ice road truckers deadliest roads

[Munter]

Oh the bridge is a bit old. Why go that slow. Shirly a nice steady pace rather than stay on the weak bridge for as long as possible?

[Laurel Green]

Munter said:

Oh the bridge is a bit old. Why go that slow. Shirly a nice steady pace rather than stay on the weak bridge for as long as possible?

Handbrake turn into the bridge so as to keep up momentum.

[Laurel Green]

baldy1926 said:

alex was a bit of a wimp

Think he knew when his luck was running out. Loved the look his spotter gave when Alex started to pray.

[bobbylondonuk]

Laurel Green said:

You miss that!

Learned how to drive in that hell hole! I never realised how many times i came close to being dead when i was young living there. But looking back at it now....It was the coolest thing I ever did! I still drive there every year for a couple of weeks....I always touch the rosary hanging on the mirror and say a 2 line prayer!!!! You never know if you will come back or not!




edit: the hell hole wasnt this shimla road....hell hole was the indian roads in general

Edited by bobbylondonuk on Friday 21st October 20:52

[Laurel Green]

Rick is completing his first run alive. He would hardly complete it dead now would he.

[Laurel Green]

bobbylondonuk said:

Learned how to drive in that hell hole! I never realised how many times i came close to being dead when i was young living there. But looking back at it now....It was the coolest thing I ever did! I still drive there every year for a couple of weeks....I always touch the rosary hanging on the mirror and say a 2 line prayer!!!! You never know if you will come back or not!




edit: the hell hole wasnt this shimla road....hell hole was the indian roads in general

Edited by bobbylondonuk on Friday 21st October 20:52

If you can handle that then you can handle any roads, anywhere in the world. Top driving!

[andym1603]

Driving on those roads I think the spotter would have the longest life expectancy, standing outside
directing the driver. Fair play to them though it wouldn't be me.

[Adz The Rat]

Is this the same series that was on earlier this year or a new one?

[Melvin Udall]

Adz The Rat said:

Is this the same series that was on earlier this year or a new one?

They are screening the second season in the US. This time in S. America. Still, like Deadliest catch, IRT, the whole yeeha thing grates.

[anonymous-user]

Thing is, no matter how many programmes and documentaries there are about the shocking driving in that part of the world, everybody on these things seems completely unprepared for it

[jjones]

Melvin Udall said:

Alaskan fishing OS the most dangerous job in the world. However, that only seems to be because they seem very cowboy about the whole thing.

spoke with a norwegian fisherman about it and he said a lot of it was hammed up for the cameras.

[Adz The Rat]

Melvin Udall said:

They are screening the second season in the US. This time in S. America. Still, like Deadliest catch, IRT, the whole yeeha thing grates.

Ah, I see.

I will watch to when it is shown over here.

[Melvin Udall]

Why can't they just pick nice, intelligent people. Instead we get the "Wooohoooo, yeeehaaaaa" brigade!

[Pints]

Melvin Udall said:

Why can't they just pick nice, intelligent people. Instead we get the "Wooohoooo, yeeehaaaaa" brigade!

Wouldn't make good TV.
How and why do the authorities allow this? Clearly the lives of their citizens are worth a dime a dozen.

Just another reason why the thought of international travel does not appeal to me.

[Roo]

Anyone else notice the 'I brake for pie' sticker on the front of Lisa's lorry.

[Melvin Udall]

Roo said:

Anyone else notice the 'I brake for pie' sticker on the front of Lisa's lorry.

[bobbylondonuk]

Pints said:

Wouldn't make good TV.
How and why do the authorities allow this? Clearly the lives of their citizens are worth a dime a dozen.

Just another reason why the thought of international travel does not appeal to me.

Nope...no one really cares.

[y2blade]

bugger it!!!!! missed this


Repeated tomorrow afternoon though sky+ set

[Melvin Udall]

If anyone hasn't seen the latest series in S. America, prepare for the most annoying American you could imagine.

[Jasandjules]

Pints said:

How and why do the authorities allow this? Clearly the lives of their citizens are worth a dime a dozen.

Not even close to that much. Worst fatalities per mile of any road in the world IIRC. I heard somewhere (though could be wrong) that there is a stretch of road in India that's about 10 miles long but had over 10, 000 deaths in a year i.e. three times more than in the entire UK!!