The next type of driving i looked at was on the Worlds most dangerous road. The Yungas road in Bolivia was titled the worlds worst road by the Inter-American Development Bank in 1995. It is situated at the San Pedro Waterfall in the Yungas region of Bolivia. It is a 69 kilometre road from La Paz to Coroico. It is estimated that up to 300 people are killed along this road every year. The Yungas road is one of the few routes that connects the Amazon rain forest region of northern Bolivia to it's capital city. The road ascends to around 4,650 meters at La Cumbre Pass, before descending to 1200 meters at Coroico. The road is extremely dangerous, as it has a single lane width, with the road being no more that 10 feet wide. Rain, fog and dust can also reduce visibility, and many areas of the road is muddy.
A local rule of the road is that the downhill driver never has the right of way and must move out to the edge of the road. In 1983, a bus came off the Yungas road into a canyon, killing over 100 people. It is described as Bolivia's worst road accident.
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