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Most dangerous roads in the world

Most cities in the world complain aboutalmost  blind.
potholes, crack's and damages in roads. But
compared to roads in rural areas and isolatedStories have been told of trucks stopping on
towns, these minor cracks and holes don'tthe road, to wait for the fogs or storms to
even come close the danger that somepass, only to have parked a little too close
travellers  face.to the edge. As the rain falls, the road is
washed  away  around  them.
The only road that goes up the mountain to
Bolivia's main city, La Paz, has beenIt is estimated that every year 200 to 300
recorded as the most dangerous road in thepeople die on this stretch of road, which is
world. It climbs up the mountainside, fiveless than 50 miles long. In one year, 25
kilometres above sea level. Trucks, buses andvehicles plunged over the edge. That's one
taxis drivers risk their lives practicallycar,  every  two  week,  for the entire year.
every day they attempt to drive on this main
road.The Pasubio road in Northern Italy has also
had it share of deaths. However they have
Paraguay prisoners of war built the road,since turned it into a hiking path. The
known as Death Road, in the 1930's. Many ofancient road is often used for mountain
the prisoners died during the building, butbikers, who love the spectacular views. There
the number of deaths is a fraction to theis a sheer drop off the cliff and the road
number of drivers who have died on the roadoften twists into tunnels and hairpin turns.
itself.A few small cars drive the road to reach the
guesthouses  at  the  top.
On the one side of the road, there is a steep
cliff that rises up and beyond, threateningThe official highway to Yakutsk, in Russia,
to avalanche rocks and boulders at any givenis the only road letting into the city. In
time. The other side of the road is the realdry season, this isn't a problem, but when
alarm, as it just drops away to over half athe rain sets in the entire road turns into
mile in depth. You can follow the drop to thepure sinking mud. Motorists have to wallow in
bottom and then up the other side of themud or wait in the week-long 100 km car
canyon  walls.line-up. Rumour has it, that one woman had to
give  birth  while  waiting  in  queue.
The road itself is just 3 meters wide, barely
enough space for two cars driving past eachTo give an indication of how damaging or
another, let alone two trucks. The entiresevere the mud can get, there have been
track is composed of dirt and there has beenreports of trucks and tractors have been
no attempt, despite it being the major routeswallowed into it. Food products are being
for trucks and buses, to tar the road. If theairlifted to the city until officials can
drop alone and the limited space wasn'tremedy  the  road  situation.
enough, the road twists and turns into
hairpin bends. Skid marks and tyre tracks areOn the up side, South African roads don't
often seen on the bends, some of which headeven come close to this disaster rating.
straight  out  into  the  void.While some of the roads leading to farms are
pure dirt, and we do get the occasional mud
In summer those are the only factors you haveslip in far country sides, for the most part
to deal with. In winter, the rain seasonit's only the rare pothole and crack. Major
comes, creating waterfalls to drop from thehighways are fully tarred and beautiful views
cliffs onto the road. The dirt road willare available, without the dangers of the
convert to mud and fog will whisper up fromabove roads.
the depths of the canyon, making drivers



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