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Title: The 15 Most Dangerous Roads in the World
Post by: jeffandnicole on June 05, 2015, 01:35:10 PM
The 15 Most Dangerous Roads in the World.

No clue where their info comes from.  All but #14 are from outside the United States, and I don't know if I've ever heard #14 in a list of most dangerous roads. 

http://www.gleems.com/601511/15-shocking-pictures-of-the-most-dangerous-roads-in-the-world/
Title: Re: The 15 Most Dangerous Roads in the World
Post by: Bickendan on June 05, 2015, 01:51:58 PM
Dalton Highway was also on the list, and I doubt it's also in the same calibre as say the Yungas Road (which has now been bypassed IIRC).
Title: Re: The 15 Most Dangerous Roads in the World
Post by: kurumi on June 05, 2015, 10:40:56 PM
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As this road makes it's way through a dessert
ITS way through a DESERT  /Stannis

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most of it is little more than dirt and rock, winding along dangerous precipices with no armco
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=armco

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Although it may sound like a pleasant trip, The Way to Fairy Meadows is nothing of the sort. It is actually an extremely narrow and dangerous 10 km stretch of road that leads to Nanga Parbat or The Killer Mountain in Pakistan.
well, that's just a fraudulent name then
Title: Re: The 15 Most Dangerous Roads in the World
Post by: vdeane on June 05, 2015, 10:49:46 PM
Hasn't MX 1 been paved for a while now?  Plus that picture is actually of 1D.
Title: Re: The 15 Most Dangerous Roads in the World
Post by: froggie on June 06, 2015, 07:26:55 AM
That website had way too many unrelated photos and ads for my liking...
Title: Re: The 15 Most Dangerous Roads in the World
Post by: NE2 on June 06, 2015, 05:45:44 PM
This shit again?
Title: Re: The 15 Most Dangerous Roads in the World
Post by: KEK Inc. on June 06, 2015, 09:53:06 PM
Can we not post buzzfeed-like articles please?  This isn't Facebook.
Title: Re: The 15 Most Dangerous Roads in the World
Post by: vdeane on June 06, 2015, 11:18:44 PM
Quote from: KEK Inc. on June 06, 2015, 09:53:06 PM
Can we not post buzzfeed-like articles please?  This isn't Facebook.
One day an OP posted a buzzfeed-like article.  What happened next will blow your mind.
Title: Re: The 15 Most Dangerous Roads in the World
Post by: bing101 on November 27, 2018, 06:52:19 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvzXUoAJ8ww
Title: Re: The 15 Most Dangerous Roads in the World
Post by: texaskdog on January 19, 2019, 03:57:26 PM
who has driven on the most?
Title: Re: The 15 Most Dangerous Roads in the World
Post by: texaskdog on January 19, 2019, 03:58:12 PM
https://www.dangerousroads.org/south-america/brazil/6570-viaduct-petrobras.html
Title: Re: The 15 Most Dangerous Roads in the World
Post by: Roadgeekteen on January 19, 2019, 05:45:55 PM
Quote from: bing101 on November 27, 2018, 06:52:19 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvzXUoAJ8ww
I can't believe that some of these are legal. One small mistake and you dead.
Title: Re: The 15 Most Dangerous Roads in the World
Post by: adventurernumber1 on January 19, 2019, 11:11:17 PM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on January 19, 2019, 05:45:55 PM
Quote from: bing101 on November 27, 2018, 06:52:19 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvzXUoAJ8ww
I can't believe that some of these are legal. One small mistake and you dead.

Thankfully, it appears that the road in Bolivia has been recently bypassed by a new road that is much safer. But good gosh, (in terms of sheer dangerousness) the Yungas Road is hard to beat - so thankfully it has a safe alternative now.

As for the Dalton Highway - dangerous and risky as it is - it sounds like, from other roadgeeks here, that other, even more dangerous, roads in Alaska might have it beat.

And the traffic accident in that tunnel in Afghanistan (what sounds like the deadliest road accident ever recorded) might have been a product more of circumstance than an inherent, typical danger of that road or tunnel itself. It was during a time of war (the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan), and two convoys crashed into eachother in the tunnel. That was definitely a recipe for trouble, because as more vehicles found themselves stuck there, Carbon Monoxide poisoning killed a lot of people due to being enclosed in the tunnel.
Title: Re: The 15 Most Dangerous Roads in the World
Post by: NE2 on January 19, 2019, 11:28:03 PM
Quote from: NE2 on June 06, 2015, 05:45:44 PM
This shit again?
Title: Re: The 15 Most Dangerous Roads in the World
Post by: Roadgeekteen on January 19, 2019, 11:42:33 PM
Quote from: NE2 on January 19, 2019, 11:28:03 PM
Quote from: NE2 on June 06, 2015, 05:45:44 PM
This shit again?
Yeah, this isn't exactly a topic that comes up all the time but okay.