Colombiana4Life wrote: Motown Junkie wrote: "If you can learn to drive in Colombia, you can learn to drive anywhere!!!" Colombian girls stop traffic, literally BogotaJune 17, 2006 IN COLOMBIA, beauty can kill. Drivers ogling attractive women rather than paying attention to the road are one of the South American country's leading causes of car accidents. Distraction was the No. 1 cause of the 115,000 road accidents in Colombia last year. They cost $US250 million ($A340 million), according to the Road Safety Fund. Mobile phones were the biggest distraction for drivers, accounting for about 10 per cent of all accidents. Second was men staring at women, which accounted for one in 20 crashes. "It's a culture here of drivers honking the horn at an attractive woman, throwing her some compliment as he drives past, and he's not concentrating on driving," the group's director, Francisco Fernandez, said. His presentation included close-up images of women in miniskirts to remind the audience of the danger. With potholed roads traversing treacherous mountain ranges and drivers who don't think twice about overtaking on blind corners, driving in Colombia can be a dangerous endeavour. The study also found that as male drivers grow older, they get grumpier: less focused on women but more inclined to be distracted by arguing. Im not surprised either. The men down there are so morbosos. If u think Bogota is bad, Medellin takes the cake for that. You know how many times I got the "mamita, que curvas y yo sin frenos" line. mmmm...good curves? como botella de coca cola!? jeej.-- Edited by Cocotaso at 08:33, 2006-06-20
I like those "El General" lines, nice
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Motown Junkie wrote: "If you can learn to drive in Colombia, you can learn to drive anywhere!!!" Colombian girls stop traffic, literally BogotaJune 17, 2006 IN COLOMBIA, beauty can kill. Drivers ogling attractive women rather than paying attention to the road are one of the South American country's leading causes of car accidents. Distraction was the No. 1 cause of the 115,000 road accidents in Colombia last year. They cost $US250 million ($A340 million), according to the Road Safety Fund. Mobile phones were the biggest distraction for drivers, accounting for about 10 per cent of all accidents. Second was men staring at women, which accounted for one in 20 crashes. "It's a culture here of drivers honking the horn at an attractive woman, throwing her some compliment as he drives past, and he's not concentrating on driving," the group's director, Francisco Fernandez, said. His presentation included close-up images of women in miniskirts to remind the audience of the danger. With potholed roads traversing treacherous mountain ranges and drivers who don't think twice about overtaking on blind corners, driving in Colombia can be a dangerous endeavour. The study also found that as male drivers grow older, they get grumpier: less focused on women but more inclined to be distracted by arguing. Im not surprised either. The men down there are so morbosos. If u think Bogota is bad, Medellin takes the cake for that. You know how many times I got the "mamita, que curvas y yo sin frenos" line.
mmmm...good curves? como botella de coca cola!? jeej.
"If you can learn to drive in Colombia, you can learn to drive anywhere!!!" Colombian girls stop traffic, literally BogotaJune 17, 2006 IN COLOMBIA, beauty can kill. Drivers ogling attractive women rather than paying attention to the road are one of the South American country's leading causes of car accidents. Distraction was the No. 1 cause of the 115,000 road accidents in Colombia last year. They cost $US250 million ($A340 million), according to the Road Safety Fund. Mobile phones were the biggest distraction for drivers, accounting for about 10 per cent of all accidents. Second was men staring at women, which accounted for one in 20 crashes. "It's a culture here of drivers honking the horn at an attractive woman, throwing her some compliment as he drives past, and he's not concentrating on driving," the group's director, Francisco Fernandez, said. His presentation included close-up images of women in miniskirts to remind the audience of the danger. With potholed roads traversing treacherous mountain ranges and drivers who don't think twice about overtaking on blind corners, driving in Colombia can be a dangerous endeavour. The study also found that as male drivers grow older, they get grumpier: less focused on women but more inclined to be distracted by arguing.
Im not surprised either. The men down there are so morbosos. If u think Bogota is bad, Medellin takes the cake for that. You know how many times I got the "mamita, que curvas y yo sin frenos" line.
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This happens to me here......no accidents yet though!!! *knockingonwood* Like you said....I'm not surprised!!!!
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Here, it's ok, because guys glance and honk but in Colombia??? I remember standing in the bus and not only are they racing other buses as if they're in F1, the moment a pretty girl is spotted, ALL HELL BREAKS LOOSE!!! No attention to the road and on top of that, they slam their brakes which causes everyone to go flying!!!!
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Knock people down at their own expense, they'll take it as a compliment!!!!
"If you can learn to drive in Colombia, you can learn to drive anywhere!!!"
Colombian girls stop traffic, literally
Bogota June 17, 2006
IN COLOMBIA, beauty can kill. Drivers ogling attractive women rather than paying attention to the road are one of the South American country's leading causes of car accidents.
Distraction was the No. 1 cause of the 115,000 road accidents in Colombia last year. They cost $US250 million ($A340 million), according to the Road Safety Fund.
Mobile phones were the biggest distraction for drivers, accounting for about 10 per cent of all accidents. Second was men staring at women, which accounted for one in 20 crashes.
"It's a culture here of drivers honking the horn at an attractive woman, throwing her some compliment as he drives past, and he's not concentrating on driving," the group's director, Francisco Fernandez, said.
His presentation included close-up images of women in miniskirts to remind the audience of the danger.
With potholed roads traversing treacherous mountain ranges and drivers who don't think twice about overtaking on blind corners, driving in Colombia can be a dangerous endeavour.
The study also found that as male drivers grow older, they get grumpier: less focused on women but more inclined to be distracted by arguing.
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Knock people down at their own expense, they'll take it as a compliment!!!!
Colombian girls stop traffic, literally BogotaJune 17, 2006 IN COLOMBIA, beauty can kill. Drivers ogling attractive women rather than paying attention to the road are one of the South American country's leading causes of car accidents. Distraction was the No. 1 cause of the 115,000 road accidents in Colombia last year. They cost $US250 million ($A340 million), according to the Road Safety Fund. Mobile phones were the biggest distraction for drivers, accounting for about 10 per cent of all accidents. Second was men staring at women, which accounted for one in 20 crashes. "It's a culture here of drivers honking the horn at an attractive woman, throwing her some compliment as he drives past, and he's not concentrating on driving," the group's director, Francisco Fernandez, said. His presentation included close-up images of women in miniskirts to remind the audience of the danger. With potholed roads traversing treacherous mountain ranges and drivers who don't think twice about overtaking on blind corners, driving in Colombia can be a dangerous endeavour. The study also found that as male drivers grow older, they get grumpier: less focused on women but more inclined to be distracted by arguing. Im not surprised either. The men down there are so morbosos. If u think Bogota is bad, Medellin takes the cake for that. You know how many times I got the "mamita, que curvas y yo sin frenos" line.
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