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I wonder what happened to the supposed heavy fine 'per wheel' for driving on a closed road?

Agree Shaker, just because they were tourists, no excuse and they should have been fined like anyone else stupid enough to drive on a close road in that country.

Cheers
Stephen

If their Passports are seized they can not board a flight out of the country.

I think the authorities (courts) seize passports for serious crimes if people are considered flight risks. Better off linking the police outstanding fines database to the Immigration passport control point when leaving the country and a payment counter right behind it.

Why bother? Just throw them to the crocs. Bloody foreign tourists. You'd never see an ozzy acting like that or leaving shite and paper all over the place. Well, not much, anyway - as long as nobody sees them. Germans, Poms, Yanks .... they're just not seasoned Pedantic Pensioner Palace Pullers with nothing better to whinge about. Oooh, the outrage. Don't they know anything? Is it any wonder we're regarded as xenophobic?
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G'day Ron, one could say the same about us Aussies when we go to Countries like USA and Europe, where conditions can be just the opposite with extreme cold , do the wrong thing there and you freeze to death, I have driven in USA in January up over Bighorn Pass into Buffalo, the road is around the 2900m , I was driving a Chevy Malibu that had Front wheel drive so that was a help, other than that the road was kept open by snow ploughs and as one does here , drive to the conditions. My recent trips to Germany have been in the Northern Summer .


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Doug, you're not wrong there. I've only ever seen snow once in my life, and I wouldn't have a clue how to deal with snowbanks and black ice and dizzying heights.

One the highest roads in the U.S. is Trail Ridge Rd, (U.S. Hwy 34), through the Rocky Mts in Colorado.

Trail Ridge Rd runs to 12,183 feet (3,714M) - and most Aussies would be gasping for breath in that thin air.

It's aviation law, that as a pilot, you must use supplemental oxygen if you fly more than 30 minutes at cabin pressure altitudes of 12,500 feet.

Trail Ridge Rd is a stunning drive (see the video below, it's best in full screen), but the warning signs are large and blunt.

On this drive, you need to be aware of rapidly changing weather and road conditions at those heights, and you need to be aware of the dangers of avalanches and unstable snowbanks.

Plonk an Outback Aussie into this high country wihout any advice, instructions or training, and they could just as easily get into trouble through lack of experience, as overseas tourists do here.

Dangerous roads of North America

Video - Trail Ridge Rd - opening of the pass, early Summer

Cheers, Ron.

Ron, thanks for the links, amazing country, hey I see the green Jeep in the video, I passed one same color but a hard top heading into Orange over the Weekend, Instantly the thought of GRASSHOPPER came to mind.... We had the Garrat 6029 Steam train in town over the weekend, wow it was fantastic , if you can access my Facebook which is open to all you will find some videos ,
When I was in USA June 2000 I travelled I-70 from LA to Denver , that went into The Eisenhower Tunnel at 11,158 ft . , The tunnel carries Interstate 70 traffic under the Continental Divide in the Rocky Mountains. it is one of the highest vehicular tunnels in the world
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