Russian road rage and accidents

[ban2]

I'm amazed at some of these incidents...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bu0B3SoCIjA

[ban2]

Did i cry for the Ferrari driver at the beginning of this one...  nope  


Sorry I deleted my link, there was some really bad language on this one, i posted before i watched it through sorry.

[Infinity]

Roid rage > road rage.

[swiftus27]

There is so much fraud in Russia that insurance fraud is expected now.....   not to mention that the police are in on it too....

[Dasha]

It's not the fraude that causes people to drive terribly. There has been a lot of insurance fraud, that's why you get a good discount on the contract if you install a dashcam.

Problem is that the driving tests in Russia are hardly up to par. People have money, buy a big car and suddenly think they can drive, which they can't. A red light doesn't mean anything for some people, neither does right of way.

Also the infrastructure is terrible. This is a good example of just how terrible it is.



The lack of driving skills and the lack of proper infrastructure is a recipe for crashes like that. Of course there is alcohol too. I had my brand new BMW Z4 wrecked when I was driving home from work at night. My light got green, accelerate and some drunk old fool in a Lada jumps the red light and crashed into the passenger side of my cute little car. Dashcam was my rescue.

[swiftus27]

in one of those videos someone jumps in front of a truck's tires.

While I agree with you that the skill and infrastructure are lacking, there is something extremely different in Russia when it comes to auto accidents.

[ban2]

in one of those videos someone jumps in front of a truck's tires.

I had a woman try and commit suicide by jumping in front of my bus in the UK, luckily i was going slow and managed to stop. She just walked off as if nothing had happened too.

[swiftus27]

there are whole videos of people trying to scam insurance money in Russia from "being hit"....   

I don't think there is a massive number of suicidal Russians hellbent on using the grill of a truck as a means to end it all.