Originally Posted by Stokkevn

Next door's brother died last night in a motorbike/tricycle collision. Both drivers were drunk, the tricycle had no lights on, this is the 5th fatality in the last six weeks in the village and there are less than 5,000 that live here, most of them kids. All accidents involved a motorbike, four were after dark, 3 of them the bike rider was drunk, one the lorry driver was drunk and one bus driver was on drugs. No wonder that the chances of dying on the road here is 27 times that of the UK. A week ago was the first time I have driven after dark in 5 years ( 04:15hrs ), the 4x4 in front of me hit three stationary items ( two parked tricycles and an agricultural vehicle, all parked well off the road on both sides ), I did not dare to overtake despite him achieving the giddy heights of about 25kpm until he drove off the road into a ditch, I then noticed his number plate "VICE MAYOR".