Moscow drivers!

Max_Damage

Bit too much vodka in these lads!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psQHKKTeylg

The first crash is interesting. Suicidal maybe?

(Ignore the badly edited sound)

mikemac

Not sure about the first one.
Possibly heart attack or mechanical failure? They went across every lane.


No sympathy for the lad at 00:22, he was careful crossing and never bothered to look in the last lane, he never saw the car coming.

jonnyfingers

So many running red lights and speeding. What are they expecting is going to happen?

galwaytt

ffs, doesn't surprise me......... a few of their 'cousins' around here drive not dissimilar.........:rolleyes:......there isn't a Monday a.m. that one of them hasn't hit....something........loopers.

Btw, around the 5:00 mark, someone crosses the road, in front of traffic, gets hit by the motorbike......two bodies on the road......and what to the car drivers do ?........driver AROUND them ? jeebus.......

BTW, if ever there was a argument in favour of our traffic light signal sequence, that video is it: putting amber before 'go' is asking for jumpers......add in amber-gamblers on the other side, to red.........well, it's only going to end one way, now isn't it.........??

mikemac

galwaytt wrote: »

Btw, around the 5:00 mark, someone crosses the road, in front of traffic, gets hit by the motorbike......two bodies on the road......and what to the car drivers do ?........driver AROUND them ? jeebus.......

I went back to check that again, realy that's the worst accident of all imo :eek:

Max_Damage

Their is another one (can't remember when in the video is it) where a lad runs across, gets hit by a car (looks like a Lada Riva), gets up and runs into more oncoming traffic again. Probably a crack head.

bazzachazza

I'm never driving in Moscow then. Jesus does anyone stop for a red light. That any very few people actually stop to help, I guess thats as much to do with being robbed or having the car jacked.

kasper

only this week russia has set the drink driving limit at zero ,they said at the moment only two out of three men reach 60 years old

unkel

The safety set up is appalling. No central reservations at all and the traffic lights seem to be in dodgy places.

Henry Ford III

Some of those looked really nasty.

I'm tempted to ask which one was Liam Lawlor, but had better not

bazz26

A red traffic light in Russia seems to mean floor it and hope for the best. Amazed at the way passing traffic just negotiate around the accidents and drive on.

BigEejit

Anyone know what the russian rules of the road says about red lights, it may very well say close your eyes and floor it....

the pedestrians running accross 10 lanes of traffic is just mental though

Caliden

the pedestrian that got hit, got up and ran off would annoy the hell out of me if it was my car.

rebel10

What is also crazy is the fact that many of the accidents are in the exact same locations and the exact same reasons for the accidents, ignoring red lights. Not only would i not drive in Moscow, but jesus i would never be a pedestrian there either, most of the cars end nearly hitting one:eek:

jimmycrackcorm

Its as though they all drive after too much vodka or if not then with not enough vodka.