Barbados Provides Me With The Bumpiest Rides Of My Life

I’m sure that every car driver that has ever driven in the Caribbean island of Barbados will agree that the roads are ever so slightly bumpy. I use to moan about the condition of the roads back home in Scotland, but the unbelievable condition of the roads here make the ones back home seem like a bowling green.

I have already had 2 burst tyres and 2 slow punctures in the 2 months since I have had my car, all the shocks on my car are also needing replaced. There are pot holes all over the roads in Barbados and you could really mess up more than just your tyre if you had the misfortune of driving over some of the huge ones, and believe me at night when its dark it is difficult to see them.

I know quite a few people that carry two spare tyres just in case they have a real unlucky day. You really need to keep your eyes peeled to avoid the potholes. It kind of gets crazy when its raining as the roads do flood real bad in Barbados and of course the pot holes get filled with water and you cant see the dam holes. Also the you wouldn’t believe how some of the roads here just seem to crumble when they flood, I don’t know what kind of tarmac they use here but they need to change it real quick. An article I wrote about my recent experience of driving through floods in Barbados, The Heavens Opened And The Rains Came Down In Barbados.

I don’t envy those brave souls in Barbados that cycle or the motor bikers, they are most certainly dicing with death or serious injury on a regular basis. I’m living in hope that the huge increase in road tax will mean a huge improvement in the dire state of the roads in Barbados.

If Barbados wants to be taken seriously as a top quality tourist destination, they have to start doing something about things like the crap state of the roads and the lack of signs, because there are loads of countries out there that are doing everything they can to grab a slice of the tourist dollar. I have previously written about the joys of driving on the roads in Barbados, The Nightmare Of Driving In Barbados.

I recently read an article that helps to highlight how dangerous the roads are in Barbados and that something radical needs to be done to make them safer a safer place, More Road Deaths Than Murders.

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