Motorists could face new travel rules in a popular tourist destination as local authorities look to crack down on dangerous driving.
Tourists travelling in the Scottish Highlands are being urged to carry a green "T" plate with them when travelling in the region.
Campaigner Robert Marshall has called on tourists visiting the Highlands to display the plate, which features a large green "T" and the word "tourist".
Data from Transport Scotland identified that the number of road traffic accidents jumped by a concerning 46 per cent in crashes when someone was driving on the wrong side of the road.
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Road safety experts are calling for 'T plates' to be introduced for tourists
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The government department put this down to "inexperience of driving on the left", with collisions rising from 24 to 35 in 2023.
The Telegraph reported that several tourists have been killed in accidents when they have been driving on the wrong side of the road.
Mr Marshall designed the plate following a visit to Tenerife, which left him "completely stressed out", describing the driving conditions as "awful".
Speaking to BBC Radio Scotland's Good Morning Scotland, he said the "T plates" were a "simple idea" with road safety at the forefront.
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| HANDOUTHe added that he was looking to sell them through car hire companies and hotels across the region, in addition to his website.
MP Harriet Cross has recently called for law changes to be introduced after a motorist was filmed driving the wrong way up a motorway slip road.
The Conservative MP for Gordon and Buchan has written to Transport Scotland to install signage on the A90 underpass in Aberdeenshire to improve road safety.
Dashcam footage showed a lorry narrowly escaping a major accident after it drove the wrong way towards oncoming traffic.
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Ms Cross said: "This was an extremely dangerous incident that could so easily have resulted in a tragedy.
"Fortunately, the oncoming car saw the lorry coming and stopped early enough to avoid a head-on collision."
Laura Hanser and the A9 Dual Action Group have been particularly vocal about the issue of motorists driving the wrong way down the road.
The road safety campaigner said there was a clear shift in driving behaviour when someone on the road saw the plate.
Drivers have highlighted road issues in the Highlands
| PAShe said: "I went out on a single carriageway at 50mph. I would let different vehicles catch up with me.
"You were very aware of a couple of seconds until they acknowledged that and there was a definite pull back... and acknowledgement that that plate was on your car."
A spokesperson for the AA said tourists who were "unfamiliar" with roads could display the existing "P" plate, which indicates inexperienced motorists.
They added: "UK drivers driving abroad should also display a 'UK' sticker which again suggests they might not know the roads."