I saw the aftermath of the 5 x fatal accident on the Al Gahroud Bridge approach road two days ago quite soon after it occurred. Not to speak ill of the dead - (I'm asuming the driver of the minivan was one of the dead - if he survived, with roof of the van ripped completely off, I'd love to know how) - but I've had some bad scares on more than one occasion by minivan drivers who were driving, with a 8-10 passengers on board, like absolute maniacs. (I could have ended that last sentence totally politically incorrectly, if accurately, by saying "...like locals".)
I may be completely off target here when I say that I suspect so many of these bus drivers drive this way because they're under totally unrealistic "get to destination by xxx" deadlines by their employers and probably get penalised if they are late. Can anyone refute this?
Last edited by Wiley; 15th Jul 2008 at 13:29.
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