The chaos of Mexican roads by no means ceases to amaze me. Irrespective of what number of instances I’ve pushed there — whether or not it’s simply south of the border, or the good Mexican North, or the capital metropolis itself, CDMX — I’m nonetheless left gobsmacked by the feeding frenzy that’s Mexico’s public highway system.

And it appears I’m not the one one perplexed within the face of Mexico’s harmful visitors, as this large Twitter thread of automobile crashes in Guadalajara, Jalisco exhibits, courtesy of @dankgdl:

The thread was dubbed the “official #GuadalajaraRoadUpdate thread” by Twitter consumer Dan, whose username alludes to the town the place the images had been taken. Guadalajara is the capital of the Mexican state of Jalisco. It’s additionally the birthplace of 1 Sergio Pérez, whom it’s possible you’ll know of Formulation 1 fame. Come to consider it, Guadalajara has had its fifteen minutes of fame because of some unruly drivers, just like the water tank that crashed right into a metropolis bus not way back.

The crashes depicted within the Guadalajara Highway Replace thread, nevertheless, are much less innocuous than the water tank crash; they’re fortunately (and presumably) not all lethal automobile crashes, however they spotlight the hazard that drivers must cope with in Mexico. Actually, that appears to be the case in lots of so-called creating international locations, in any other case often known as the second-world. Mexico’s roads remind me of these I’ve solely seen in footage, similar to these of Mumbai.

There’s a way of organized chaos in Mexico, which threatens to turn into unorganized at any second. Some thrive in that dysfunction, however I’ve to be sincere: each time I’m driving there, I’ve to periodically inform myself to not maintain onto the wheel for expensive life. Onerous to do for somebody who comes from the comparatively soft lanes of Texas, the place individuals are hauling ass, however highways are as flat and extensive because the state itself; Texas roads offer you a large berth.

Roads in Mexico then again? Properly, they’re a bit extra dense. They commerce excessive pace for actual property. So, whilst you is probably not driving as quick in Mexico as within the U.S., it’s nonethless a thrill journey as a result of everyone seems to be vying for mere inches — OK, centimeters — of the identical lane.

That’s what causes among the weird and outlandish accidents seen within the Twitter thread. Properly, that and the odd axle that goes flying from underneath a bus, in fact. Anyway try the Twitter thread. The accidents on there are wild.