Roads You Never Want To Drive On

everyone loves taking adventurous drives especially when there are some unforgettable sights on offer but some roads are so ridiculously dangerous that even the most thrill-seeking drivers would think twice about venturing down them from treacherous mountain passes to roads that flood twice daily let's check out some roads you'd never want to drive on [Music] les manali highway india in northern india the 300 mile long lay manali highway connects the towns of ley and manali it traverses some of the world's highest mountain passes with its highest point reaching more than three miles above sea level tourists flock to see the spectacular landscapes but with this scenic journey comes extremely long travel times and treacherous weather it takes one full day to make the trek by jeep and two by bus and if you run out of gas in the middle there are no fuel stations for about 225 miles conditions can become harsh quickly with heavy snowfall and avalanches likely in ice-cold water from melting glaciers regularly flooding the highway because of this the road is only open for four and a half months of the year but if staying alive is something you're fond of probably best to avoid it all together [Applause] [Music] troll stegen norway if you're looking for a hair-raising experience but are bored of theme parks then how about taking a drive on norway's troll-stegen road the narrow 65-mile long road earns its name of trolls road with its evil seeming number of hairpin bends 11 total all on a very steep gradient buses longer than 40 feet aren't allowed to take the road which makes sense when you see how incredibly difficult turnings are especially with another vehicle waiting rock falls poor traction and low visibility with rain and fog can make the whole trip even more difficult to navigate meaning it might be best to leave this road to the trolls [Music] commonwealth avenue philippines it's not always high altitudes and crazy weather that make a road dangerous sometimes all it takes is a ton of reckless drivers with no respect for traffic rules the commonwealth avenue in cays and city philippines spans from 6 to 18 lanes making it the widest in the philippines you'd think the more lanes the more streamlined things would be but the highway is always congested and chaotic it earned its nickname killer highway thanks to the recklessness of the drivers and motorcyclists who use it with an everyman for himself approach as the standard and vehicles stopping anywhere to drop off and pick up passengers three to five fatal accidents occur daily to avoid joining those numbers avoid this road skippers canyon road new zealand considered an engineering miracle when it was built by miners in the late 1800s skipper's canyon road in new zealand is now considered the country's most dangerous road not much about the road itself has changed since those 19th century workers sculpted this nail-bitingly narrow 16 and a half mile path into a sheer canyon cliff face using little more than gunpowder and hand drills the road is unpaved narrow mostly one way and skirted by a 330 foot drop thanks to the natural softness of the rock sunny days see the road obscured by dust while rainy drives see the rock turned treacherously slick and muddy in the unlucky event that someone encounters another car coming in the opposite direction they may find themselves having to reverse until the road widens enough for both vehicles considering there are no guard rails for much of the winding path this could easily prove a very scary task indeed needless to say if your reversing skills aren't up to scratch this road isn't for you while it does have stunning views along the gorge of the shot over river can you imagine driving here when it's dark or the road is wet i think i'll stick to the highway [Music] [Applause] 99 bend road china the 99 bend road in china may not be as long or high as some of the world's other crazy roads but that doesn't make it any less daunting this seven mile winding road snakes upward on a breathtaking journey to the top of tianmen mountain while the road is like something out of a fairy tale the low-lying guard walls wouldn't help all that much if you lost control after all with hairpin bends like that misjudging your speed even slightly could see your car flipped over the edge on a one-way ticket to the deep valley below the 99 bends are sent to represent the nine palaces of heaven in taoism but whether experiencing them proves to be heavenly or hellish totally depends on you driving carefully luckily the faint-hearted have the option of enjoying the view in a cable car traveling 4.5 miles from the janjiachi railway station or even safer you could just look up some pics and clips online kolima highway russia this unpaved 1260 mile long road known as the road of bones passes by a wide range of sights on its journey snowy landscapes forests and a lot of dilapidated bridges the road gets its name from its dark past having been constructed by the forced labor of people under stalin's brutal communist regime between 1932 and 1953 the bones of an estimated 250 000 people who were worked to death in the inhumane conditions during the construction are buried beneath or around the road but the eerie atmosphere is the least of your worries if we ever take a drive along the kalima highway during winter the unkempt road becomes incredibly dangerous due to heavy snow ice and reduced visibility but don't expect a fun springtime drive either in spring the rains and flooding rivers turn the road