There's no wrong-side-of-the-road when there's only one lane

There's an interesting element on our detailed map of northwest Scotland. Some of the roads are shown as dashed lines. Oh, smaller country road, you think, perhaps not paved?  Nope.  One lane. That's right, one lane for all to share, no matter which direction one might be headed.  How could this possibly work? you might wonder. We first encountered such a road on our way to Culloden battlefield. Drivers are expected to hum along at a steady clip, watching ever so carefully for the possibility of an oncoming vehicle, assuming that such an oncoming vehicle is visible given turns in the road, crests of hills, and roadside vegetation. When the inevitable oncoming vehicle appears, each driver must choose whether to slam on the brakes and dive sideways into a "passing point," or barrel on while the other driver does the brake-slamming, side-diving manoeuvre.  Then everyone proceeds on their journeys as if what just happened is normal and safe, Most drivers are considerate and take their proper turns diving into the passing points, depending on what side of the road they're on.

Here's a one-lane road on the Isle of Skye:

Further along the same road, we hitch ourselves to the end of a parade of Porsches, reasoning that if anyone is to be the victim of a head-on crash, it will be the first Porsche, and not our rental Nissan.

Porsches by the side of the road, just before we joined the parade:

After 2 days of high-intensity touring along scenic coastal Scotland, Herb has become quite adept at managing the one-lane road situation. We even had one section where no oncoming vehicles impeded our progress.

We met some people from England on the Jacobite train yesterday who assured us that these one-lane roads are not found throughout the UK. It's just one of the many unique charms of Scotland.