Daddysredhead
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Joined: 11/6/2005 From: Northern (yet still part of the South) Virginia Status: offline
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I admit that being in traffic, during rush hour in a third world country like Sri Lanka, where the "lanes" are not exactly marked is about the scariest thing I have ever experienced. There are huge trucks carrying felled trees, goats, cattle, the occasional elephant with its trainer, three wheelers, motorcycles, bicycles with 4 or 5 people sitting across the crotch bar, then some cars trying to get here or there. People drive on the sidewalks, they don't use turn signals, and going up into hill country, there are no guard rails... just a huge drop into thousands of feet of tea bushes and canyon type areas. I admit that I used to say that people who complained about driving in the States should have a giant crane machine come down and drop them in the middle of Colombo, SL, on a Friday afternoon, when people are trying to get back home... in rush hour... where going 20 miles could take up to 5 hours as a regular occurence.
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