IS driving at night from Nairobi to Kisumu or from Kisii through Narok and Mai Mahiu to Nairobi. One drives through roads that are unmarked, unlit and with bumps that appear out of nowhere. It wouldn’t be such a nightmare if these bumps were of the same design and construction everywhere but they are not. It appears that to the engineers at Kenya National Highways Authority and Kenya Urban Roads Authority, a speed bump is a speed bump even if it is half the height of Mt. Everest.
Point to self. Buy a big car.
End of rant.
Random thoughts 
Do you get altitude sickness on those speed bumps?
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No, I just get pissed off. They are scary as shit especially at high speeds
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Sounds bone shattering & bloody dangerous.
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At high speed at night, yes. You get shaken to the core
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Not good.
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not good at all
how is BC this fine monday?
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Into our fall winds & headed to winter in a month or so. Its still comfortable to dress to go outside though.
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It’s been wet here last few days
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Wet here too with some rain. It will be snow soon enough.
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I don’t know whether I should say we are fortunate to say we don’t have any snow
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We don’t get it like we used to & we’ve even had some winters with none….due to the ”fake” climate change, of course. Our cold isn’t as cold either.
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That happens during zombie apocalypses too when you run over zombies at night. Very unpleasant sensation, and, if you don’t run over the head, the bastards get back up and come after you.
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I try to avoid zombie apocalypses like that one Mathew saw. I would go mad
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I always wonder WTF happened to all those zombie kings. Are they still out there? Where’d they go?
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My question is what happened to Lazarus? Did he die a second death? Are there any of his works left for life among the dead?
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These are poignant questions no Christian is able to answer. I wonder why that is?
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There is an obnoxious fellow on Ark’s blog, Cs they call him, I think he has answers
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Hell, maybe he’s one of the zombie kings!
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Nah – not a big car, Mak. Big Car = Big Hole in Pocket.
You need one of them Star-Wars type hug-the-terrain speeders 🙂
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Or maybe get an earthmover and remove the bumps as I move.
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John Z can explain to you how the 1% travel in Sao Paulo: Private Chartered Helicopter. Maybe you can start a Church of Perpetual Exemptions and have your parishioners buy you a private helicopter. For your evangelism, of course!
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This is a great idea.
I will register a church soon
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These are paved roads that are breaking apart, or dirt roads that are just shit?
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You would be shocked my friend. These are well paved roads. Some even have road marking and some portions are even lit.
Dirt roads have huge bumps you want to beat the people who put them up
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Always a good idea to build good roads. Expensive, yes, but you save money over time.
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Building a good road would mean less corruption. people must eat the road
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The speed bumps I can understand. Here, with the declining of infrastructure support financial budgets, the potholes are atrocious and equally deadly. Always, practice safety! 🙂 Naked hugs!
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Perhaps they want to make sure that only big cars can get beyond those speed bumps, cars that would also survive the potholes ahead. That way, they can save the money for repairs (and pocket it) and will not be made liable by people whose cars break down in those potholes.
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This is another possibility.
They want to reduce traffic snarl up by eliminating small cars
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Mak’s got the hump.
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It’s a big hump!
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When you say speed bumps, are you referring to one of these?
https://www.google.com/maps/@-0.1197578,34.7897825,3a,75y,285.28h,77.77t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1smL5bW5eANfpHF_iHiFVH2g!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
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Given the large number of pedestrians, farm animals, children, etc. Maybe the real solution is to drive very. very slowly. 🙂
Some local eco-wags have started painting “Driving” on all of Stop signs in Berkeley and similar places. 🙂
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To stop driving, we all need to live in integrated neighbourhoods where we can walk, cycle or at worst bus.
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Yes. But now imagine they are unmarked are of varying sizes and it is in a dark road.
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Look at the bright side: it makes the ride more eventful. 🙂
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Haha
Maybe making the ride more bumpy
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Maybe the road people are invested in the alignment and tire shops.
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I hadn’t thought of it this way. They could be trying to create employment
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I don’t fully understand rugby, possibly why I’ve never got into it much, and preferring football instead.
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