Russian Drivers

[BlueDog]

I was going to put this in the light hearted thread but this is such an epic compilation of Russia's worst drivers I felt it deserved one of it's own.

Don't click play unless you have a full 13 minutes to waste because I guarantee you won't be able to stop watching.

My jaw is still on the ground, unfucking believable.

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[itfciain]

Jesus wept

I love the pedestrian that just pulls out a gun and starts shooting

 

[PGowdy]

Jesus christ!! A lot of people in that video are very lucky to have escaped with their lives. It astonishes me the lack of respect people have for their own mortality. :shock: :shock: :shock:

 

[Frunkstar]

That was pretty intense, think I will strike Russia of my road trip list :lol:

 

[Lee77]

I like the way that when the traffic comes to a standstill they just swerve into the hard shoulder and carry on! :shock:

 

[PGowdy]

Check out these numbers -

People killed in road accidents in 2007:
(Population in brackets)

Sweden: 471 (9m)
Netherlands: 709 (16m)
Australia: 1600 (21m)
UK: 3058 (61m)
Spain: 3823 (45m)
France: 4620 (62m)
Germany: 4949 (82m)
Italy: 5669 (59m)
Japan: 6400 (127m)
Ukraine: 9754 (46m)
Russia: 26,084 (141m)


EDIT: You can see the average is about 500 people per 10m. Sweden, Netherlands, UK, Germany, Japan all hit this number nearly bang on. Ukraine more than quadruples it with 2,120 deaths per 10m people and Russia has a slightly better ratio of 1,849 deaths per 10m people. This means (getting really geeky now...) that you have just a 1 in 5,405 chance of making it through the year not being killed on the roads.

 

[Grant_C]

Whats scary is the amount of russians that film their journeys :shock:

Crazy, crazy video.

 

[itfciain]

It's amazing how many bits fall of cars or trucks - I know that we can be a bit over H&S conscious in this country - but some of these are a joke !!

 

[monkey_roo]

I want to know if that is the same person filming / involved with all these crashes... Either the luckiest/unlucky person ever or a master of staged reality TV....

 

[jedi_masters]

Whats scary is the amount of russians that film their journeys :shock:

Crazy, crazy video.

A lot of countries where there are high insurance claims, the insurance companies stipulate drivers must have camera's in their cars as it helps with claims to see who is to blame. Hence why we can watch this film of shocking russian driving.

I love the driver who has the smash, gets out his car, puts his bag over his shoulder and goes to walk off. :shock:

 

[PGowdy]

Yeah that clip cracked me up. And the one where the guys in the car are cracking up as a motorist careers off the road into a fence. :lol:

Also, i didn't know that about the cameras in cars. Good info. I did wonder why all these people were filming their journeys.

 

[JuniorChubb]

 

[Dark Sith Lord]

:shock:

 

[jackabina]

Brilliant. I don't know whats better. Driving in Russia, or poking Carrie Fisher :lol:

 

[weasel]

Quality!