THE British do not share the American passion for roads.
You cannot imagine a songster urging Driffield-bound motorists to "get your kicks on the A166".
However, a new poll shows that we do have some feelings for our highways. The A1 has been named Best Dual Carriageway.
Some drivers may consider the road too fast and too full. In fact all motoring life is here: trucks that battle manfully to pass one another at 53mph; tractors that generously scatter straw onto every windscreen; touring cyclists wobbling under the weight of mattress-like rucksacks; lay-by picnickers with flasks and chocolate fingers. It is this strange eco-system that makes the A1 - well, A1.
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