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The Police have issued a warning to motorists visiting the Outer Hebrides following a rise in visitor numbers in recent years. Northern Constabulary say that some drivers may may not have come across single track roads and they have issued some tips for drivers:<\/p>\n
* Use passing places properly \u2013 you stop on your nearside (passenger side) please do not cross over to the other side of the road.<\/p>\n
* Don’t be distracted – you may be enjoying the scenery but please let traffic flow freely. Check your mirrors regularly and allow vehicles past.<\/p>\n
* Speed \u2013 don’t drive too fast for the road conditions and especially when you don’t know the area.<\/p>\n
* Expect the unexpected \u2013 animals may decide to wander onto the road at any time and also be aware of mud or other debris.<\/p>\n
* Beware of cyclists\/walkers \u2013 please allow them plenty room when you drive past them. In relation to cyclists \u2013 please wait at the passing place for them to reach you and also cyclists please wait at the passing place if you see a car coming rather than try to carry on.<\/p>\n
And once out of the car, there are many magical places on the Outer Hebrides<\/a> to be discovered on foot, check out the 65 Walkhighlands walking routes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Police have issued a warning to motorists visiting the Outer Hebrides following a rise in visitor numbers in recent years. Northern Constabulary say that some drivers may may not have come across single track roads and they have issued some tips for drivers: * Use passing places properly \u2013 you stop on your nearside (passenger side) please do not cross over to the other side of the road. * Don’t be distracted – you may be enjoying the scenery but please let traffic flow freely. Check your mirrors regularly and allow vehicles past. * Speed \u2013 don’t drive too…<\/span> <\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6915,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6815"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6815\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23878,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6815\/revisions\/23878"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Read more ›<\/div>\n