Driving in Russia ... LOL
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Reply By: graham B9 - Sunday, Feb 03, 2013 at 17:24
Sunday, Feb 03, 2013 at 17:24
We stopped at a rail crossing on the way back to St Petersburg on a Sunday afternoon. The guy driving the car two in front of me, got out to take a wizzz while we were waiting. He was so drunk that he could not find the door handle to get back in. The other drivers just got out of their cars opened the door for him and put him back into the drivers
seat. The train came and we all drove off again.
Another time we were stopped by the traffic police ( I was not driving
mine you) for doing 140 in a 50 zone. We just paid the speeding fine directly to the policeman, $3.47 and went on our way.
There are just about no rules except get yourself a really big SUV and put a bullbar on the front.
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Follow Up By: Danna - Sunday, Feb 03, 2013 at 18:12
Sunday, Feb 03, 2013 at 18:12
Graham,
that's not surprising for me ... I have seen these things probably before anyone of you here ...... and that was time of total "control" ... sort-of at least in something anyway.
They use to live by one of their slogan: "Russian person can never freeze to dead" ("Sovetskij celavek nikagda nezmiorzne") .......... They really believed they can't freeze to dead, if they full of vodka. They applied that to their babies and children. I have seen all that on my own eyes .... no kidding!
Cheers Dana
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