Thursday 5 March 2009

Motorbike health & safety, Sri Lankan style

Sri Lanka has stringent regulations about riders of motorbikes and scooter wearing crash-helmets, and these are clearly inforced and adhered to. But no such strictures appear to apply to passengers, leading to the unsettling sight of whole families - pregnant mums, toddlers and babies - all squeezed precariously onto one motorbike - with Dad in the middle the only one whose brain is protected in case of an accident. Maybe he doesn't think the rest of his family have one between them worth protecting...

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