Since the 3 weeks that the office has been relocated to Ebene,  the extra kilometers sometimes turn into some source of inspiration for blog posts.

For instance, we all know that the motorway from Pailles to Ebene is a 4-lanes one, each for a specific purpose :

Emergency Lane, Crawler Lane, normal lane and the Fast lane.

And during peak time, this fast lane (a.k.a La troisieme voie) is used to vehiculate traffic from Ebene to Port Louis. That leaves you with 3 + 1 lanes :

Now, picture this :

• A heavy vehicle running at full engine while being on the crawler lane.
• A bus needs to take over and moves to the normal lane
• Now, both crawler and normal lanes will be moving slowly until the bus succeeds in overtaking the heavy lorry.
• With these 2 lanes moving nearly at a tortoise’s pace, other vehicles now use the emergency lane.

And that’s how we land up with the following layout :

And in real life, you get shots like this :

And the same thing happens when the normal lane is at a stop. Other vehicles then switch to the emergency one.

That’s how we drive in Mauritius.

Be alert and drive carefully.

btw, there’s the monthly game of “Guess Where“ going on. If you want to take up that challenge, try to guess where the 2 pics have been taken. Results to be proclaimed on Monday 19th August 2011. Check it out!

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Trimming the grass, somewhere around Terre Rouge

Did you ever notice those men busy working along the motorway? Yes, the same ones who are paid to trim the grass or even pick up bottles or empty snack packets which some of you throw while driving.

Well, I have been coming across them since a few months now, nearly on a daily basis. Equipped with their string trimmers (aka “l’appareil taille gazon“), they usually work in groups and move along together when they have finished trimming the grass in that area. They also wear appropriate clothing to protect themselves from the stones or other objects flying around while they are working. But there is a big lack of equipment which informs road users about works in progress.

However, I have been wondering what would happen if one of those objects fly towards a vehicle. At such a high speed, a window or even the car’s windscreen can easily blow into pieces, putting everyone in danger : the driver and the passengers. The driver can easily lose control of his vehicle, which can hit the guy and any other vehicles passing by.

Fortunately, there haven’t been such incidents (and accidents) till now and let’s hope that they are provided with the proper equipment to inform drivers to slow down in those areas.

And can you imagine the danger they are exposed to? Unfortunately, they do not really have a choice.

Bon weekend to everyone!

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