Driving in Russia

[NotAllThere]

You missed the bit about being stopped by armed police at 3am during a night run to the airport. Or was that just me?

[stek]

Chelyabinsk? that's for wimps. It even has real roads. It's hardly in real Siberia,

True lol!

Mossie got me on the top lip now, look like freaking Elephant Man.

I am told the roads in Chel are amongst the best in Russia, Jesus Christ. Some of the tram rails stick up about six inches into the road and you have to cross them at like 0.5 mph....

Ballet today cos I'm a cultured ****er, at least it's loads cooler today, but it has been raining so better prepare for yet another onslaught from The Mosquito Squadron...

Had this yesterday, some sort of visit to Docs required?

[Paddy]

Chelyabinsk? that's for wimps. It even has real roads. It's hardly in real Siberia,

[stek]

Haven't seen any dash cams here but we are in the back of beyond, in Chelyabinsk, the city that had the meteor hit it a few years back. Also the city of three Suns, due to some weird atmospheric effect reflecting the sun two more times.

[Paddy]

Read while ago that "crash for cash" is common in Russia, even more common than Birmingham/Bradford here (ahem). Get yourself a dashcam.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7c8uZf1KBqg

[xoggoth]

Read while ago that "crash for cash" is common in Russia, even more common than Birmingham/Bradford here (ahem). Get yourself a dashcam.

[SueEllen]

I can't believe they have so many of these:

Anyway at least it explains how safe it is to cross the road on foot at 4.16 and 4.38.....

[BlasterBates]

I'd be more worried about the tanks.

Watch out of for these signs:

[BlasterBates]

It was well worth the risk, if it had paid off he could have saved himself 5 minutes.

[SueEllen]

That's in Moscow, under the Moscow River, it leaks and forms ice in the tunnel, YouTube Tunnel' smerti, tunnel of death (genitive case)...

The engineer who designed it was claiming that there was no ice in the tunnel and people were just being stupid dangerous Russian drivers

There as the Western narrator stated that people were probably skidding on black ice due to how cold it gets......

Anyway I hope you have dash cams - you may make some money from youtube.

[stek]

There is a series on All4 called the "Worlds most dangerous.." Apparently there is a tunnel in Russia where everyone just crashes.

They put cameras in the tunnel and all you see is random vehicles skidding and sliding then crashing into the walls or in coming traffic.

That's in Moscow, under the Moscow River, it leaks and forms ice in the tunnel, YouTube Tunnel' smerti, tunnel of death (genitive case)...

[SueEllen]

There is a series on All4 called the "Worlds most dangerous.." Apparently there is a tunnel in Russia where everyone just crashes.

They put cameras in the tunnel and all you see is random vehicles skidding and sliding then crashing into the walls or in coming traffic.

[DaveB]

Mad. Screeching brakes and near misses common, cars parked in stupid places, cars weaving to either change lanes or avoid a pothole - you just don't know, and the daft way that in certain places where the central lines are broken, you can perform a legal U-turn - into three to four lanes of fast moving on-coming traffic.

Now the skill here is to judge which oncoming lane is the slowest/least occupied/has a decent gap and can I get to it. Literally an hour ago, snapped this chap who got it wrong.....

I'd be more worried about the tanks.

[stek]

Mad. Screeching brakes and near misses common, cars parked in stupid places, cars weaving to either change lanes or avoid a pothole - you just don't know, and the daft way that in certain places where the central lines are broken, you can perform a legal U-turn - into three to four lanes of fast moving on-coming traffic.

Now the skill here is to judge which oncoming lane is the slowest/least occupied/has a decent gap and can I get to it. Literally an hour ago, snapped this chap who got it wrong.....