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Highways in spectre
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Spooky roads survey's surprising finding
At the lime of writing Halloween was upon us. The shops were full of the usual spooky paraphernalia, the streets full of pumpkin lanterns and hordes of children engaged in what amounts to legitimised begging. Anyway, in a bit of seasonal PR fun, construction products firm Tarmac has revealed the results of its Spooky Roads' survey.
Top of the list was the M6 (which normally tops lists for other reasons such as desperation-inducing queues) where apparently drivers have seen everything from Roman soldiers to a phantom truck driving the wrong way down the carriageway although given the driving habits of some of our colleagues from across the water it's not beyond the realms of possibility.
Tony Simmons of Tarmac, who compiled the results, says: "We originally assumed Britain's spookiest road would turn out to be a dark lane near an ancient battlefield. But the M6 is one of Britain's longest roads and it travels through many counties and therefore an immense amount of history."