into a muddy disaster that even heavy duty trucks have difficulty navigating for anyone making this journey just pray the local grizzly bears don't like mud on their food if your vehicle breaks down along the forest trail [Music] zoji la pass india if you're looking for a place to take a relaxing sunday afternoon drive india's zoji law pass is not it driving on this 16 mile long winding road that reaches as high as 11 500 feet is sure to keep you on edge literally and figuratively it's so narrow it's almost impossible for two-way traffic to pass and yet locals do so every day albeit through some hair-raisingly tight squeezes located on the western part of the himalayan mountains and bordered by the cashmere and drastic basins the past does offer spectacular landscapes but don't get too caught up in the breathtaking views because strong winds dense traffic and occasional heavy snowfall make it extra perilous if you aren't careful the occasional herd of goats being led to pasture doesn't make it much easier either but goats aside the weather along the pass is the craziest part in fact snowfall and mudslides are so intense in the winter months that the pass is closed half the year by the time spring rolls around the snow is piled so high it takes the border roads organization two months to clear the path but considering the name zoji la translates to passive blizzards at least you get what you pay for [Music] air highway australia just looking at it you might wonder what makes australia's air highway so daunting there are no steep cliff sides no hairpin bends and no other vehicles in sight but that's precisely the danger it's the longest and loneliest straight stretch in the country spanning over 1 000 miles between western and south australia accidents are typically caused by driver fatigue or collisions with a local wildlife of kangaroos emus and camels and thanks to the remoteness and non-existent phone reception the time for rescue to arrive could easily seal any unfortunate driver's fate to make matters worse bushfires have been known to ravage the highway during the australian summer but hey at least you won't be bored or sleepy with a bushfire chasing you is one of the highest mountain roads of europe reaching 1.7 miles above sea level in its heyday the road was an integral supply route for french military forces guarding the border with italy but it's since fallen out of use and into disrepair now the road is gravely and treacherous with sharp bends and steep drops onto the rocky mountainside unprotected by guard rails at the top of the unpaved roads it's the papayan tunnel which was built by the french army in the early 20th century the 1710 foot long tunnel is pitch black and crumbling thanks to being effectively abandoned and often become slick with runoff ice and water from the surrounding mountains with serious potholes dotting the floor riding through with too much speed even just on a mountain bike could easily send you over the handlebars or worse bump you upwards where your head might connect against the walls with a neck breaking crack enter this treacherous icy tunnel only if you're certain you'll see the light at the end toroko gorge road taiwan similar to the kulayong tunnel in china taiwan's taroko gorge road was made by carving out roots along a mountainside with blind bends and krant tunnels getting distracted for even a second could easily prove fatal to make things trickier driving along this road means contending for space with countless pedestrians scooters cars and tour buses all drawn in by the natural beauty of the gorge but as if depending on the safe driving of others wasn't stressful enough you'll also have to worry about natural disasters earthquakes and tropical cyclones are common in the area making it easy for pieces of the mountain wall to break loose the falling rocks make this road one big deadly game of dodgeball and just like high school gym class i'll be calling in sick for this one [Music] kabul jalalabad road afghanistan connecting the cities of kabul and jalalabad in afghanistan this highway follows the kabul river gorge winding along two thousand foot tall cliffs the mountain views would be pretty spectacular if it weren't for the narrow roads sharp cliffs rock falls and reckless driving oh and the fact that a large section of the road passes through taliban territory there's also the issue of the slow moving trucks hauling dangerously heavy loads up the steep winding paths occasionally the drivers of these trucks realize all too late that their load is too heavy to lug up the steepest portions of the road this occasionally leaves them stuck or worse rolling backwards causing untold disaster for those stuck behind with such a deadly combination of both natural and human-caused danger lying round every bend this crazy road is not for the faint of heart but if extreme death-defying tourism is your thing this is probably the place for you [Music] the sichuan tibet highway the 1300 mile long sichuan tibet highway passes through 14 mountains and a handful of ancient forests the views may be enthralling but the road is notorious for its hairpin bends and poor driving quality surfaces and that's in good weather regularly rain snow and ice transform the road into a slushy mess causing serious traffic jams all of this is worsened by the fact that oxygen is only around half at that sea level this not only means people are shorter of breath their cars are too vehicles perform noticeably more sluggishly at high altitudes as the reduced oxygen to feed their