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wow, that does look narrow.
Chapmans Peak in SA is also legendary, but I don't hink it compares to the one shown on the pic.
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| Independence Pass in Colorado scared me (not helped by seeing a tow truck haul a motorbike out of a ravine on the way) but at least it wasn't full of big trucks edging past each other like that one! |
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| I used to judge the danger by how many coaches trucks and cars were over the top and lying in the trees etc.... |
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| Quote: | | I used to judge the danger by how many coaches trucks and cars were over the top and lying in the trees etc.... |
I judge it by whether or not I dare look down, so I had no idea what lay below! In any event, Independence falls away so steeply, only my wife, on the passenger side, would have been able to see, and she wasn't looking either!! |
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The road that scared me--Hana Highway, Maui, Hawaii.
Winding roads, dangerous curves and single lane bridges with big trucks.  it also had a lot of waterfalls and led to a black sand beach. 
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I believe the road between Baghdad airport and the Green Zone is currently regarded as the most dangerous. Albeit in a different way that you meant.
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Hey! That's looks like my driveway! 
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A week ago last Saturday BBC Radio 4's "From our own Correspondent" featured this pass. It was quite horrific. He witnessed a bus driver bleed to death after crashing into a vehicle and severing the arteries in his leg. There was evidence of tyre tracks going off into the void everywhere. Also when it rains heavily truck drivers have parked up at night to wait for better visibility only to find the road washed away from beneath them.
The good news is that there are plans to build a safer road along a different route, but it is taking years to get off the drawing board.
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Wow, and I thought driving in through the Cascades and Rockies was bad! Those are some horrifying pictures. I hope that they come up with another route soon, as I would hate to be those drivers!
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| Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2006 3:28 am Post subject: |
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| Whoa, the pics posted by paul blew me away....I'd hate to have to walt through that road! |
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| Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 12:19 pm Post subject: Re: The most dangerous road in the world? |
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| paul wrote: | I seem to remember that we may have had a topic on this in the past but I don't think I was aware of this set of images on Flickr back then. The road is somewhere in Bolivia and looks fairly hairy!
Anyone know a more dangerous road that this?
Paul |
Sustitute touristm buses for the lorries and it could be the very first trip we made up to Ronda 40 years ago!
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I cannot imagine driving on that narrow road. I hate small spaces so I am sure I would freak on that road...lol.
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| Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2007 10:14 pm Post subject: |
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Now that looks like a great road to drive 
If you like, here's a little movie about driving it..... Bound to cause you nightmares  |
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