record. I don't want to come across as boring, I'm a complete petrolhead myself (cars and bikes), but this isn't a road for testing a high speed vehicle.
Hitting something will only ruin your day and you hit it hard enough that day will last you the rest of your sadly terminated life. Stay safe whilst having fun.
Plenty of pile ups on the 15
100%. The map makes it look like a really straight road so you kind of assume its gonna be some flat straight haven of a road for speeding.
But driving it in reality, the road has lots of dips which go up and down which mean you don't always have overtaking opportunities. On top of that the road has some very slight kinks (on top of the Airbase kink of course) its not like perfectly straight. And of course, the speed cameras are there too. Not to mention HGVs trudging at like 40mph on it stop you from going faster anyway a lot of the time
Where is the longest gay road though?
It’s probably the A3, which goes from Wandsworth to Portsmouth, according to this guy: ua-cam.com/video/OMdPj3HXMgQ/v-deo.html
The one leading to the rainbow 🌈
There all gay
The driveway leading to your house.🤣🤣🤣
I love Linconshire and their sausages.
I'd argue that the Fosse Way at 200+ miles and almost straight is a contender. It has been broken up with the odd bypass and traffic calming scheme but it is a spectacular straight road. I used to take it from Leicester to Cirencester when working there on a site.
We used to have a charity motorcycle run known as the Route 66 run, going from New York in Lincolnshire, to California (Yarmouth) in Norfolk. A pleasant summer run.
That sounds like a great idea!
Rather quicker than the original Canonball
"It's home to cities such as Lincoln", you should have stopped there, I'm pretty sure it's their only city, Scunthorpe and Grantham are towns aren't they?
Now let's take a moment to laugh at Suffolk with its zero cities. They should make Bury St Edmunds a city, just because I know that will piss off Ipswich. And it's always good to piss off Ipswich.
Surely, this is the Roman road Ermine Street; but no mention of that? (I live near Watling Street, pretty straight too)
I drive along this section of A15 quite often and it's a absolute pig of a road to drive. Although it's straight it's also very undulating making it difficult to overtake slower traffic. Also don't worry about the speed cameras driving along this section of road during the day. If you get above 40 mph you're do well because the amount of lorries and tractors that use this road has to be seen. Not a good road to test your high speed vehicle on believe me!
Ermine Street. Direct to retirement for any long-serving legionary from Londinium to Lindum Colonia as the corvus fugit.
Dulcis.
Deffo Lincolnshire sausages
The Fosse Way from Moreton in the Marsh up to the point where it hits Watling Street is 40 miles dead straight with just one minor diversion at Brinklow.
Lincolnshire sausage is the best.
Particularly from Watkins in Grantham.
@@61js oh yes totally agree with you. Kirks in skegness is really good too.
Speed cameras aren't a problem. Given that you can never do more than 40mph due to all the HGVs.
And tractors
Padding the video is entirely acceptable for this subject. It's a road that is long and straight with nothing to see on it. There's not much more you could say about it.
Lincolnshire sausage beats cumberland every day of the week!
Definitely.
boston, fatest, also strongest leave vote in 2016
Xenophobic capital of England.
There's another straight road in Lincolnshire, between the villages of Frithville and Revesby Bridge, north-west of Boston. That's known as the 7-mile straight (although seems to be closer to 6).
P.S. Boston lost it's title of the fattest town
England's route 66 goes from Cumbria to Teesside.
The A66 aligns to the compass much better as well, and has the character befitting. 20 miles in spud country is morelike the southern section of the Pan-Americas Highway where they invented potatoes.
There is a cycle route 66 in East Yorkshire. Shame about the cyclists.
You should try England's genuine Route 66, the A66 between Middlesbrough and Workington. There are lots of abandoned sections particularly around Bowes after the road has been upgraded over the years. That road in the '80's was a winding country lane whereas now it is a modern dual carriageway. The scenery is also spectacular.
