More here also as posted by Doc last month
www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=45623&...f
Can I post my Q on that thread again - why in Bolivia, on this road, do they appear to drive on the left - surely its a drive on the right country?
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good spot that Phil - I tell you what I'd drive on the R.H.S. where ever possible on this road, prehaps it's whoever gets that side of the road first takes priority, or more likely that only by driving a L..H side lorry on the left can they actually judge how close they are getting to the edge
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"L.H side lorry on the left can they actually judge how close they are getting to the edge"
Now then, that brings back a vague memory of Italian trucks in the Alps/Dolomites that I would swear had RH drive for the same reason - was I imagining it? Think I saw them in the '60s/'70s on passes like Stelvio
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why on earth would anyone want to cycle down a road dubbed 'the world's most dangerous' or 'the death road' with deaths running at 250-300 per year?
don't suppose their insurance is all that complete either
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What they don't tell you is that the road is different now (not good, just better) and secondly that road deaths on Bolivia are high on *all* roads.
Been there, seen it, driven worse.
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>>why on earth would anyone want to cycle down a road dubbed...
It's an excellent day out, not much effort as it's all downhill...but most importantly, you're very narrow and mobile on a bike - lot easier and safer than in a car/bus/truck
You've gotta live a bit in this life :-)
-- You know, it\'s not like changing toothpaste
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Got a vague memory of Swiss Postal buses having their steering wheel on the right hand side, presumably for distance judging on alpine roads.
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>Swiss steering wheels on the RHS
My father did a lot of business with the Swiss, and he used to say that they would drive RHS cars if they spent a lot of time in the Alps - that would have been the 1970s. Don't know if it's still true.
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