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    Scary Driving conditions....

    I've just seen this and it made my stomach turn over... there is nothing in this world that would make me drive a 10ton truck in Bolivia!

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    Re: Scary Driving conditions....

    What an amazing view though!!
    (Not that ever want to drive there to see it in person )

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    Re: Scary Driving conditions....

    thats Mental.

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    Re: Scary Driving conditions....

    Quote Originally Posted by Dizzy View Post
    What an amazing view though!!

    It is spectacular to see something like that

    I might never complain about road planners in the UK again

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    Re: Scary Driving conditions....

    Similar to the mountain roads in Morocco.

    That was a great trip. Beautiful views and the gorgeous woman next to me on the minibus was so petrified that she was virtually sitting on my lap, burying her head in my chest so she didn't have to see out of the window.

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    Re: Scary Driving conditions....

    Wasn't the first part of the slideshow in a film sometime? Definitely triggered some memories....

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    Re: Scary Driving conditions....

    Quote Originally Posted by Gav View Post
    Similar to the mountain roads in Morocco.
    Its not the roads you want to worried about it, Its the Drivers!

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    Re: Scary Driving conditions....

    There was an edition of Radio 4's "From Our Own Correspondent" about a road in Bolivia - I guess it may be the same one. I suspect the audio has disappeared from Listen Again by now, but a transcript is here.
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    Re: Scary Driving conditions....

    It's an old one, but this clip of driving in India always makes me laugh.

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    Re: Scary Driving conditions....

    Quote Originally Posted by Gav View Post
    It's an old one, but this clip of driving in India always makes me laugh.
    Note how theres no traffic jams though. Would be a huge queue if there was lights

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    Re: Scary Driving conditions....

    Apparently (the girl that sits next to me at work is part-Ecuadorian) roads like that are not only ubiquitous in South America, but it is also really common for buses (with 100 people on) to overtake those 10-ton trucks on those roads, and the surfaces are so poor that tyre-slipping is pretty frequent too.

    If I ever say I'm going to South America, please someone put me in a straight-jacket!

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    Re: Scary Driving conditions....

    I wonder what th figures are for accidents per year on them roads.

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    Re: Scary Driving conditions....

    Reminds me a bit of a journey in Nepal. Lovely views out the side windows over the valleys from the winding roads. Looking out the front window, at the speed we whizzed round blind corners and passed on coming traffic - lets just say I kept looking out the side. The sheer drop was less scary to look at! At least it was a two lane road though.

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