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A Safety Guy in Colombia
Kufr na kolečkách v podpaží spolujezdce, večerní provoz v Medellíně.

Note · A safety guy's eye · 7 September 2026

A pillion passenger on a motorbike carrying a large wheeled suitcase…

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A pillion passenger on a motorbike carrying a large wheeled suitcase. One arm clamped around it, the other around the rider, knees against the tank, riding in traffic between the cars.

At home I would be writing this up as a finding. Here it is Thursday evening. Within ten minutes I had also seen two children without helmets, a stepladder and a dog on motorbikes.

The interesting part is that the speeds are low and everybody expects it. It is dangerous all the same.

A wheeled suitcase under a pillion passenger's arm, evening traffic in Medellín.

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