10 Roads You Would Never Want to Drive On

10 Roads You Would Never Want to Drive On

If you want to drive at night, buy some high-end night vision goggles. This stretch of roadway is widely considered to be the country's deadliest, and it faces significant erosion and landslides due to heavy rain and earthquakes. It has made all the more challenging by the fact that the road is extremely narrow in spots and has numerous blind corners which can be full on surprises. Lose control or get bumped by another car and you are plummeting down the side of the mountain and becoming the latest victim of this infamous stretch of road.

Rhodes you would never want to drive on

posada Gua France this 4.3 kilometer

stretch of road links the French

mainland with island of Norman's here on

France's Atlantic coast at first glance

you might think that's not a bad road to

drive on wait a few hours and your

opinion will change as the tide comes in

and causes the entire route to vanish

twice a day this road is underwater and

any car that mistimes their crossing is

going with it even if you time the tides

just right driving this road can be a

challenge because it's wet and covered

with seaweed which can make it as

slippery as ice patio palü / takaki road

greece over the 23.5 kilometres greek

road the elevation changes almost 500

metres this might not sound so bad to

you right now but throw in a lot of

potholes significantly tight twists and

turns heavy truck pedestrian and

livestock traffic and the fact that

there are very few if any guardrails and

you have one hell of a dangerous road

the icing on the cake for this

particular route is that there are often

no lines or markings which means many

nighttime travelers drive straight off

the road and to their death luxor al

Hurghada road egypt this stretch of road

between the ancient city of Luxor and

the Red Sea resort city of Hurghada is

one which many will tell you to stay

away from but why you ask first the road

goes through some rather remote areas

where a breakdown can mean big trouble

depending on what time of day it is

second this area is known to be

patrolled by bands of criminals and

terrorists who generally strike at night

this has led many people to drive

without their headlights on at night

resulting in a significant number of

fatal head-on collisions if you want to

drive at night

buy some high-end night-vision goggles

please

taroko gorge road tae-hwan part of

taiwan's highway number 8 the taroko

gorge road is widely considered to be

the country's deadliest stretch of

roadway carved into and sometimes

through the mountainous terrain this

road faces significant erosion and

landslides thanks to heavy rain and

earthquakes it has made all the more

challenging by the fact that the road is

extremely narrow in spots and has

numerous blind corners which can be full

on surprises lose control or get bumped

by another car there's a good bet you

are plummeting down the side of the

mountain and becoming the latest victim

of this infamous stretch of road

skippers canyon road new zealand when

your rental insurance won't cover you

for driving on a road you know it must

be dangerous located in Southwest New

Zealand skippers canyon Road has all the

characteristics you'd expect of a

dangerous route it is carved into the

side of a mountain has very little in

the way of safety features and barriers

and is extremely narrow

in fact this sixteen point five mile

stretch is so narrow that if two

vehicles meet one will often have to

back up for some distance to find a pass

wide enough to let the other pass safely

house Emma Highway the Philippines

situated 2,000 metres above sea level

this road is deemed safest in the summer

months of March and April that's because

over the rest of the year heavy

rainfalls fog rock and mudslides can

turn this route into a nightmare

tourists braved the risks to take in the

amazing views of the landscape

unfortunately the dangerous environment

combined with the fact that tour buses

often drive far too fast on this rather

narrow stretch means that every year

there are many crashes as vehicles hit

one another or simply roll off the edge

of the road and plummet down the

mountainside Tiananmen mountain road

China 11 kilometers long and with an

elevation change of 1,100 meters from

start to finish this Chinese roadway is

not for the faint of heart

with 99 hairpin turns this road isn't

narrow by the standard of other roads

mentioned in this video but meeting an

oncoming vehicle can make things a bit

challenging there are barriers all along

the route but too much speed or getting

caught up in the beauty of the

surrounding mountains won't prevent you

from going over the edge and taking a

rather

long fall to the bottom your Highway

Australia straight flat and

well-maintained Australia's ear highway

doesn't sound like it belongs on this

list of dangerous roads

do not be fooled this 1675 kilometre

long stretch of road goes through one of

the most desolate and remote parts of

Australia picture Mad Max only with far

fewer bandits and more wombats camels

and kangaroos in fact the road is so

straight flat and featureless that

motorists have a hard time paying

attention or even staying awake this has

produced a significant number of crashes

and collisions resulting in Australians

giving the road the nickname slaughter

alley Karakoram highway China to

Pakistan the world's highest paved

international roadway the Karakoram

highway cuts through the mountains and

canyons that link China and Pakistan

naturally being a mountainous route this

road is dangerous to begin with add in

heavy fog sudden blizzards and flooding

and you have a terrifying Drive it

doesn't end there however as bandits and

terrorists are known to camp out near

certain sections of the road always

ready to strike an unsuspecting target

even if you can handle all of this the

highway is so high above sea level that

some drivers suffer from altitude

sickness thanks to the thin air Soji la

paz india it truly is amazing what some

people will call a road this 9.5 long

stretch is situated 3.5 kilometres above

sea level and links the cities of ladka

and kashmir high winds and heavy

snowfall make this route impassable for

long periods during the year motorists

are advised to use four-wheel drive but

the mud can become so thick after a rain

that even the best vehicles get stuck

even in perfect weather the narrow roads

lack of safety barriers and use by other

larg

e trucks and livestock mean the

shoji lap pass is one road to stay clear

of all right so maybe after this video

we should all just stay home but thanks

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