I lived in Pakistan from 2005-2007 and I often saw the buses were just as colourful as the trucks (yesterday's pic) they were painted, had vinyl decals and lots of ornamentation. I'd sometimes see them with characters similar to some of Disney favourites especially Mickey Mouse.
Brilliant that they take so much pride in their vehicles, this is amazing, esp enlarged! Is that an upstairs layer, luggage hold or just a fancy hat on top?!
@filsie65 unfortunately I often wished for stronger safety rules, people did fall and were hit by other vehicles, a particularly memorable case where a school boy fell and was hit by a car, his school mates then grabbed the driver and beat him to death.
Children never had seat belts in cars, much less child seats and it actually horrified me to see them bouncing around in the car, especially when their mother was driving wearing the niqab, which surely impacted on their vision.
I was told by local friends that many people generally ignored their side mirrors and rear vision mirror, being instructed that it would distract them. Driving in many parts of Pakistan was not for the fainthearted. I claimed that I suffered form a unique form of driving related tourettes, getting behind the wheel resulted in a lot of swearing and cursing everyone else on the road.
@lbmcshutter Oh my gosh how awful.... I am a real wooss and safety nanny myself (I think working in a school reinforces my natural instinct). When I see pictures of people sitting eg on top of a train I don't think 'wow' I think 'oh no'....even though I can imagine the fresh air must be nice.
By gaw - Pakistan! Where and why were you there?? (If it's not too personal, or if you have time.) Sounds very intrepid. Like this bus; if I've read it correctly, it's a Mercedes. :-D See ya, Les x
one of my daugthter's is from Pakitstan.
Children never had seat belts in cars, much less child seats and it actually horrified me to see them bouncing around in the car, especially when their mother was driving wearing the niqab, which surely impacted on their vision.
I was told by local friends that many people generally ignored their side mirrors and rear vision mirror, being instructed that it would distract them. Driving in many parts of Pakistan was not for the fainthearted. I claimed that I suffered form a unique form of driving related tourettes, getting behind the wheel resulted in a lot of swearing and cursing everyone else on the road.