Deadly Driving in Eastern Europe

The roads of Romania proved a serious challenge for this pair of dithery grandparents

attempting to ride motorbikes from England to Eastern Europe in aid of a UK childrens charity. We listed nine hazards to look out for, including: tyre grooves, potholes, slumps, horse poo, slick tar, diesel spills, road signs and stray dogs. But by far the greatest hazard was the standard of driving as we approached Bucharest city centre during the storm of the century. In the space of two hours we counted four accidents still fresh and warm. The first was a chap who had spun off on a wet bend one of the smooth tar hazards and had smashed his car to a pulp around a tree. The second was a bus with the front stoved in, the driver and another man trying to pull the glass out and restart the engine, so that the poor passengers could be delivered to their destinations. What had mangled the front of the bus was long gone, but it looked like the back end of a lorry, judging by the damage. The third was a major crunch between a lorry and a car, the latter having no engine or front wheels left. This one was sufficiently serious for the police to be in attendance and a sheet-covered shape on the verge looked ominously like a body. The fourth was at traffic lights, a shunt with three vehicles involved, their drivers all shouting and arguing with each other instead of moving their vehicles so that others might pass. Fortunately we were narrow enough to squeeze past before the fists started flying. These were challenge enough, but when the storm of the century broke just as we got caught up in the manic city traffic of Bucharest, we both thought we would never make it out alive. For more details of this ridiculous journey hairy, scary and often hilarious why not read the book of our travels. It is titled Beyond Bucharest: Motorcycle Adventure Travel by Bob Goddard and contains numerous maps plus colour and black & white photos. If youve enjoyed this article, head over to http://www.timbuktu-publishing.co.uk/ to read a full FREE chapter and get my take on lederhosen, dwyle-flonking and the secrets to a successful restaurant! A short video taster is available at the publishers website: http://www.timbuktu-publishing.co.uk/ where you can also read reviews, see photos, learn about other books by this former motorcycle journalist and arrange to have a book sent to you post-free in the UK, or with subsidised airmail postage to worldwide destinations.

Deadly Driving in Eastern Europe

By: Bob Goddard

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