Driving in Russia: A Video (life, safe, people, pay)
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A friend of mine sent me one of these Driving-In-Russia vids. I couldn't bear to sit through the whole thing, the first time around. Here's what I got out of it:
-- Liability is an unknown concept, especially on the part of truckers and public transport
-- Driving while sleep-deprived or under the influence of alcohol are major issues.
-- There aren't enough traffic police.
Did you hear about the recent traffic jam on the road between Moscow and St. Pete's? It lasted all weekend, people were stranded in the snow for days. It had something to do with the fact that some communities off the side of that road weren't allowing passage. Also, the road needs widening and improving. Locals started selling food by the side of the road at exorbitant prices, because people were starving. I don't know how it was finally resolved. Maybe you could find and post that.
A friend of mine sent me one of these Driving-In-Russia vids. I couldn't bear to sit through the whole thing, the first time around. Here's what I got out of it:
-- Liability is an unknown concept, especially on the part of truckers and public transport
-- Driving while sleep-deprived or under the influence of alcohol are major issues.
-- There aren't enough traffic police.
Did you hear about the recent traffic jam on the road between Moscow and St. Pete's? It lasted all weekend, people were stranded in the snow for days. It had something to do with the fact that some communities off the side of that road weren't allowing passage. Also, the road needs widening and improving. Locals started selling food by the side of the road at exorbitant prices, because people were starving. I don't know how it was finally resolved. Maybe you could find and post that.
I've googled it up right now Ruth -
these are the pics -
They are stuck there for three days. The reason is that the city of Tver ( which is situated on the way to St. Pet.) has closed the passage for trucks on Friday night.
So not only trucks - everyone got stuck, apparently in this 20 km traffic jam...)
PS. OMG - I'm watching Rus. TV now - there was a robbery in the middle of Moscow; the driver is killed after the car accident has been staged (he has been shot multiple times.) 20 million rubles are stolen. The passenger underwent operation already and is in stable condition. He said that money belonged to the driver, who was an owner of some business.
Jeez.
PS. OMG - I'm watching Rus. TV now - there was a robbery in the middle of Moscow; the driver is killed after the car accident has been staged (he has been shot multiple times.) 20 million rubles are stolen. The passenger underwent operation already and is in stable condition. He said that money belonged to the driver, who was an owner of some business.
Jeez.
See, this is another problem. People have to walk around with a briefcase full of cash to do business. This was especially true in the 90's, as you can imagine. I saw people paying for air tickets with a briefcase full of cash. Still, in the case above, it seems like someone knew in advance that a certain car would have that kind of cash in it.
Oh, that's really bad--people ran out of gas, naturally, because they had to keep their cars heated. I wonder how they finally got gas. Putin flew over it in a helicopter, and tried to get some emergency crews to the area, but I don't know what happened in the end.
They are stuck there for three days. The reason is that the city of Tver ( which is situated on the way to St. Pet.) has closed the passage for trucks on Friday night. So not only trucks - everyone got stuck, apparently in this 20 km traffic jam...)
PS. OMG - I'm watching Rus. TV now - there was a robbery in the middle of Moscow; the driver is killed after the car accident has been staged (he has been shot multiple times.) 20 million rubles are stolen. The passenger underwent operation already and is in stable condition. He said that money belonged to the driver, who was an owner of some business.
Jeez.
See, this is another problem. People have to walk around with a briefcase full of cash to do business. This was especially true in the 90's, as you can imagine. I saw people paying for air tickets with a briefcase full of cash. Still, in the case above, it seems like someone knew in advance that a certain car would have that kind of cash in it.
Oh, that's really bad--people ran out of gas, naturally, because they had to keep their cars heated. I wonder how they finally got gas. Putin flew over it in a helicopter, and tried to get some emergency crews to the area, but I don't know what happened in the end.
You do not understand it all at the expense of money. In Russia we have the cash in my life, in contrast to America. In America, if you pay cash money it raises suspicion. The reason that it was a large sum - it seems that he took cash from a business and financial point. (you have to cash out of the restaurants, shops and so on transfer into the account. all exactly Since people prefer to pay in cash, but credit cards are widely used in a long time)Business in Russia as elsewhere is done through banks is fast, safe and convenient. If you want to get away from paying taxes on the whole amount, then the account you'll not transfer the money.
A friend of mine sent me one of these Driving-In-Russia vids. I couldn't bear to sit through the whole thing, the first time around. Here's what I got out of it:
-- Liability is an unknown concept, especially on the part of truckers and public transport
-- Driving while sleep-deprived or under the influence of alcohol are major issues.
-- There aren't enough traffic police.
Did you hear about the recent traffic jam on the road between Moscow and St. Pete's? It lasted all weekend, people were stranded in the snow for days. It had something to do with the fact that some communities off the side of that road weren't allowing passage. Also, the road needs widening and improving. Locals started selling food by the side of the road at exorbitant prices, because people were starving. I don't know how it was finally resolved. Maybe you could find and post that.
It's funny because it differentiate amongst these small details. on Kamchatka more snow than in any other region of Russia. And blizzard is very common in the winter, and during and after the main roads of snow immediately cleaned from snow.'s Just for one day reaches snow depth of 2-3 meters, unlike the European part of Russia. For them, 30 cm of snow is disaster lol.
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