Huffington Post names Island's roads among fastest in world

Thursday, 13 September 2012 01:00

The Island's rural roads have been named among the fastest in the world.

Online publication the 'Huffington Post' has listed its top 10 roads worldwide and the Isle of Man is number eight in the rankings.

The article places us alongside Germany's Autobahn which made the top spot, as well as Slovakia's highways and the famously treacherous Mumbai-Pune Expressway.

To have a look for yourself you can visit the newspaper site on huffingtonpost.com.

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