PHOTO OF THE DAY: Hitching a ride

Photo by Jennifer Baron

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63 Comments

  1. dominican abroad
    September 18, 2011

    th :lol: :lol: em boys need to pull there pants up man.

  2. GOD'S CHILD
    July 1, 2011

    it is a very dangerous act that the young men are doing. just watch the one that is trying on hold on, his pants is preventing him from going onto the vehicle.

    Also, if one of them falls, do you know the driver has to take care of theinjured person.

    we may say that they are just taking a ride, but it is a dangerous way to take a ride.

    We have to value life and in other to do that, we have to do what is right, not what is a joke in the eyes of who like to see it.

    May our Heaven Father continue to bless us so that we may use our God given senses correctly.

  3. ti salop
    May 10, 2011

    all dose dat talking shyt bout dat photo is a jack a*s,couz allu neva do dem ting dere,plus is not allu dam business they make dere own decision(like dat other person say mango dem man goin an pick) allu blajain allu stinkin mouth

    i betting most off allu that talking shyt did dat wen allu was young wen allu didn’t had no job or a dollar to pay bus(just because allu go overs or have a ride n job thinkin allu better dan people) is stick yur finger in de air n bum a ride fu*k wat dem dam**s say .

  4. Madmax pro
    May 1, 2011

    Hartez n blockerz u do see dem fellas takin a vep adventure man xplorin hw it feels

  5. Truth, Justice, Love, Peace and Unity
    May 1, 2011

    The primary and important issue here is that those young boys appear to have hitched a ride. Some people take chances and do not visualize that an accident could occur and they may be injured or killed.
    This is a serious matter. There are too many of them on this small jalopy, whatever you choose to call it. Note their dangling legs.
    In view of this, It is a vehicle which is unsafe for driving and traveling and is a violation of vehicle and road regulations, also referred to as driver’s negligence.
    If the vehicle is in driving mode and he is caught, he will surely receive a ticket, arrested and charged. I am assuming that it is a male person who is driving this vehicle. Human lives are at stake here and are to be taken seriously.

  6. wondering i wz here 1st
    May 1, 2011

    I can remember the days of learning to hop on a ride when it moving i never master it but i can the fella did… good to see people having fun… grand bay we large to the people running your mouths it only makes us LARGER

  7. me
    April 30, 2011

    allu doe notice the cally on board ….. a mango either pick or goin and pick…i realy do miss the simpler days..good vibes…community love vibes

  8. freddie
    April 30, 2011

    WHERE IS THE POLICE WHEN YOU NEED THEM.THIS IS A BAD PRACTICE ON A MAIN ROAD,IF YOU A QAULIFIED DRIVER.IN LONDON YOU WOULD BE FINE,BAN AND RETAKE YOUR TEST,AND ALL HOPPERS WOULD FINE.

    • boss
      May 1, 2011

      blaaaaa we are not in london we are in dominca so shut your mouth in other words triple kay would say hush your mouth u dont know wat u talking bout hush your mouth sh*t u talkin

    • da real hmmmmmmmmmm!!!
      May 1, 2011

      da y we not in england …prick

  9. senior citizen
    April 30, 2011

    PRETTY DANGEROUS FUN! WOULDN’T THE DRIVER BE HELD RESPONSIBLE IF THERE WAS ACCIDENT?

  10. Conscious
    April 30, 2011

    So Dominican!

  11. Family Guy!
    April 30, 2011

    Jai’ Gwabay! Tebeh!!

  12. OH BOY....
    April 29, 2011

    ……NICE FLAT SCREEN TV IN THE BACKGROUND…….

  13. sout shabin
    April 29, 2011

    @ TINY

    tiny shut up u coming on dno acting all educated and what not YET u here with u van and truck nonsense what the hell is this really? admin best u just stop accepting tiny comments, like someone said on the overloaded van with wood photo of the day “is not tiny fault she go states and study the difference between van and truck” stuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuupppppppppppeeeeeeeeeeeeeesssssssssssss tiny shut up and go by a truck and drive it lemme see what u gan say next cha man

  14. Anonymous
    April 29, 2011

    yah just now they going put an end to all that and start giving out tickets. When sumone dies it aint fun n games

  15. for real
    April 29, 2011

    is jus a vep those boys taking wee! cool foto,DNO.

  16. STX
    April 29, 2011

    lord have mercy……….. honestly those comments reall mad me laugh after a VERY stressing day at work.

  17. LOCKHEED
    April 29, 2011

    Wel come back D.N.O.

  18. Retard
    April 29, 2011

    cash ,@ss or grass nobody ride free, every body have to pay or go down go down i say every body gas to expensive, those days done no free ride.i have loan to pay.

  19. powil par
    April 29, 2011

    i miss bombing ride… some fellers were expert at hopping and unhopping at any speeds wi… n if u try to hop or unhop and u miss…. u falling n drag lol

    • Anti-hate
      April 29, 2011

      lol!!

  20. laughing
    April 29, 2011

    but wat is it with people and vans with plenty load nuh?

  21. tiny
    April 29, 2011

    once again, that’s a TRUCK
    now the passenger vehicles that you ride to and from roseau is a VAN NOT A BUS

    • confused
      April 29, 2011

      so what is a bus?

      • D/CAN
        April 29, 2011

        Thank you confused…what is a bus Tiny? It’s a bloody VAN aka pickup truck, that’s the way we like it in D.A… we know what it is even though we call it otherwise.