I love that drive on the A66, but still one of the most dangerous in the country unfortunately.
You’re right the scenery is spectacular but there are still multiple sections of road that have not been dualled both in North Yorkshire and Cumbria. On the single carriageway sections some crossovers have been staggered or the formation altered to improve safety by increasing visibility but it’s still a dangerous road and really needs to be dualled in it’s entirety.
And yes only 35 years ago it was a winding meandering country road and it took ages to drive from Darlo to Penrith now it’s really quick providing you don’t get stuck behind a tractor on one of the single sections. You’re taking your life in your hands by overtaking on those sections!
Lincolnshire sausages are by far the best. My sister moved to Bigglewade early in her marriage but always came back to Lincolonshire to get her sausages.
A15 forms part of Ermine Street which runs all the way from London (somewhere outside Liverpool Street train station) all the way to York - it was the M1 of it's day.
Lol... " Wish You Were Here" theme music at the end 😂😂.
Looking forward to a motorways abroad section 👌
I took my first Aston here and got pulled over for being too excessive with my speed and they were more interested in the car, just got a warning but they still wanted me to floor it off so they could hear the exhaust.
“…hosted over 70 airfields. SEVENTY! In ONE county! No wonder we won”. 😅😉✌️
I'll host a pride parade down the A15. Straightest road my arse.
Make it so!
Whoooo. I bet the red arrows weren't cheap 😂
Wait, how did you escape Yorkshire?! (pls help)
A15 is a horrific road to drive, I used to drive/ride it every day, both sides of Lincoln and honestly, I'm so glad I dont have to do it daily. They desperately need to turn it into a dual carriage way.
I have driven on that stretch of road. I found it rather pleasent.
It's also known as one of Lincolnshire's most dangerous roads. There's been loads of crashes, usually involving artic trucks and hundreds of deaths. It may be straight but it isn't flat !!!
As a truck driver myself I can say with some authority the crashes caused by crap driving and mostly oncoming vehicles cutting to the white line or more, causing the other vehicle to drop a wheel in the dirt then be pulled off the road......I can get flat out through those bends fully loaded both directions and stay within the lines, no drama. (most of the truck crashes happen on the wiggly bit near Caenby Corner)
How odd that I've lived in Lincoln now for the best part of 20 years and didn't know that about the A15
What didn't you know?
@@rooramblingon895 about it being the longest stretch of straight road
Lincolnshire sausages every time.
My van broke down a while ago near Burton waters, not far from the A15 and RAF scampton. Because of the efficiency of the RAC I was at the roadside from 9.30 am until 5.45 pm
I did get a display from the red arrows though 👍🏼👍🏼
I think I’ve said before on previous vids I deliver nationwide so I get about lol
I know the A15 very well
Now I know it’s famous I’m getting an autograph the next time I’m on it 😁
Isn't England's Route 66, er, the A66...?
Impressive for the UK. I used to drive on I80 though Nebraska. That's straight for about 70 miles. I had my Honda Pilot shake it's steering wheel at me to "put in human inputs" as it thought I wasn't holding the wheel when in fact I just had no need to actually turn the wheel. Stupid car...
Oh my gosh, the Tim Traveller reference... smh
"Featuring, The Red Arrows"
- Vic to Bob, The Weekenders, 1992
Meat Festival!
Flat Wastelands ?? We locals call it Bostonistan btw.......Murder Capital of the country, and Lincs Sausage is the best.
Straightest...and one of the most dangerous, as a trucker there isnt a lot of room between trucks for most of the A15 from Scunthorpe to Lincoln.
I’ve said it before, it’s not the road that’s dangerous, it’s the twats that over take on it! Get rid of them and we’re all good 👍
I keep finding videos that I haven't seen, and obviously I am not the only one😉
It might be one of the straightest roads it also one of the most dangerous.
The drivers who drive on it are danderous.
