Pakistan's most dangerous roads by Toyota truck

[Wimbledon]

Can anyone identify the model of the Toyota truck driven in this documentary? Any information would be appreciated.

[MCTB]

Bwahaha, its a dangerous road so I will get high while driving it. Oh, and I cannot imagine that beating the person you are trying to teach to drive while he is driving is that safe of a thing to do.

[20aeman]

Bwahaha, its a dangerous road so I will get high while driving it. Oh, and I cannot imagine that beating the person you are trying to teach to drive while he is driving is that safe of a thing to do.

Yeah, the guy struck me as a complete idiot.

[feels_road]

I asked Benedict Cumberbatch, Robert Carlyle, and Anamaria Marinca - but they won't talk.

[Soze.K]

LMFAO @2:41

[MeineFolks'wagen]

Badge at around 5:05 shows TJ 1090, but I can't find anything on it....

[phill0046]

LMFAO @2:41

[MrRoboto]

I can't help but feel that the documentary has a bit of Borat feel to it...

[DTMTrini]

in

[KeiCar]

Damn that guy smack the **** out of the kid. I would at least wait until the truck stops

[Bains]

Damn that guy smack the **** out of the kid. I would at least wait until the truck stops

heh everyone complaining about the hitting is white guaranteed

edit - funny part, notice that this is their life, and they are all smiling? go to a truck driver in america and I highly doubt you'd see those smiles.

[sp_wh]

Can anyone identify the model of the Toyota truck driven in this documentary? Any information would be appreciated.

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I've not seen the whole documentary, are you referring to the Bedford TJ / J Type Truck?

[partario]

I've not seen the whole documentary, are you referring to the Bedford TJ / J Type Truck?

That's the one OP meant. Bedford is correct, someone had just put a Toyota badge on it, among the other decorations.

[S0RRY]

There's something strangely attractive about the lifestyle.

disclaimer: as I sit in my computer chair thousands of miles away

[Bazooka]

Hitting anyone who is in control of the steering, gas and brakes is just idiotic.

(even if you are smiling while you're doing it)





I wonder if they start hitting the other guy holding the rope? LOL

[03GTI4Me]

LMFAO @2:41

Change gear f*&ker! *slap*

LOL. Slap him in the face while you're hanging over a cliff.

[RS4PD]

Lol, the memories that video brought up.....

My dad is from Afghanistan but when he was about 15 he moved to Peshawar (Northern Frontier). He told me one of his first jobs was helping make the roads up there through the Khyber Pass while he went to med school at Khyber Medical College (basically blowing up rocks with dynamite). I've been out there a few times in the last couple years and have refused to ride through the passes - just love living too much.

When my dad was teaching me how to drive, he would slap me on the back of the head if I made any little mistake. Hell, he still slaps me on the back of the head if he's riding with me and thinks I'm going too fast.

[Harvey Hopkins]

he would slap me on the back of the head if I made any little mistake. Hell, he still slaps me on the back of the head if he's riding with me and thinks I'm going too fast.

Talk about a back seat (I mean back of the head) driver!

Thanks for that. Made my day

I was hoping that the truck in question was a Bedford.

Nice

[Gee Spoolin]

LMFAO @2:41

LOL... that was a full on bitch slap too What's strange was that the driver didn't even look mad... like he got used to being slapped

[av_audi]

Damn that guy smack the **** out of the kid. I would at least wait until the truck stops

The smacking has to be follow the mistake almost instantaneously to mark a strong connection in his brain

[spockcat]

I'll bet these truckers get into plenty of accidents. I noticed close to the end of the video how HUGE the A pillar is in these trucks and how small the side windows are. You have almost no side vision out of these trucks. It's like you only have tunnel vision.

[C4 A6]

LMFAO @2:41

HAHAHA .gif please!

[mellbergVWfan]

Why are they son intent on decorating their trucks and making them even more top heavy and giving it worse visibility. If these roads are so dangerous you'd think they'd want to make it safer.

[AIRider]

My dad would pull my ear if i made mistakes while driving.

Nowadays kids grow up in protective bubbles.

[TetsuoShima]

Why are they son intent on decorating their trucks and making them even more top heavy and giving it worse visibility. If these roads are so dangerous you'd think they'd want to make it safer.

Was going to post this. It's kind of funny how they decorate their trucks with a bunch of religious stuff to keep them safe yet those very decorations probably increase the danger factor by a few degrees.

Also, will the government ever build a safe(er) pass through the moutains or is that wishful thinking? Perhaps the Pakistani's/Afghan's don't want one built? Symbol of manhood if you can get through the pass alive as is?

[Wimbledon]

Thanks for the answers revealing that the truck is actually a Bedford.

Here is another fantastic Al Jazeera documentary about truck drivers in the DRC. This time with an IVECO truck: