Elephants Have Right Of Way
(N.Z. Press Assn.—Copyright) NAIROBI. Elephants, quagmire roads and stone-throwing tribesmen are hazards that may be faced by drivers in the East African safari, starting tomorrow, Associated Press reported. Nearly 90 cars will head south from Nairobi in the fourteenth event over the 3000-mile course of perilous bush roads and jungle tracks. Less than 30 competitors will probably complete the route, which winds through the plains and misty mountain ranges of Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.
The rains have come early to East Africa this year and already the southern leg through Tanzania is a gluey quagmire. There are only 300 miles of paved road on the entire route—and signs warning drivers that elephants have the right of way. Wild animals darting out of the bush are a constant hazard, while primitive tribesmen have been known to stone cars as they rush through their mud hut villages. Cars from six nations— Britain. France, Germany, Italy, Japan and Sweden—are taking part.
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Press, Volume CV, Issue 31029, 7 April 1966, Page 19
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