I remember the video of the Russian guy driving his car when the big meteor brightly flashed in the sky. He pulled down the sun visor and kept driving - totally unmoved by what could have been a nuclear explosion.
I guess these people have seen so much awfulness in their lives that what would be a traumatic event for us is just ho-hum to them.
Russian videos are the best. Those people have no moral compass. They are eat up with stupid behavior which they love to document and post to Youtube.
We, of course, are hurrying to emulate them.
I admit to being late to the party, and find that these Russian “dash cam” videos that fill the Internet are fascinating and...should I say, entertaining?
I am not in favor of people getting serious injuries, and some people clearly do in many of these, but...it is hard to tear your eyes away from them.
I saw one where there were three Russian women facing each other standing on a sidewalk near an intersection. A car flies through the light and T-Bones a car passing through.
The three women just look over, and go right back to talking as if nothing had happened.
On another one, there is a long parking lot behind some apartment building with space for only one car to navigate. There is a car with it’s dash cam pointing towards the far end perhaps 100-200 yards away, with a car slowly driving towards the camera.
As it gets close enough, you can make out the woman’s face, just staring straight ahead...and then the car smashes into the car with the camera. The woman looks like she was wide awake, eyes open, but passed out.
I asked a Russian doctor I know if Russian drivers are really as insane as they seem from these videos, and without any hesitation or sign of exaggeration, she just simply said “Yes. Yes they are.”
I am told there are dash cams all over, because if you are in an accident, it is your only protection, since the police and insurance investigators are simply bought off by whoever gets to them first or offers more money.
“I remember the video of the Russian guy driving his car when the big meteor brightly flashed in the sky. He pulled down the sun visor and kept driving - totally unmoved by what could have been a nuclear explosion.
I guess these people have seen so much awfulness in their lives that what would be a traumatic event for us is just ho-hum to them.”
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I remember that video.
I think you nailed it.
The second "why" that is. "Why" the cop wanted a driver's attention in the first place wasn't clear.
Watch enough dash-cam footage of drivers from Russia and former associated provinces; and, one begins to wonder if some of the incidents aren’t just staged, so as to supply a YouTube channel. Were it to be real life, then one must ask what’s going on between their ears when behind the wheel?
Horns are always fashionable before applying brakes, steer to avoid initial collision for a twofer with more style points, icy roads—drive faster to insure a rollover. Red stoplight means hit the gas—green means make a U-turn in the intersection. If you cause an incident, intimidate by brandishing the standard issue pipe stowed in the trunk.
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Yeah, I’ve seen that video.
I’ve also seen videos of Russians almost getting run over & a few actually were run over. They just calmly got up and went on their way.
Nothing scares Russians. NOTHING. Just watch Russian dash cam videos & you won’t believe what happens.
Russians are different. I’m part Russian, I know.