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Title: Possibly the world's most dangerous road (56K dialup beware!) Post by: Acidmouse on November 12, 2006, 10:51:21 PM To think these people drive this road on a daily basis is amazing.
The road is located in the South American country of Bolivia. It consists of 43 miles of dirt and rock heading north from La Paz, the world's highest capitol (altitude 12,000 feet), to Coroico, a beautiful cloud forest town at the rim of the Amazon basin. It's the only road that exists to get to the Amazon from La Paz. It can have vertical drops for 1,600 feet and has no guardrails. Consequently, most Bolivians take the time to pray before their descent. An average of 26 vehicles fall off the road per year. About 200 people annually lose their lives here. A fatal accident every fortnight is not uncommon on the Coroico road (the July disaster brought the death toll during the previous eight months to 55 and in 1995 the Inter-American Development Bank declared this, the world's most dangerous road. (http://www.acidmouse.com/Pic/untitled.jpg) (http://www.acidmouse.com/Pic/untitled1.jpg) (http://www.acidmouse.com/Pic/untitled2.jpg) (http://www.acidmouse.com/Pic/untitled3.jpg) (http://www.acidmouse.com/Pic/untitled4.jpg) (http://www.acidmouse.com/Pic/untitled5.jpg) (http://www.acidmouse.com/Pic/untitled6.jpg) (http://www.acidmouse.com/Pic/untitled7.jpg) (http://www.acidmouse.com/Pic/untitled8.jpg) (http://www.acidmouse.com/Pic/untitled9.jpg) (http://www.acidmouse.com/Pic/untitled11.jpg) made me laff :) Title: Re: Possibly the world's most dangerous road (56K dialup beware!) Post by: tikay on November 12, 2006, 10:54:23 PM Wow!
Title: Re: Possibly the world's most dangerous road (56K dialup beware!) Post by: Dewi_cool on November 12, 2006, 10:56:55 PM its ok going, coming back could be a problem
Title: Re: Possibly the world's most dangerous road (56K dialup beware!) Post by: Woodsey on November 12, 2006, 11:04:33 PM It is officially the world most dangerous road. My mate mountain biked down it last year. The situation got so bad they only allow traffic in one direction at a time now, and they change it over during the day. There is plenty of evidence of all the buses and cars that have met a nasty end if you look over the edge.
Title: Re: Possibly the world's most dangerous road (56K dialup beware!) Post by: Acidmouse on November 12, 2006, 11:10:13 PM I think someone would need to give me alot of cash to go down that. I would be on edge (literally) all the way and lose 2 stone in sweat.
Title: Re: Possibly the world's most dangerous road (56K dialup beware!) Post by: kinboshi on November 12, 2006, 11:10:34 PM Blimey - and I moan about the M42!
Title: Re: Possibly the world's most dangerous road (56K dialup beware!) Post by: Timaloy on November 13, 2006, 10:01:43 AM I think I seen a documentary on that place, was it a quarry in the Philippines?
Title: Re: Possibly the world's most dangerous road (56K dialup beware!) Post by: Tonji on November 13, 2006, 10:27:11 AM Bring on the Rally of Bolivia.....extreme sport
Title: Re: Possibly the world's most dangerous road (56K dialup beware!) Post by: TheJagster on November 13, 2006, 10:28:10 AM Its just like the Snake Pass!!!!
Title: Re: Possibly the world's most dangerous road (56K dialup beware!) Post by: Trace on November 13, 2006, 01:38:31 PM I feel sick looking at it!
Title: Re: Possibly the world's most dangerous road (56K dialup beware!) Post by: thetank on November 13, 2006, 02:33:26 PM I love posts like these, fascinating stuff.
Title: Re: Possibly the world's most dangerous road (56K dialup beware!) Post by: tikay on November 13, 2006, 02:36:41 PM I love posts like these, fascinating stuff. That's my take too. Puts Bad Beats & moaners into perspective, eh? Title: Re: Possibly the world's most dangerous road (56K dialup beware!) Post by: thetank on November 13, 2006, 02:39:59 PM There is plenty of evidence of all the buses and cars that have met a nasty end if you look over the edge. A metal graveyard kinda thing? Or just squished greenery? Title: Re: Possibly the world's most dangerous road (56K dialup beware!) Post by: Rod Paradise on November 13, 2006, 02:42:32 PM There is plenty of evidence of all the buses and cars that have met a nasty end if you look over the edge. A metal graveyard kinda thing? Or just squished greenery? I've got a mental image of a hillside looking like the back of the Titty Twister at the end of Dusk Till Dawn...... Title: Re: Possibly the world's most dangerous road (56K dialup beware!) Post by: Woodsey on November 13, 2006, 03:40:04 PM There is plenty of evidence of all the buses and cars that have met a nasty end if you look over the edge. A metal graveyard kinda thing? Or just squished greenery? He showed me pics of vehicles that had fallen over the edge, there is loads of them. Because of the terrain they can't recover them. I don't think its quite as bad now as it was, traffic can only go in one direction now, then it changes over a few hours later so there are no vehicles trying to get past each other. Title: Re: Possibly the world's most dangerous road (56K dialup beware!) Post by: Acidmouse on November 13, 2006, 03:56:31 PM If peeps like these types of posts I have loads saved on my comp of great history / geography threads from other forums, lots of pics, interesting stories etc...
it does beat poker stories for me anyway :) Title: Re: Possibly the world's most dangerous road (56K dialup beware!) Post by: thetank on November 13, 2006, 03:58:24 PM Maybe give us one a day or something?
Title: Re: Possibly the world's most dangerous road (56K dialup beware!) Post by: Acidmouse on November 13, 2006, 04:04:18 PM Aye sounds a plan.
Title: Re: Possibly the world's most dangerous road (56K dialup beware!) Post by: tikay on November 13, 2006, 04:58:00 PM Maybe give us one a day or something? Yes please. Title: Re: Possibly the world's most dangerous road (56K dialup beware!) Post by: totalise on November 13, 2006, 05:16:24 PM I was reading about this yesterday on the bbc website
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/6136268.stm the pics in this thread are fantastic. |