combustion engines reduces efficiency considerably on top of that as you ascend to the highest points along the road which exceed 13 000 feet above sea level tire pressure can noticeably drop reducing vehicle handling and braking so if you're not careful you could find yourself stuck up a mountain in an oxygen deprived car that you can barely control that struggles to make it up the steepest hills and when it finally makes it up and over it might not be able to slow down or stop as it plummets down the other side altogether these stressful risk factors seem to bring out the worst in drivers and there are regular reports of fights theft and harassment when people become stuck in the mountainous traffic and you thought regular road rage was bad cardong law india khardang law is one of the world's highest drivable roans and there are some serious obstacles in the way of anyone hoping to visit people usually get altitude sickness at about 8 thousand feet and kardung law rises to double that at 3.3 miles above sea level only the most acclimatized drivers can make the journey with no medical facilities to treat altitude sickness along the unpaved remote route getting sick is not an option on top of that there's a high risk of avalanches during monsoons in winter which means the road often becomes blocked for hours at a time but with a view like that slowly succumbing to altitude sickness while stuck in traffic becomes a little easier [Music] mount osso kyushu japan it doesn't get much crazier than driving on a road that heads directly up the caldera of an active volcano this is the case at mount osso in kyushu japan where you can park up directly on the volcano's limp unsurprisingly the conditions can get a bit too odd to handle with harsh temperatures and the emission of toxic gases which regularly get so bad the roads have to be closed off it's also been known to erupt from time to time which is never something you want to deal with on an afternoon drive [Music] roads around kilauea hawaii jumping from the caldera straight into the lava the kilauea volcano in hawaii has been spewing out large quantities of slow-moving lava since 1983. these near-unstoppable flows regularly damage buildings and block up roads often forcing residents to up and move to avoid losing everything the may 2018 eruption for example buried about 13 miles of public roads costing 82 million dollars to repair with actual lava flows to worry about i think i'll stick to a brisk walk on my next hawaii holiday karakurum highway the karakerm highway connects pakistan and china across the karakura mountain range and is considered the highest properly paved international road at nearly three miles above sea level which is a problem for people who get altitude sickness as are regular avalanches landslides heavy snowfall and floods basically all the things you don't want to happen when you're driving on a steep mountain road above a terrifyingly deep gorge about 1 000 workers died during its construction of the 70s but if you're not afraid of ghosts heights or dying this might be the perfect vacation spot for you hindustan tibet road india driving along a steep cliff is scary enough but driving along a half-carved tunnel in the mountainside is another level the hindustan tibet road reaches between india and tibet having been carved out of the rock as a trade route by workers in the 1850s while it mostly consists of dirt tracks dropping off into sheer ravines without guard rails the road occasionally veers into man-made tunnels which judging by their half-hazard appearance probably don't feel much safer g-troll to parson valley pakistan with a dusty loose gravel surface where the smallest error can prove fatal the long mountainous road connecting the pakistani towns chitral and parson are not to be taken lightly its winding paths and tunnels are carved roughly into the rock barely wide enough to let two cars pass each other and even neverwhere at certain points the tights squeeze through the tunnel sections immediately open up to sharp turns and for those who approach too fast a very steep and deadly drop the poorly maintained roads frequently crumble into the connecting valleys and rivers as the area is devastated by flooding and earthquakes on an alarmingly regular basis makeshift rickety bridges dot the path as temporary solutions to crumbling roads though they don't inspire a huge amount of confidence but like many of pakistan's precarious mountain drives if you're brave enough to take the risk the payoff is pretty spectacular just don't step too close to the edge when you're soaking up the views [Music] sash pass india connecting india's chamber valley with a remote rocky pangae valley is a treacherous road that reaches almost 14 500 feet above sea level given that the enormous walls of snow and ice leave the roads of sash pass impassable in the winter months it's only open from june to mid-october each year but that's not to say it's an easy rise even in the summer months landslides are a continual threat thanks to the soft muddy land surrounding the road and the gravelly surface is uncomfortably bumpy and unstable then there's the seasonal waterfalls that flow directly onto the road these worrying water features spill out onto the path creating a quick and undoubtedly terrifying splash ride through their shallow flows to pass but if you can handle the back pain from the bumpy ride and the risk of being swept over the edge by a rogue waterfall your reward is some of the most breathtaking views on earth fairy meadows road