(08 Aug 2022, 10:03 pm)MurdnunoC wrote I'm quite local to where he's on about. The place is locally known as "Yellow Waters" and is situated between Hamsterley Mill and Burnopfield. While I have witnessed a car lying on its roof whilst driving on that road (probably a speed related incident), it is nowhere near as bad as he's making out. Buses have used it for many decades. It is safe.

Oh, that's the road he's talking about!
Back when we lived up in the area we would use that road several times a day, and never once had a problem with it. The roads are windy, but unless you're an absolute lunatic there's no way you can really get up to any speed that would be 'dangerous'. Plus, other than one of the corners (that I can remember), visibility is pretty good along the road, and they're wide enough to the point a bus wouldn't really cause an issue.

IIRC, and it's been a while since I've been along there, the bridge is actually just about wide enough to get two 'normal' sized cars through at once (in a squeeze). But, unless you're literally blind, you can clearly see if anything else is coming down the other side