"These tunnel crashes are linked to an anti-icer sprayed over Moscow streets this winter."
So why the accidents in a tunnel?
Is Moscow so different that it snows in tunnels?
And why can't Putin apologists get the story straight? Garyspfc would have us believe it is the ice, not the deicer.
Admit it - Russian drivers are the worst in Europe. The fatality rate for car accidents is THREE times as high as the rest of Europe.
http://english.people.com.cn/200307/03/eng20030703_119368.shtml
Actually this tunnel collapse was caused by workers installing advertisement boards. They destroyed some support beams and tried to flee the scene of the "crime" after the tunnel collapsed. So far no reports of any injuries. (I bet you're disappointed)
Your comments about Russian drivers is interesting since the majority of "Russians" involved in those accidents are Georgians, Azeris, Tadjiks, etc., who are tooling around Moscow working as gyspy cab drivers in extremely unsafe vehicles. As usual, your prejudice against Russian blinds you to facts.
Having said that, Moscovites are atrocious drivers and the traffic situation there is "only the strong survive." Rome comes to mind as a very close second for horrible drivers. In the rest of Russia the drivers are a lot more courteous and safer.
Easy. It is generally warmer in tunnels and the snow soaked with de-icer melts there to produce a slipery slosh. The one pictured in the camera is Lefortovsky tunnel, where lanes are (as they say) built according to the EU standards (which is 15 cm narrower). That also adds to the accident rate.
Funny, that a Ukrainian living in US (or Canada) is quoting a Chinese newspaper article 2,5 years old as a proof of something he does not even understand. If you ever saw a Lada in your life you would have drawn a different conclusion. These cars, which make the most of the Russian car park, do not have airbags and in general (except the latest models) are way more dangerous for the driver and passengers than their european or japanese counterparts.
However for the easy blame-slappers it is not so obviohus.