Terry Harper wrote:

"Arthur Figgis" ] wrote in message
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On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 00:19:51 +0000 (UTC), "Terry Harper"
wrote:

Nigeria made the change, and lorries and buses changed first, then cars a
few days later. They did however keep cars off the road for those few
days....

But they must have a horrendous road safety record there, given the
number of widows and orphans who e-mail me details of millionaire TOP
OFFICIALs who have died in TRAGIC AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTs.

They did, and probably still do. Playing chicken with heavy trucks on a
single lane road doesn't work, and the result is usually an overturned car
on the hard shoulder. Probably makes running a scam preferable to driving a
car for a living:-)

Surely you mean the verge? If there were a hard shoulder then they'd be
stupid not to redesignate it "road" to avoid the problem. And UIVMM most
of the roads around there are unsealed anyway, so the same would apply
to a soft shoulder.

"Aidan Stanger" wrote in message
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Terry Harper wrote:

They did, and probably still do. Playing chicken with heavy trucks on a
single lane road doesn't work, and the result is usually an overturned
car
on the hard shoulder. Probably makes running a scam preferable to
driving a
car for a living:-)

Surely you mean the verge? If there were a hard shoulder then they'd be
stupid not to redesignate it "road" to avoid the problem. And UIVMM most
of the roads around there are unsealed anyway, so the same would apply
to a soft shoulder.

Delete the word "hard":-) There was usually a coating of tarmac on some of
the laterite.
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