Hi another good video. There was a long road in Thetford Norfolk but then they built the A11 on it & around it. That might go in your abandoned roads because you can still go on part of it but the rest they blocked off. If you put in main road south of Thetford on UA-cam. You can see how long the road was. Also if you put in A11 construction from Thetford update. That we'll show you how long it is from the air & show you the old bit that they go around it.
Thanks for watching and good info I shall have an explore on google Earth
Lincolnshire sausages FTW.
I've been on the A15 today it's a lovely road to ride on with some fabulous views of the Lincolnshire countryside, re the question of which is the best sausage I've got to say I like them both
Wrong !
The 2003/4 Ford Mustang SVT Cobra, was not only the very first Mustang V8 with a Supercharger, a Six speed manual Gearbox, but also the very first Mustang with an Independent rear Suspension !
but, as said in a comment above, not sold in UK
The A15 follows the path of the old Roman road (called Ermine Street). Lots of archeology around. Lots and lots of big tractors!!
majority of the roads around lincoln are straight not many are on hills
Fortunately the A15 goes away from Scunthorpe not to it.
@@andymerrett it's the only way I'd want to go.
The Lincolnshire sausage is the winner as McDonalds pork patties are in this style...
by saying the Mustang "has an air of American car about it" do you mean it is a bit crap?
Handles like "jelly on the plate"? lol
My wife is from Ukraine. I’ve been there 15 times also used to live there for a few months as well. She is from a city in central Ukraine about 300 km south of Kyiv. One thing that I noticed straight away the first time I went to Ukraine is if you take yourself 50 km south of Kyiv it looks just like Lincolnshire. Flat and sprawling fields. quite honestly if you got dropped there by aliens you would think you were in Lincolnshire if you didn’t know
I can quite believe that.
Apparently its the same sort of chalky/limestone soil as well which probably makes it so fertile. No wonder its the bread basket of Europe.
Ah theres is a way of telling
If a farmer from Linconshire says i'll like to introduce you to my daugther and wife there be only one women standing there.🤐
@@paulspeight8398 😂😂😂😂
The best sausage is definitely the Newmarket sausage, from Suffolk. Well it's technically in Suffolk but it's kind of absurd, it should definitely be Cambridgeshire, it's completely surrounded by Cambridgeshire except for like one road connecting it to the rest of Suffolk. As for which is best between Cumberland and Lincolnshire sausages... probably Lincolnshire. But honestly neither of them are anything to get too excited about.
I drive on the A15 regularly....when it's not shut due to a crash...which is often.
It's a god awful road.
The road is fine, it’s when you get the mix of people that won’t do over 40 combined with the people that feel the need to do 80+ and not being able to read the signs for junctions is where the problem arises. And yes, I live just off the A15. I reiterate, it’s not the road it’s the drivers at fault.
@@yellowbeard9981 A15 on which I was nearly killed by an (I assume) shorthouse in a 205 GTI who decided to overtake despite not being able to see clearly over his bonnet/the road ahead. It's why I now I surround myself with two tonnes of Volvo.
But what have the Romans ever done for us? 🙄
The aqueduct.
What?
...they, they gave us the aqueduct...
Yes, they did give us that, that's true
And sanitation Yes, that too
The aqueduct I'll grant is one
thing the Romans may have done
And the roads, now they're all new
And the great wines too.
Have a look at the Nullarbor, mate, if ya wanna see a straight road. The railway is even straighter and longer.
Aussie's don;t know how to make curved roads, never mind how to surface them properly.....
Last time I looked, Nullarbor isn't in the UK
@@g8ymw Correct. There's not enough room. Though the Ancient Romans did the best they could from London to Edinburgh,
Cumberland sausages 'cos they're curly and spicy unlike the A15
Lincolnshire sausage from LOUTH
Whos though. Lakens
irmland 😼
@@ryanharris2305 It used to be Jacksons but closed now - so Lakings
John you were puzzling over longest or straightest. Surely longest could be longer but surely, can I call you Shirley, straight cannot be comparative or superlative just as circular can’t be more circular. So a road is straight or it’s not.
