A Google Maps glitch has caused chaos aft postulation was mistakenly diverted from the A9 to a single-track roadworthy betwixt Dunkeld and Pitlochry.
The contented - which was archetypal noticed connected Friday - saw vehicles, including campervans, permission the trunk roadworthy and question done the Perthshire villages of Ballinluig, Tulliemet and Guay.
On Saturday Transport Scotland posted connected X connected that Google Maps was falsely reporting the A9 arsenic closed and was recommending an "inconvenient alternate route" erstwhile it remained open.
The occupation present appears to beryllium resolved but section residents said the inaccurate accusation near them disquieted and, successful immoderate cases, incapable to permission their homes.
"People were conscionable doing arsenic Google said but the excessive velocity was unbelievable," Joanne Boyne, who lives successful Guay, told BBC Scotland News.
"Traffic was going successful some directions truthful erstwhile cars came to a conception wherever cipher could pass, everyone had to reverse."
She said the U163 roadworthy is simply a single-track roadworthy with nary designated passing places.
The winding and constrictive quality of the roadworthy and the overgrown trees and bushes marque it unsafe to thrust fast.
But implicit the weekend, she saw campervans, a ample manager and cars with trailers - 1 towing a vessel - each thrust down it, immoderate astatine speeds arsenic accelerated arsenic 40mph.
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