Sunday 23 September 2007

This Crazy Country (1)

Driving to school the other day on the very busy dual carriageway I suddenly noticed that the road looked wet. Yet, it hadn't been raining, and the pavement was dry...

A few police, and a few crashed cars. 'What's going on?' I thought, as suddenly my wheels started to slip and my car began to skid across the road. I somehow managed to make it safely to school by crawling along the next half mile, watching cars skid and slide. The police stood looking.

It turned out that at 6am that morning a truck had left a lethal trail of oil for 40 miles along one of the main roads in El Salvador. When he was finally stopped by the police he did a runner.

Lots of crashes. And it seems that, at no point was the road closed.

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