Those Romans didn’t mess about, did they?
RAF Scampton has a bow and arrow as their emblem....because that's how it (roughly) looks from the air after the runway was extended and road "bent"around it. Also the A15 starting at Hessle is relatively new, extended when the Humber Bridge opened. If you notice the A15 disappears along the M180 a few miles to link with the original road. Good video as ever
Yes of course between East Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire, which used to be the not at all liked really county of Humberside. But that is where the Humber Bridge is too.
B1398 parallel to A15 along Lincoln Edge is a better driving road. Watch out for Caenby Corner roundabout on A15.
The A15 may be the longest road ,but its also one of the worse driving roads,, yeah I also would choose the B1398 over the A15 anyday!!!
It’s also much more scenic. The A15 is dull.
The A46. Fosse Way is a lot longer and straighter!
Got to love Lincolnshire, nice to visit from Leicestershire, not sure I'd want to live there mind you, what did the Romans ever do for us 😂
I take the A15 every week but don't think I've ever been past Lincoln. I had no idea
"No wonder we won" Priceless!!!!
The road was straight even after RAF Scampton was built during the war; the runway was lengthened in 1956 when the Avro Vulcan lived at Scampton, so the road needed to be moved.
Just remember America, the Fox body you all seem to drool and dribble over is... da da daaaaaaaaa a British MK3 Ford Escort with bits bolted on... so next time you get a stiffy for a Fox body Mustang just in your minds eye superimpose the MKIII Escort over it and feel the deflation of sadness and the realisation that Ford US polished mightily a big brown coiled thingy and made you all panting for it hehehehehe (muppets :P)
Who told you this? It is wrong. The Fox chassis came out in the 70's and the Fairmont was the first car produced on the Fox. And the only escort badged car using the fox chassis was the NA escort, which was a completely different car from the EU escort.
I think Jon is conning us.
A milk float with an overdubbed V8 soundtrack. lol
The A15 is a great commuting road. It was 80% of my commute at one point and if you get behind a lorry and set your cruise control your pretty much set for 30 mins at a time between roundabouts. The M1 was probably the only contender.
bomber county is its nickname
I'm so happy I discovered you tonight. I'm just a normal US American woman that has laughed the most watching your videos. I absolutely adore John. He's is sarcastically hilarious.
I've only driven along it once and was surprised how bloody hard it was to drive absolutely straight for that long!!!
The best sausage? The one someone else paid for.
Flat Wastelands some of the Best Land on Earth
No one tell geowizard
Lincolnshire sausages are the best by far.
As an HGV driver the bit from Scunthorpe to Lincoln is very narrow when you pass another HGV coming the other way…there ain’t a lot of room 😬
And to help they just reduce the speed limit because that makes the road wider lol
Stuff about the longest straight road - 28 seconds. Stuff not about the longest straight road - 5 minutes.
Good job. You should be a politician.
I watched to the very end and I must have missed the obvious joke about Scunthorpe
In Boston Aldi it's always Cumberland sausages left on the shelf!
They also love this amazing brexit there
@@redboyjan What Brexit? The elites keep dragging their heels
@@g8ymw 🤡
lincoln sausage, the best
I regularly cycle Lincolnshire roads. Some of them are awful in terms of surface. The council have just gone mad spraying surface dressing chippings over the smoothest sections. Utter stupidity.
I used to go from Lincoln to Bristol in my dad`s lorry years ago on the A46. It`s gone all bending now.
I could listen to that V8 all day!
I , as a born and bred Lincolnshire lad have to say that I am a Lincolnshire sausage fan ,very much so - I’ve carried one everywhere I’ve been all my life. It doesn’t half make the ladies from other counties chuckle when they say they like Lincolnshire sausage if you tell them that 😂
Welcome to the land of the 'Sausage Fest'. Thought it was Brighton TBH
😂🤣👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Lincolnshire sausages are best