I've already commented on the wanting state of Ugandan roads and driving skills... Up to now it's been a phenomenon we've merely been observing, though this time it struck nearby. A colleague of mine was on her way through North-Western Uganda. In Northern Uganda, only two main roads are properly laid with tarmac, everything else are dirt roads (so-called "murram roads") very often featuring the notorious washboard pattern. If you don't want your brain to be turned into jelly, you have to drive either 20 km/h or 80+ km/h. Unfortunately, if you drive 80 km/h and you're unlucky you risk loosing control over your car - similar to my scary experience on the road to Kitgum.
Though this came out worse :-/
The driver lost control in a curve, the car slid, turned sideways on the road, overturned and finally stopped in a ditch besides the road! These cars are serious and heavily built off road cars, weighing up to 2 tons! Thank god their frame and structure are not the same paper-mâché as the usual saloon cars...! We were all happy that no one got seriously hurt, they all got away with a few bruises and a shock.
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