Celebrating Celtic fans have been blasted by safety campaigners for partying in the middle of the busy A9 near Perth.
A video has emerged online showing the group believed to be from Angus capering on the stretch of the notorious road south of the Broxden roundabout, as vehicles speed in the opposite direction.
With their bus parked in a roadside lay-by, the supporters are seen dancing and singing in the carriageway on their way to Sunday’s Old Firm derby.
Their actions were blasted by local MSP and A9 campaigner Murdo Fraser.
He said: ”It is dangerous and foolish for football fans to celebrate on a busy trunk road, causing traffic disruption and endangering the lives of drivers on the A9.
”The complete disregard for road safety is disappointing and the accident rate on the A9 is already too high without this sort of behaviour.”
The 25-second clip entitled The huddle on the dual carriageway just after Perth shows a group of around a dozen fans dancing in a circle on the carriageway, singing popular Celtic terracing song We’re Doing the Huddle, as Rangers Die.
Others can be seen laughing and filming them on mobile phones. Their antics are brought to an end by approaching traffic. Some of the fans then clamber up the bank at the side of the lay-by to urinate.
The incident appears to have taken place on the 70mph stretch at the Windyedge straight.
The video was posted by Arbroath man Sean Heenan and then re-shared on other profiles.
Mr Heenan said it was filmed in high spirits as the group made their way to Celtic’s 3-0 win over their Ibrox rivals in Glasgow.
He said: ”It was on the way down to the match. It was just a spur-of-the-moment thing. We’ve never done anything like that before.
”I wasn’t actually on the road. It was just a bit of hi-jinks. We were doing absolutely nothing wrong and wouldn’t have been on the road if it had been busy.”
Mr Heenan added: ”They were off the road before any cars came and no one was put in any danger. I’ll be taking the video off the internet now, although about four or five other people have linked to it as well. I don’t want to say anything else about it.”
Kathleen Braidwood, road safety officer at the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) in Scotland, said: ”It’s good to see that these fans took the sensible approach of organising transport to take them to and from the match but a shame that their high spirits, possibly fuelled by alcohol, then resulted in them doing something that really wasn’t the wisest thing for their own safety or that of other road users.
”We would encourage all drivers carrying passengers, whether in a private car or on a bus or coach, to think carefully about where to pull over safely if a stop becomes necessary.”
A spokesman from Tayside Police said: ”Tayside Police is aware of the footage and is reviewing it.”
The so-called ”huddle song”, mocking Rangers for their financial plight, has become a firm favourite among Celtic fans this season. YouTube is awash with films of fans singing the song in public places.
The A9 has been the scene of other equally safety-shunning stunts recently.
A teenage office worker posted a picture of himself ”planking” top an eight-metre high motorway sign on the road near Luncarty last June.
The road is also notorious throughout Scotland for its high accident rate.