There are many road hazards in Kenya, from potholes, ruts, police checkpoint spikes, vehicles in bad repair and without decent brakes, matatus, and bad driving,.......... to goats, cows, donkeys, camels (!) and generally ‘unaware-of-the-dangers-of-the-road’ pedestrians. Somewhere on the way out of Nairobi to see friends near Machakos on Saturday, I came across another hazard - nails. I discovered a 3 inch nail both going in, and out of my tyre, when I was opening my friends’ gate. Amazingly, even on removal, the tyre stayed inflated – I saved by the tread on my tyres being somewhat deeper than most vehicles around here!
Monday 27 July 2009
Road Hazards
There are many road hazards in Kenya, from potholes, ruts, police checkpoint spikes, vehicles in bad repair and without decent brakes, matatus, and bad driving,.......... to goats, cows, donkeys, camels (!) and generally ‘unaware-of-the-dangers-of-the-road’ pedestrians. Somewhere on the way out of Nairobi to see friends near Machakos on Saturday, I came across another hazard - nails. I discovered a 3 inch nail both going in, and out of my tyre, when I was opening my friends’ gate. Amazingly, even on removal, the tyre stayed inflated – I saved by the tread on my tyres being somewhat deeper than most vehicles around here!
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