At least the scenery is spectacular.
I've been looking at the North Coast 500 route in preparation for next year, although we won't do the whole thing. On Google Maps on the A836 West of Thurso there's a camera van parked in the middle of nowhere, on a dead straight section of road......
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@58.5867576,-3.7082142,3a,75y,206.36h,74.66t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sCDj3UYbEGuSVhSaV3kJyRA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656