Namibia's First 'Arrestor Bed' At Usakos

On average about five trucks a year have an accident at the famous "old train" junction in Usakos, mostly due to brake failures at a point where the B2 road leading from Swakopmund into the town of Usakos descends for 20 kilometres.

Until recently such runaway trucks would have no alternative means of slowing down, a safety concern that prompted the Roads Authority to construct an 'arrestor bed' along the sloping road before the town of Usakos.

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