    • james
      April 29, 2011

      stop playing smart and misleading ppl tiny,what you ride to town is a passenger bus,a van is actually a bus but not designed for carrying ppl ,no seats and no side glass just bare metal pannel to cut this short like what those whlesale ppl selling in

      • tiny
        April 29, 2011

        teeheeheee…………i love you guys

      • Francisco Etienne-Dods Telemaque
        April 30, 2011

        you are wrong, as far as I am concerned, there are absolutely no Buses in Dominica, the majority are vans, in various sizes.

        What these ignorant clowns are risking their lives hanging off, is an small pick-up truck!

        We do not have the infrastructure ( Roads) in Dominica to accommodate a real Bus!

        You are wrong; a van is not actually a Bus. If you believe yourself, that means you have never seen a Bus, therefore you do not know what one looks like!

    • boss
      April 29, 2011

      tiny your dam**s. we are dominicans and thats how it is stop being such and a**h***

      • Anonymous
        April 29, 2011

        well said

    • Homeboy
      April 29, 2011

      Stop letting Tiny get you all aggravated.

    • Sakwe sot! Dominica is not American
      April 29, 2011

      In the United States and Canada “truck” is usually reserved for commercial vehicles larger than normal cars including pickups and other vehicles having an open load bed, while in Australia and New Zealand, a pickup truck is usually called a ute (short for “utility”) and the word “truck” is mostly reserved for larger vehicles. The small utility truck was invented in Australia in the 1930s.[5]

      In the United Kingdom, India, Malaysia, Singapore, Ireland and Hong Kong lorry is used instead of truck, but only for the medium and heavy types.

      In U.S. English, the word “truck” is often preceded by a word describing the type of vehicle, such as a “fire truck” or “tanker truck”. Note that in British English these would be referred to as “fire engine” and “tanker” or “petrol tanker”, respectively. In Canada “fire engine” is also used.

      A van is a kind of vehicle used for transporting goods or groups of people.

      In the UK usage, it can be either specially designed or based on a saloon/sedan car, the latter type often including derivatives with open backs (such as pick-up trucks). There are vans in all shapes and sizes, ranging from the classic van version of the tiny Mini to the five metre long (LWB) variants of the Mercedes Sprinter van. Vehicles larger than this are classified as lorries (trucks).

      • boss
        May 1, 2011

        in d/ca a truck is dem big mothers counts a van is what we bomb ride on usually and a car is a sketel lol

    • Anonymous
      April 30, 2011

      tina , you are just closed minded and ignorant to the different terms used around the world. some places call it a truck, some a van . that simple. why is it we always think what is the US or England is the only way it goes???????

      • Come on!
        May 2, 2011

        exactly!!! atop trying to mess with peoples’ culture. It’s a pick up truck but we call it a van ok. lol

    • Nervous Rex
      April 30, 2011

      I wonder what you would call a suzuki jeep?

    • Arnold
      April 30, 2011

      TINY GTFO, it’s a VAN this is Dominica we say VAN

  22. yay yay
    April 29, 2011

    hahaha this jus bring back memories of wen i use to see dem guys try 2 do dat. and den d driver would come out and plox dem. hahahahaha. sumtimes one man d driver say ok i givin u a ride nxt ting u know u seein all like 5 man on d ride.lol

  23. sorad
    April 29, 2011

    i just going to watch a wet fet more sewo there when i saw that photo i say well grand bay really calling me back boy

    • anonymous
      April 29, 2011

      YES SORAD I KNO IS U

  24. Anonymous
    April 29, 2011

    That photo was taken at Geneva grand bay next to the playing field

  25. well yah
    April 29, 2011

    typical d/ca style

  26. ANN
    April 29, 2011

    AREN’T THEY AFRAID THEY FALL?

    • Jokes
      April 29, 2011

      You from DA? There’s no way that you ask that question if you from DA…

      • Arnold
        April 30, 2011

        dat I checking dere lol

  27. anonymous
    April 29, 2011

    i say grand bay how are u :-D

  28. TOMIAN
    April 29, 2011

    those good old days. How I remember bombing a ride lol. we papa mi bagais :lol:

  29. lol
    April 29, 2011

    aye Da free up eh papamete if mr fall down dere

  30. Dominican Abroad
    April 29, 2011

    it seems kool, but its dangerous.. careful people

  31. kmax
    April 29, 2011

    i wud make al u walk…lol

  32. Kazimi
    April 29, 2011

    Sa sé on bèl photo

  33. Watching
    April 29, 2011

    Real vybz!

  34. shatta
    April 29, 2011

    have to be a grand-bay van that

    • van
      April 29, 2011

      Because! Jealousy is another form of envy

    • Anonymous
      April 29, 2011

      It is cause am from grand bay I notice the area

    • dominican
      April 29, 2011

      shatta u have problems man….bomb ride doe make bomb for ride….i suspect tht u doin y u kno the van so well. oh dats y u doe like grandbay? cuz of one bomb gone bad…alas pity ah

      • Reader
        April 29, 2011

        You mean, you get all that from “have to be a grand bay van that”. Eh bien me daybar!!

      • ...
        April 29, 2011

        u doe right say tht…..they have too much to say on g/bay….

    • boss
      April 29, 2011

      joe van that there lol

      • ...
        April 29, 2011

        joe will give it to u lol….tht is if they know they on DNO lol

        • boss
          May 1, 2011

          awa joe is a cool partner and that pic is a good pic for ppl dat had a bad day at work and reading the comments and respod to tiny de a*s comments

  35. wawww WAWW
    April 29, 2011

    is a free up vybz

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