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NNN0LHI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-04-08 07:43 PM
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The Most Dangerous Roads in the World
http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2006/11/most-dangerous-roads-in-world.html

1. Bolivia's "Road of Death"

North Yungas Road is hands-down the most dangerous in the world for motorists. If other roads could be considered impassable, this one clearly endangers your life. It runs in the Bolivian Andes, 70 km from La Paz to Coroico, and plunges down almost 3,600 meters in an orgy of extremely narrow hairpin curves and 800-meter abyss near-misses. A fatal accident happens there every couple of weeks, 100-200 people perish there every year. In 1995 the Inter-American Development Bank named the La Paz-to-Coroico route "the world's most dangerous road."

Among the route there are many visible reminders of accidents, wreckages of lorries and trucks lie scattered around at the bottom... (read BBC article)

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fizzgig Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-04-08 07:44 PM
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1. i get the heebie jeebies just looking at that pic
no way, no how
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Flaxbee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-04-08 08:45 PM
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3. nightmares. I'm going to have nightmares
I can't handle switchbacks and narrow roads in the best of circumstances; that thing is just a horror. :scared:
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seemunkee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-04-08 07:48 PM
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2. They have built a new road that is much safer
Mountain biking has become pretty popular on that road.
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bridgit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-04-08 08:53 PM
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4. Amazing Pics!! Thanks for posting...
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