Secrets of The Motorway - M876

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The M876... No, I hadn't heard of it either. It's a small yet fairly key link for the M80 and M9 motorways. There really isn't a lot to see but not to worry, there's plenty of juicy junction details for us to get stuck into.

Also.. a pedestrian crossing on a motorway and two motorways that share each others space. Absolute madness.

In this series we aim to explore what our motorway network is hiding. As we drive along at 70mph..ish...we simply just wouldn't be aware of what we're missing. This series aims to uncover some of the hidden secrets our motorways have to offer.

[rubberducky]

The warm weather in England has forced Jon to migrate north to Scotland so he can continue wearing his signature beanie without overheating.

[davidrobert]

Congrats on 94k subscribers. Hard to believe you had less than 500 a year ago.

[tayne]

Rab C Nesbit theme at the end?

I was waiting for the “BEAT IT!”

[HighlandCall]

So Scottish motorways (and Special Roads with similar restrictions like the Edinburgh City Bypass) have 70mph signs because of differences between legislation between Scotland and England - originally motorways were unrestricted but in 1967 a 'temporary' 70mph limit was brought in. In England and Wales this was through a series of statutory instruments (the one currently in force is the excitingly named "70 miles per hour, 60 miles per hour and 50 miles per hour (Temporary Speed Limit) (Continuation) Order 1978" which extended the 1977 order indefintely) while in Scotland they simply used the rules allowing them to place a speed limit on roads to give all motorways a 70mph limit; hence the 70mph signs on motorways because technically the 'national speed limit' (of which no motorways on that exist in Scotland) is still unrestricted. This is also why non-motorway 'special roads' (the A1/A720 in Edinburgh and the A55 in north Wales; almost certainly others somewhere) have 70mph signs and not NSL signs - legally all of the orders providing for the national speed limit exclude non-motorway special roads because none existed or were planned in 1977; so rather than amending the legislation for a handful of roads the fudge is to stick 70mph signs up.

Not the only difference in laws between Scotland and England on the motorways - the other noticible one is that Scottish motorways are numbered based on the A road they replaced (which is why there's no A7 as Edinburgh-Carlisle is not high demand enough as a route; and why the M872 is the M872 and not a shorter number) while England use a zonal system like the A road numbering system across the UK.

[SiHadlington]

This is why you need to keep still when doing your patter, Jon. …. Trying to climb a slide at the same time means you called it the A786 at 46 seconds in instead of A876 😂

[matthew-Williams]

The look of sheer disappointment going down the slide is just too funny.

[rotinkerbell]

All rather wonderful. Makes me proud to be Scottish- we're so hard we have pedestrian crossings on our motorways? No, it is an outdoor LabTest being run by the University of Kincardine Tulieallan, to prove Darwinism. They send the bizies in training on a field trip and who ever survives they train them up to be road traffic constables.

[ClydebridgeStation]

The main reason for the upgrade of the A876 near Kincardine, and the resulting grade separation junction, replacing the roundabout, was because of the opening of the new Clackmannanshire bridge, which allows traffic to avoid going through Kincardine. The Kincardine bridge was thus given relief as a result, and a bypass round Kincardine was made as well, for traffic in Fife.

[Direkin]

Who else could dedicate a channel to talking about roads and make it this fun to watch?

[SeaGamerlife]

This channel is god-tier YouTube, so happy I found it

[auldfouter]

I had Taylor relations in the farms Mydub and Cuthelton shown near the dual carriageway on the OS map at the beginning. Also in the outro, the coastal land Jon is standing on by the newish Forth crossing near Airth is probably next to land farmed by my great-great-grandfather Allan Carswell ( 1826-1902 ) , who was a schoolmaster as well as a farmer at North Greens. My mother remembered being taken for runs in the car on summer evenings in the 1930s by her grandfather to see progress on the building of the Kincardine Swing Bridge seen beyond the new bridge in the closing shots.
Thanks , I really enjoyed this edition.

[tonypeters]

I had just taken a mouthful of tea when you made that Jimmy Saville comment. I did well to keep hold of it! 🤣

[imfuctifino]

Nearly at your 100k John, good effort & well deserved 👌🏻

[rorysandison]

I always enjoy these videos! Beautifully made and delightfully oddball! Being Scots I’m particularly enjoying these closer to home motorways.

[drsteele]

Ooooh, you've got me hoose in this one! I also never knew I'd used the only pedestrian crossing on the UK motorway system.

[markarnold]

Rab C Nesbitt - class. I didn't realise when I made my comment the other day that this would indeed be your next offering Jon.
I won't say 'great minds think alike' because 'fools seldom differ'😂

[johncunnane]

I have an overwhelming urge to watch some Rab C Nesbitt

[jeremywilliams]

I think we need to repeat this, there are MISSING SLIPROADS - some people may have missed the information.
Brill, John, keep 'em coming...

[stephenyates]

Here's a fun bit of trivia. Before the A80 was fully upgraded to the M80 (and renumbered the western end of the M876), its junction numbers on a map went 5, 1, 2, 8, 7, 3! Now it has two Junction 8s!!

[Bullorg]

I'm not from or in the UK and i really have no intresst in roads. Still I watch every video you make because YOU are so damn good at making content. Thank you for the entertainment.