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Horrifically bad Russian driving.
Horrifically bad Russian driving.
Driving in the Motherland
- Thread starter Aardvark154
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I think it is a combination of inexperienced drivers, drunk drivers, and bad roads and conditions that make Russian drivers so dangerous.
I wonder why there are so many luxury cars in these videos, are all those cars the ones that disappear from North American streets and get shipped over there in containers?
I wonder why there are so many luxury cars in these videos, are all those cars the ones that disappear from North American streets and get shipped over there in containers?
Short answer is no.
And by the way Russians loathe American cars, American fashion and pretty much everything American - except US dollars, and maybe movies and iphones. The car is supposed to be German, the watch is supposed to be Swiss, the wardrobe is supposed to be Italian, the woman is supposed to be Russian.
This is very true. Anything American is despised. To understand these accidents you have to drive in Russia, the roads are atrocious, the traffic is ridiculous. You hate being stuck on QEW for an hour? Try being stuck in a trafic for an hour just to make a right turn 100 feet away. It is that bad. I almost missed my plane due to this bs, leaving 4 hours beforehand.
Perhaps it has changed now that there are far more Americans, but when I was there more, Russians were facinated by living, breathing Americans or Canadians and just loved to talk and ask questions.
The majority of these videos are from the Moscow and Saint-Petersburg areas. They not only are they by far the two largest cities in Russia, but also the wealthiest areas with the heaviest traffic etc. . . You are absolutely correct about those two cities, however, not really about places like Ekaterinburg,Yoshkar-Ola, or Rostov on Don.
these days are long gone...this is how they see expats now
Horny Expatriate Humbertus Humbertus
Distinguishing Features: Business suit; five o' clock shadow; total lack of rhythm and/or shame
Habitat: Doug and Marty's Boar House; The Real McCoy; Safari Lodge; Club Platinum
Danger if Provoked: Low. Once this species becomes fixated on copulating, it is nearly impossible to distract it from this task. Thus, the naturalist risks very little by observing Humbertus Humbertus in its native habitat. Even if this species is disturbed, it will choose to recommence its mating rituals rather than confront the intruder.
Mortal Weaknesses: Easily suckered into buying overpriced drinks for ugly friends of 19-year-old blonde from the Language Institute; occasional phone calls from wife in London can disrupt mojo; risk of official reprimand for putting visits to Shandra on corporate expense account.
Comments: Humbertus Humbertus spends most of its time in office buildings within the Boulevard Ring attempting to add a veneer of European propriety to the Russian oil conglomerate it works for. This species only leaves the office at night, when it prowls the bars of Moscow in search of its prey after purchasing Viagra (the one Russian word it knows) at an underground kiosk. Although the Horny Expatriate prefers to win its sexual conquests by charm and false promises of marriage, it often finds itself hailing a cab to Oh La La at 3 a.m., its instinctual urges having overcome its stinginess.
I'm not sure I'd treat The Exile as the sine qua non of things Russian to put it mildly. Further, Moscow vastly more than Saint-Petersburg is not really Russia.
If you are saying that less advanced or informed Russians might still treat foreigners as exotic creatures, I am not disputing that. I am saying that Russians who have met foreigners (and especially Russians from rich cities) generally don't hold foreigners in high regard. Foreign men are seen as sex-starved wimps, and foreign women are seen as useless fat ass feminists.
This is the reverse of the coin of "all Russian men are drunks."
As to Moscow, other than the museums and the Moscow Kremlin, you couldn't pay me to get out of the city any faster.
Loved the car dragging the gas hose, the giant bale of hay, and the car doing a backward somersault in the intersection.
Amazed at how many drivers have self-incriminating video that finds its way onto the web.
Also surprised by what seems to be a proliferance of dash cams. How many people actually have them? How much data do they record and store? And what's their real purpose ... only to supply the last 10 minutes of footage in case of accident? Are these like an airplane black box?
And if they're not dash cams, then I'm truly amazed at the number of people who "just happen" to be recording routine traffic on their cell phone cameras when these spectacular moments happen.
Amazed at how many drivers have self-incriminating video that finds its way onto the web.
Also surprised by what seems to be a proliferance of dash cams. How many people actually have them? How much data do they record and store? And what's their real purpose ... only to supply the last 10 minutes of footage in case of accident? Are these like an airplane black box?
And if they're not dash cams, then I'm truly amazed at the number of people who "just happen" to be recording routine traffic on their cell phone cameras when these spectacular moments happen.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/motoringvideo/9833352/Tank-crosses-busy-road-in-Russia.html
I guess the rule in Russia is the 30 ton armoured monster with the huge cannon gets right of way........... pretty much whenever it wants.
I guess the rule in Russia is the 30 ton armoured monster with the huge cannon gets right of way........... pretty much whenever it wants.
