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That's just not possible.
It can't be.
Quote from: Speeddog on August 12, 2013, 12:33:22 PM
That's just not possible.
It can't be.
Made possible by the alternative reality of excess vodka [thumbsup]
Holy crap. :o Russians have obviously learned how to crash well.
<Driver of Black Fiat>
"OW, my head hurts. This damn door won't open."
<Blonde lady>
"Here, sweetie, climb out through this small opening where your windshield used to be."
Quote from: Speeddog on August 12, 2013, 03:14:36 PM
<Driver of Black Fiat>
"OW, my head hurts. This damn door won't open."
<Blonde lady>
"Here, sweetie, climb out through this small opening where your windshield used to be."
<Doctor> "Take 2 panadol each with a litre of vodka...."
<panel beater>"...yeah... that'll buff out".
The black Fiat is a Lada btw. Fiat-based, but Russian-made with 70% more steel, 89% less pizza, 64% less red wine and 99.7% more.... vodka.
That huge tanker coming around the corner....
slooooooooooooowly rolling in my direction
make the beast with two backs that :o
I guess the guy in the last clip forgot his seat belt... He just rolls right out where the windshield used to be!
JM
Quote from: the_Journeyman on August 13, 2013, 05:14:05 AM
I guess the guy in the last clip forgot his seat belt... He just rolls right out where the windshield used to be!
JM
I'm wondering if that was deliberate? Looks like in Russia, you gotta be able to bail out on a moment's notice!
Oddly enough, that's not the first Russian crash compilation where I've seen a cab-over truck driver get launched unscathed through what used to be the windshield.
JM
Quote from: the_Journeyman on August 13, 2013, 12:36:22 PM
Oddly enough, that's not the first Russian crash compilation where I've seen a cab-over truck driver get launched unscathed through what used to be the windshield.
JM
Well, they're big on gymnastics in Russia.
Its like the Wild, Wild West over there. With so many dashcams being used, I'm sure we will see more of these compilations.
Quote from: Speeddog on August 13, 2013, 01:31:35 PM
Well, they're big on gymnastics in Russia.
It's a good thing for some of those folks!
JM
Note to self, abort trip to shitty Russia!
Quote from: ab on August 14, 2013, 08:28:52 PM
Note to self, abort trip to shitty Russia!
If you're single, rethink that thought. ;)
I've spent weeks at a time in both Nizhny Novgorod and Novosibirsk and I've never seen but one (minor) traffic accident. I've seen far more in Florence, Italy. ;)
You have yet to visit two of the best states and the best province in Canada. ^^^
Luck seeks those who flee, and flees those who seek it, or something like that. [roll]
Like in the movie "final destination", the ripper will come after the survivors.
Quote from: DucHead on August 15, 2013, 04:56:47 AM
I've spent weeks at a time in both Nizhny Novgorod and Novosibirsk............
There's a story there... care to tell more?
either incredibly good or incredibly BAD drivers!?!?!?
Quote from: ungeheuer on August 16, 2013, 03:00:38 AM
There's a story there... care to tell more?
Meh, it's boring. I visited the Razuvaev Institute in Nizhny and spent ~1 month there. For a week I attended a conference aboard a "river boat" that sailed up the Kama and Volga rivers to Perm and back. Along the way, we visited small Russian villages each of which had a WWII memorial (as you know, ~20 million Russians died during WWII, so all Russian towns and cities have memorials) and a story of a poet/ess who committed suicide -- suicide seems to be amongst the favorite past times in rural Russia, at least in the past.
After 2 or 3 such excursions, I decided to take a run instead of taking a suicide story tour. At one point, I found myself in an "all too rural" area and was passed by 3 or 4 trucks with men in the beds carrying what appeared to be hunting rifles and shotguns. My arse puckered a bit, but they weren't interested at all in a foreigner jogging in the woods.
First pic is the war memorial in Novosibirsk, the second two are pics from the river boat on the Volga.
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Not boring at all.....
[popcorn]
Quote from: ungeheuer on August 16, 2013, 04:08:19 AM
Not boring at all.....
[popcorn]
Thanks! :)
Nizhny Kremlin:
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etc.
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/thread jack
[thumbsup]
[thumbsup]
[popcorn]
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(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d147/pompino/PA030082_zps05f4f9e6.jpg) (http://s34.photobucket.com/user/pompino/media/PA030082_zps05f4f9e6.jpg.html)
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^^ nice bridge...
... so were these Russian trips work or pleasure?
Quote from: ungeheuer on August 16, 2013, 07:19:43 AM
^^ nice bridge...
... so were these Russian trips work or pleasure?
Yes. :) I had a collaborations with groups in Nizhny and in Novosibirsk, so there was a little lab work, a few conferences and some opportunity for sight-seeing.
Cool pictures [thumbsup]