pakistan located in the gilgit baltistan region of pakistan ferry meadows road is the main access route to the picturesque ferry meadows national park but getting to that breathtaking final location isn't easy the winding road which reaches almost 11 000 feet above sea level is completely unpaved with loose gravel kicking up dust and providing very little grip for tires and feet alike with barely enough road width to facilitate a single vehicle at many points and with traffic moving in both directions navigating is no simple feat as there are no guard rails one wrong move could send you plummeting over the edge throw in the looming threats of heavy snowfalls avalanches and slick patches of ice and you might begin to think this road is trying to kill people regardless outside of its closure due to impassable weather conditions during the winter countless people still brave the journey every year with views like this waiting at the end is the risk worth a reward let me know what you think in the comments below [Music] sangla road india in the indian state of himachal pradesh a road passes through the senglaw valley with equal measures of stunning views and nail-biting danger if you lose control on this tightly winding road the only thing stopping you plummeting over the edge are the concrete blocks sparsely placed along certain stretches unfortunately though these are placed with enough of a gap between them for a small car or motorbike to easily slip through but the real hazards to watch out for are the landslides thanks to the looseness of the mountain rock huge sections have been known to crumble down blocking access to the town of sangla if you found yourself in the middle of one of these landslides you'd barely have time to notice the rumbling sound before it struck [Music] assuming you weren't crushed by the initial impact the force of thousands of tons of rock and soil would sweep your vehicle over the edge before you even knew a landslide had occurred not to give you nightmares or anything [Music] north yungas road bolivia of all the dauntingly named roads i've mentioned so far none have earned their title more than bolivia's north yungas road otherwise known as death road there used to be around 300 deaths per year there thanks to the sheer drops of 2000 feet along the 40-mile long road nowadays those figures are closer to 5 deaths a year thanks to the installation of a few guard rails and other safety measures most significantly the road is now officially closed to vehicles but as this rule isn't strictly enforced travelers still occasionally encounter cars trucks and wagons on the trail but even when there are only the legally allowed mountain bikers along the path it's far from a safe route the sharp turns thick jungle in all directions and drastic changes in temperature from freezing to scorching make this a truly treacherous journey on hot dry days the dust kicked up massively reduces visibility making navigating the already difficult to reign even more dangerous with all these things considered it's not hard to see how this perilous road of death got its nickname and the crosses lining the roadside in memory of those who've perished there make sure no one ever forgets [Music] james dalton highway alaska there is something chilling about the james dalton highway in alaska it runs through some of northern america's most isolated settlements and for 240 miles there are no hotels gas stations restaurants cell phone service or radio reception it's not a road many dare drive on and it's mostly used by long haulers delivering supplies to the isolated settlements portions of the road are unpaved with some stretches passing over frozen bodies of water which can cause disasters when they melt in warmer weather avalanches can similarly turn a routine journey into a serious predicament for unlucky drivers but even summer brings its own challenges as the melting ice causes severe flooding so unless your 18-wheeler is amphibious you might want to think twice about taking this road [Music] kuwandinsky bridge in russia whoever coined the phrase will cross that bridge when we come to it clearly never saw the kundinski bridge in russia only people with nerves of steel can venture onto this old rickety bridge that was never completed despite construction beginning 30 years ago drivers reportedly traverse the six foot wide bridge with their windows rolled down to minimize the push of strong winds that threaten to send their vehicles into the frozen water below with no railings if you're ever forced to make a trip across this third of a mile long architectural abomination probably best to drive straight and try not to overthink it [Music] passage dugout france on the west coast of france the passage du guan not only offers some seaside views it also pulls a disappearing act twice daily during high tide this 2.6 mile road that connects the gulf of bernard to no montierre becomes submerged underwater sometimes as deep as 13 feet the tides are such a problem that special emergency towers have been built for people who've become trapped to climb and wait for help on top of that when the tide recedes leftover seaweed makes the road dangerously slippery making the risk of an accident even higher so unless you want to donate your car as a home for french fishes make sure you don't get stuck at high tide of the passage de gua would you drive on any of these crazy roads let me know in the comments below thanks for watching you

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Published: Fri Nov 13 2020