World of Preposterously Overloaded Vehicles

It is surely a recipe for disaster, but many  motorists cannot resist the urge to pile their tricycles and trucks as high as they possibly can while they move their goods – and families – across town.

Seemingly relaxed, these pictures show drivers going about their daily business with alarming volumes of precarious cargo tottering above their heads.

Pictures from across the world show ridiculously heavy trucks leaning at unusual angles, and tractors stacked 15-foot-high with recycled bottles and plastic negotiating roads full of traffic.