The furthest you can travel in the UK...

[ruggedscotty]

Okay -

You have been given the keys to a car, You have been given an envelope, it states

You can drive this car for as long as you can in the UK the longest distance wins...

The car is powered by an alternative power source that will cover the miles without the need to refuel.

Now the task goes further it states there are a number of conditions...

You can drive on the same stretch of road twice.

You can go over or under a section of road you have previously transveresed....

You cant cross a give way or stop line.or a toll barrier,

You can change lanes.

You can start at any point on the road network.

[Jader1973]

Just drive round and round the M25 until you die of boredom.

[DIW35]

Jader1973 said:

Just drive round and round the M25 until you die of boredom.

There are tolls on the M25

[RSTurboPaul]

DIW35 said:

Jader1973 said:

Just drive round and round the M25 until you die of boredom.

There are tolls on the M25

Incorrect - there are tolls on the A282

[kambites]

You don't even need the M25, just go round and round a standard roundabout?

Although I guess human endurance would become the limit, so you'd want to pick the highest average speed possible. So still not the M25 then.

[Rayny]

RSTurboPaul said:

DIW35 said:

Jader1973 said:

Just drive round and round the M25 until you die of boredom.

There are tolls on the M25

Incorrect - there are tolls on the A282

The OP states that you cannot cross a toll barrier.

The toll barriers were removed a number of years ago.

[Jader1973]

RSTurboPaul said:

DIW35 said:

Jader1973 said:

Just drive round and round the M25 until you die of boredom.

There are tolls on the M25

Incorrect - there are tolls on the A282

I didn’t realise the M25 had a gap at the Dartford crossing.

Anyway, while it might have a toll it has no barriers so it still counts

[MustangGT]

Start at Scotch corner, down the A1 to the A14, across the A14 to the M6, up the M6 to J40, onto the A66 to Scotch Corner, and repeat.

[sherman]

MustangGT said:

Start at Scotch corner, down the A1 to the A14, across the A14 to the M6, up the M6 to J40, onto the A66 to Scotch Corner, and repeat.

You cant cross a give way line though.

Other wise you could go all the way from Cornwall to the top of Scotland up the west and back down the East coast round Norfolk, use the M25 to get across at Dartford and turn along the south coast and back to Cornwall.

[POIDH]

Laps of Arran for the scenery. Until you die of boredom.

[Roger Irrelevant]

Wouldn't a better challenge be the furthest you can go without crossing a give way and without repeating the same road twice? In that case could it be start on the A1 at the furthest north roundabout, south on to the M11, on to the M25 clockwise, round to the M6, up to the M74 and I think you can get to Perth before a give way/roundabout. Might be wrong though, I'm not too familiar some of those roads.

[Davie]

I thought the longest continuous stretch was from Penzance on the A30, up the M6, M5 then M74 on to the M876 and finally you have to give way at the roundabout at the Kincardine Bridge. Something like 500 miles. I did it last week... feels like 15,000 miles.

[MDMA .]

I think the longest distance without the give way (just in one direction) would be starting on the M5 in Exeter, onto the M6 (not M6 Toll), onto the A47M at Gretna, M74 at Cold Chapel, M8 all the way to the Port of Glasgow. There’s a roundabout there but nothing from setting off in Exeter.

[Opapayer]

Doesn’t the dotted line on the entry to the motorway from a slip rod indicate that you must give way to established motorway traffic? If so you can’t join any motorway, or switch between them if you start on one.

[Doesitdrive]

960 miles in one day on UK roads is more than enough and you will pay for it for days, trust me lol.

[Dan_1981]

Opapayer said:

Doesn t the dotted line on the entry to the motorway from a slip rod indicate that you must give way to established motorway traffic? If so you can t join any motorway, or switch between them if you start on one.

This.

Any slip lane entrance is a give way, isn't it?!

[kambites]

Opapayer said:

Doesn t the dotted line on the entry to the motorway from a slip rod indicate that you must give way to established motorway traffic? If so you can t join any motorway, or switch between them if you start on one.

Yes, you can't use a normal slip-way to enter a motorway under the OP's rules. You probably can use a junction where the incoming slip-road gets its own lane, though.

[Pica-Pica]

Jader1973 said:

RSTurboPaul said:

DIW35 said:

Jader1973 said:

Just drive round and round the M25 until you die of boredom.

There are tolls on the M25

Incorrect - there are tolls on the A282

I didn t realise the M25 had a gap at the Dartford crossing.

Anyway, while it might have a toll it has no barriers so it still counts

Schoolboy error. The A282 became a toll for the Dartford tunnel, way before the M25 was built. It has to be an A road to allow learners through (think especially motorcycle learners). It has to remain as an A road to keep Kent and Essex connected by a non-motorway road.

Edited by Pica-Pica on Sunday 16th August 15:31

[Roger Irrelevant]

kambites said:

Opapayer said:

Doesn t the dotted line on the entry to the motorway from a slip rod indicate that you must give way to established motorway traffic? If so you can t join any motorway, or switch between them if you start on one.

Yes, you can't use a normal slip-way to enter a motorway under the OP's rules. You probably can use a junction where the incoming slip-road gets its own lane, though.

I'd agree with that. Having got a bit obsessive about this, as I have a tendency to do, I reckon you can start on the A1 at Berwick, go south to the M11, join the M25, clockwise, off on the M4, all the way to the M5, up to the M6, A74(M), M73, M80, M9 before finally having to give way at the Keir roundabout in Stirling without crossing any other give way lines as the motorway junctions all have incoming slips that turn into a lane...happy to be told I've wasted half an hour though! I'm going to leave the house now.

Edit: Copilot seems to like it, and says it's 790-ish miles.

[brillomaster]

Im tempted by an anti clockwise loop of the m40, m42, m5,m4, m25. All dedicated slip roads, no give ways anywhere. Sure you might lose a bit of time on the m25 but the m40 more than makes up for it. Plus there ain't much policing on the m40 so could cover some good ground quickly.