12th November 2010 - Load

You really do see some unusual and quite frankly dangerous loads being carried on motorbike, vans, trucks and even Tuk Tuks. I saw my all time favourite dangerous load today. A large welding gas bottle, laying across the floor of the Tuk Tuk with both ends sticking out either side of the Tuk Tuk. The thing I love most is that there is never more than a fag paper between vehicles on the road so it was only matter of time before some real damage was done. I watched it intently darting about in from of me with every near miss keeping me watching in facination! Only a matter of time before the valve struck something and the Tuk Tuk was blown side ways or blew up in an impressive fireball. Ah, I hear you say why would the bottle blow the Tuk Tuk side ways surely it would just shoot out and leave the Tuk Tuk where its was? Well because the passenger had secured his dangerous cargo by wedging it in using one of his flip flops!