{"id":395,"date":"2006-02-06T19:17:07","date_gmt":"2006-02-06T19:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.darrenstraight.com\/blog\/2006\/02\/06\/britain%e2%80%99s-top-10-bendiesttwistiest-roads\/"},"modified":"2006-02-06T19:17:07","modified_gmt":"2006-02-06T19:17:07","slug":"britain%e2%80%99s-top-10-bendiesttwistiest-roads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.darrenstraight.com\/blog\/2006\/02\/06\/britain%e2%80%99s-top-10-bendiesttwistiest-roads\/","title":{"rendered":"Britain\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Top 10: Bendiest\/Twistiest roads"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s an article from Msn which tell&#8217;s you Britan&#8217;s top 10 bendiest\/twisted roads!<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Britain&#8217;s bendiest road exerts as much G-force on drivers as a rollercoaster or a racetrack according to scientific research.<\/p>\n<p>A one-mile stretch of the B3081 between Cann Common in Dorset and Tollard Royal in Wiltshire has been named the twistiest by Continental Tyres. Rather than test all 6,300 of Britain&#8217;s classified roads, a shortlist was drawn up by polling readers of Auto Express magazine.<\/p>\n<p>The top ten were then assessed by the Motor Industry Research Association (MIRA) using a car fitted with sophisticated sensors to measure speed and lateral acceleration. Driving the roads at a constant 30mph gave a measurement in kiloNewton seconds (kNs) revealing that in tighter corners drivers were subjected to a force approaching one G, similar to those on a rollercoaster or racetrack.<\/p>\n<p>Unsurprisingly, almost all the roads are in hilly areas of the country; the top three are found in Wiltshire, Cumbria and the Cheshire Peak District but the sixth placed A157 runs through Lincolnshire, a mostly flat county.<\/p>\n<p>Tracey Hyem of Continental Tyres said: &#8220;At 30mph in an average family hatchback, some British roads are so bendy they exert the kind of forces you would expect on a racetrack.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Top Ten are:<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 B3081- Cann Common to Tollard Royal, Dorset\/Wiltshire<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 A686 &#8211; Penrith to Melmerby, Cumbria<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 A537 &#8211; Macclesfield to Buxton, Cheshire\/Derbyshire<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 A466 &#8211; Monmouth and Staunton, Monmouth<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 A4061 &#8211; Pricetown and Treorchy, Rhondda, Wales<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 A157 &#8211; Louth to Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 B2130 &#8211; Godalming to Cranleigh, Surrey<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 B6270 &#8211; Keld and Reeth, North Yorkshire<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 A39 &#8211; Bridgwater to Minehead, Somerset<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 B797 &#8211; Mennock to Warnlockhead, Dumfries and Galloway<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/cars.msn.co.uk\/carnews\/tttwistiestfeb06\/\">Msn Cars<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s an article from Msn which tell&#8217;s you Britan&#8217;s top 10 bendiest\/twisted roads! 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