There are many mysterious things in the unsolved mysteries of the world. For example, what is the land of the dead, what is the valley of the cannibals, etc., but these are more or less mysterious legends, but in bolivia there is a real death road, the reason why it is said because of the Bolivian "death road": the North Yonggas Highway, only 60 kilometers long, more than 300 people die every year.
This is a death highway without any mysterious color, and it is a place that can be found at any time, so what is so special about this place that it will be called the terrible death road?
First, the terrible road to death
The road known as the Road of Death is the North Yongas Road, located northeast of the Bolivian capital in South America, the most dangerous part of this road is that it is only 10 feet wide, the road is lined with tropical rainforest on both sides, and it is an abyss of thousands of feet, so this place has always been called the most dangerous road on the earth, so some people like to call it the "Road of Death", although the road is only more than 60 kilometers long.
According to rough estimates, more than 300 people die every year on the North Yongas Highway, so whenever this section of the highway is mentioned, those who know it will shudder, and few people will want to pass through it if it is not necessary, after all, if they are not careful, they will die here.
And the North Yongas Highway is a one-way street, as for the reason is very simple, that is, this road is only about 10 feet wide, through a car is already very dangerous, not to mention the two-way traffic, it will only increase traffic accidents, resulting in more and more tragic casualties.
In fact, the North Yonggas Highway and the mainland mountain road are very similar, except that the North Yonggas Highway is built in a geographical environment such as a huge gap between high mountains and bottomless tropical rainforests, while the mainland is built in the geographical environment of mountains and cliffs, which is essentially the same.
In this way, it is easy to understand why the North Yonggas Highway is so dangerous, as for the lack of two-lane in addition to the narrow road surface, there is also a reason is that the visible range of the ring road is limited, originally it is a worried driving, if you also have to consider the avoidance of driving on the opposite side, this is undoubtedly to increase the difficulty for the driver, so it is better to set up only one-way streets to be safer.
In addition, the North Yonggas Highway is not only dangerous, the road surface is narrow, and the ring road of many mountain cities on the mainland is also very narrow, but the frequency of traffic accidents is incomparable with the North Yonggas Highway.
That's because the mainland's mountain road is only narrow but fortunately flat, which greatly reduces the difficulty of driving. However, this is not the case on the North Yonggas Highway, its pavement is not only narrow but also very rugged, which is another dangerous reason, let alone in the rugged mountain road, even on the rough plains, the frequency of traffic accidents is very large.
The weather here is also a factor in the danger of the North Yongath Highway, the rainforest area is originally wet and rainy weather, so the danger of driving on rainy days is multiplied here, if the rainy road surface is not only rugged, it becomes rugged and slippery, which is not fatal, not to mention that this is still a place with the title of death highway.
Second, the inevitable road
Of course, the traffic accidents that occur here are not all caused by geographical factors, and there are many people who are adventurous people who are killed here, and everyone knows that adventurers like to find some challenging places and then conquer these places to achieve the purpose of pleasing themselves.
So the "Road to Death" is such an attractive name, the North Yonggas Highway is such a challenging place, adventurers naturally will not miss, so every year there are adventurers from all over the country who come here, some of them like to drive off-road vehicles, some like to ride bicycles, in short, they are people who like to find excitement.
It is said that drowning is often a person who can swim, and the dry duck will naturally avoid the water when he sees it, and only those who have confidence in themselves will choose to swim in the water.
The same is true of the people who ventured on the North Yonggas Highway, they all felt that they had conquered all kinds of difficulties and obstacles, so when facing the North Yonggas Highway, they would have a confidence that they would definitely win as before, but no one thought that their last stop would be here.
Because the road conditions of the North Yongas Highway are not very friendly to some cyclist adventurers, it has a short distance of uphill, so it is still a well-controlled place, but once this small section has passed, the road conditions will take a sharp turn and become a downhill road, and the speed of this sliding road can reach 64 kilometers per hour. This speed may not be much for the car, but if the bike is going down at this speed then it is basically out of control, so many confident cycling adventurers have encountered Waterloo here. Of course, in addition to bicycles, such road conditions are also very unfriendly to cars.
So since this road is so dangerous to avoid, some people like to risk their thoughts and can't stop it, so for those who are sparing their lives to avoid it is the best way, isn't it? But that's not the problem, the North Yongas Highway is an unavoidable traffic artery.
Residents here must pass through here if they want to go out, or if people outside want to come in, so no one can avoid the passage here.
Chinese there is an old saying called "if you want to be rich before building a road", from this we can see the importance of the road for the development of a place, if there is no road, this place is not only inconvenient for transportation, the acquisition and transmission of information will also be greatly affected, other things are naturally unable to circulate, so the road is so important for development, the North Yonggas Highway can not be abolished, after all, this is the only road.
If you avoid this place, it will only be "closed to the country", but no one knows the dangers of the closed country better than we do, so the people here must muster up the courage to face the North Yonggas Highway even if it is dangerous.
As for the visit of the adventurers, it is impossible to prohibit, the danger here is known, here is the road to death they are more clear, otherwise they would not choose to come to this adventure, so the death incident caused by the desire to risk is also inevitable, the only way to reduce the number of deaths here is to build a better road, at least wider, flatter.
For those who love adventure, they have to send blessings, do what they can, do not blindly pursue excitement and choose a road of no return, and finally regret it is too late.