Our country’s highways are something we are proud of even around the world. The long construction mileage and high quality are basically recognized. Although expressways have greatly increased vehicle traffic efficiency, some southern expressways are not easy to travel.
Because there are many hills and basins in the south, some highways have to be built on the mountains. Choosing this way to build a highway makes designers feel helpless and car owners even more uncomfortable. The road on the mountain is particularly difficult to walk, especially on cloudy and rainy days. If it is your first time to go to the south, your first experience of the "Eighteen Bends of the Mountain Road" may leave a psychological shadow.
There is a highway in our country called the "Devil's Highway". Anyone who has walked on this highway is full of fear of it. Novices dare not set foot there, and veteran drivers may even get their vests wet after walking. So what kind of highway is this? Let me introduce it to you below.
This highway is located in Ruili City, in Yunnan Province, my country. It is built around countless mountains. The altitude of these mountains reaches more than 3,000 meters. If it is a rainy day, you can experience the "wonderland" feeling when driving.
The most "notorious" section of the expressway has a 27-kilometer long downhill slope, and the slopes of these sections are between 5 and 10 degrees. Walking on this kind of highway is a test of a driver's skills because the slope is too long. If you keep applying the brakes tightly, the braking system may fail before you even get out of this section of road.
But if you don't step on the brakes, it will be difficult to control the speed of the car. When a novice driver walks on such a highway, it is tantamount to fighting the "god of death". If he is not careful, he may even fall off the mountain, causing a car crash and death. If anyone doesn’t believe it, let me give you some real data below.
There are three banners at the starting point of this highway. One of them is a warning sign, the other is a shot of numerous accidents, and the bottom one introduces the number of accidents that have occurred on this highway since its construction.
More than 1,000 cars lost control, more than 200 cars fell off the cliff and were burned, and more than 100 people died. The reason why this highway is notorious is precisely because of these real data. But now that this highway has been built, it is difficult to change it. In order to reduce the occurrence of accidents, relevant departments will set up warning signs on the roadside every few hundred meters to remind car owners to drive carefully and check the safety of their cars. Performance, don't speed.
In addition, there are several emergency escape lanes on this highway. If the car really breaks down, the car owner can choose to enter one and continue driving after solving the safety hazards of the car.
There are a lot of monitoring devices installed on this highway. These cameras are not just for taking pictures of traffic violations, but to remind car owners: Never speed!
In fact, this highway is not the only one that is difficult to walk on. You should be very careful when walking on any highway built on a mountain. Because this kind of highway is limited by terrain, its width is generally relatively small, and the uphill and downhill sections are not fixed, and there are many detours. If you drive carelessly, it is very easy to cause accidents.
