Quote Originally Posted by AndyRAC
From memory - when I went to the Jim Clark in 1999, I remember being told that once the 'road closer' car had been through, it was illegal to set foot once the road, and you were actually breaking the law. I presume this is still the case
As far as I understand the law, it states that it is illegal to walk on the road once closed (it closes at the set time whether or not the road closer car has passed!).

I am not sure of the law of standing on the road.

But it only applies up to the highway boundary - so they can't stop you walking behind the fence/hedge or across fields etc, where the Land Reform (Scotland) Act applies.