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Legdiian posted:One of my favorite burnout vids I love that one, if only for the ridiculous drama it caused. quote:Second, we were furious that all our efforts to establish burnouts as a legitimate motor sport could have been ruined in one moment.  No sir, we absolutely cannot have unauthorized burnouts happening! People would think we were hoons and hooligans! Unthinkable! KozmoNaut fucked around with this message at 08:16 on Jul 14, 2013 |
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Legdiian posted:One of my favorite burnout vids Everything about this video owns so much. Angry rent-a-cops are hilarious no matter which country.
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Jul 14, 2013 11:42
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I still want to know what the story was behind the original reason they wouldn't let him go. All I can seem to find is something about not obeying a fire marshal during qualifying.
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Does it really need to be more of a reason than "the guy in charge of (fire) safety says 'wait here'"? As far as I can remember they didn't want to let him onto the skidpad because they weren't done making sure it was clear and safe to let him on. He pushed through the fire marshall telling him to wait until they were done. I sure as hell wouldn't want to meet a moron on the track who can't even listen to as simple as "wait here".
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Jul 14, 2013 13:20
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The sheer fury of Australian burn out cars is amazing. I would tkae them over lame rear end drift cars any day. And no, this is the best one  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfFTOUfhOu8
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mutt2jeff posted:The sheer fury of Australian burn out cars is amazing. I would tkae them over lame rear end drift cars any day. And no, this is the best one Just a wall of fire and smoke behind him at one point. That car is powered by Satan's breath 
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I've been watching these Russian car crash compilation videos for a while now and I really find myself wondering what the hell is going on there. Every few videos you see some shitcan going 2-3X the speed of traffic causing some sort of wreck, or people making painfully avoidable mistakes. Why is driving in Russia so apocalyptic?
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Das Volk posted:I've been watching these Russian car crash compilation videos for a while now and I really find myself wondering what the hell is going on there. Every few videos you see some shitcan going 2-3X the speed of traffic causing some sort of wreck, or people making painfully avoidable mistakes. Why is driving in Russia so apocalyptic? I saw it explained that it's largely due to the fact that no one could own a car, or even afford to, until very recently. Then seemingly overnight the floodgates just open....
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Das Volk posted:I've been watching these Russian car crash compilation videos for a while now and I really find myself wondering what the hell is going on there. Every few videos you see some shitcan going 2-3X the speed of traffic causing some sort of wreck, or people making painfully avoidable mistakes. Why is driving in Russia so apocalyptic? A few things: -Alcohol -No real "driving" culture: Private car ownership only became a thing in the 1990s and is only just becoming widespread. This means pretty much everyone on the road is a relatively inexperienced driver. -Alcohol -Bad roads and poor driving conditions: Weather in Russia is bad; combine it with terribly built roads and idiotic markings (lanes ending suddenly and the like) and it makes for trouble. -Alcohol -Lack of law enforcement: Why pay attention to traffic rules when you know the cops don't give a poo poo, and if they do, it's because they're fishing for bribes. -Alcohol
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MrChips posted:A few things: You forgot the crippling fatalism inherent in Russian culture. They have a deeply held uncertainty and distrust towards the future and I guess life in general. Which is what happens when your culture has been through all the poo poo theirs has. Famines, harsh winters, the tzars, wars with casualties numbering in the millions, soviet-style dictatorship communism, massive corruption and organized crime, KGB everywhere, it's all poo poo. Consequently, Russian people don't really give a poo poo, which is especially bad when you're driving around a ton and a half of steel and plastic. KozmoNaut fucked around with this message at 22:02 on Jul 14, 2013 |
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Jul 14, 2013 21:59
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You guys are also forgetting that no one is going to upload a video of people driving normally. REALLY the reason you think Russia is full of crazy people everywhere is because of the abundant insurance fraud that goes on. If it were as common as the United States, or any other country for that matter, you'd see just as many crash/fail compilations for said country. As the saying goes, the squeaky wheel gets the oil. Not to say that some of the stuff you see is culturally motivated.
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rcman50166 posted:You guys are also forgetting that no one is going to upload a video of people driving normally. REALLY the reason you think Russia is full of crazy people everywhere is because of the abundant insurance fraud that goes on. If it were as common as the United States, or any other country for that matter, you'd see just as many crash/fail compilations for said country. As the saying goes, the squeaky wheel gets the oil. Not to say that some of the stuff you see is culturally motivated. I know about the dash cam thing and insurance fraud there, but I'm talking about the incidents themselves. The extreme speed in places where it's a terrible idea to do it, ignoring traffic devices, trying to make a left on a red from 3 lanes over, the obvious lack of reflexes or common sense, it all points to what MrChips is saying. At least most of the carnage you see in Chinese compilations is people going slowly and possibly in recognition of the fact that driving is scary and new for them. The aggression I see seems to line up with fatalistic culture as well.
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Das Volk posted:I know about the dash cam thing and insurance fraud there, but I'm talking about the incidents themselves. The extreme speed in places where it's a terrible idea to do it, ignoring traffic devices, trying to make a left on a red from 3 lanes over, the obvious lack of reflexes or common sense, it all points to what MrChips is saying. At least most of the carnage you see in Chinese compilations is people going slowly and possibly in recognition of the fact that driving is scary and new for them. The aggression I see seems to line up with fatalistic culture as well. I wouldn't say for certain that you couldn't record just as many examples in another country with a sufficiently large enough driving population in the same time period. The lack of dash cams in other countries makes it difficult to prove or disprove that. I'd wager it's just as common in the areas surrounding Russia, and the US would probably be able to keep pace. Purely speculation, however. For Content, one of my favorite driveby videos. Mazda's 787b on the Mulsanne straight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtUEPwHnxmU It gets loud. Knowing that, crank them speakers  .
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Das Volk posted:I know about the dash cam thing and insurance fraud there, but I'm talking about the incidents themselves. The extreme speed in places where it's a terrible idea to do it, ignoring traffic devices, trying to make a left on a red from 3 lanes over, the obvious lack of reflexes or common sense, it all points to what MrChips is saying. At least most of the carnage you see in Chinese compilations is people going slowly and possibly in recognition of the fact that driving is scary and new for them. The aggression I see seems to line up with fatalistic culture as well. Russia is still (always was) much richer than China on a per capita basis. I wager that there are more towns/areas in Russia where there is both significant car ownership, even if it's just a Lada, and where the population is also relatively spread out, allowing for hilarious high speed antics. The parts of China with high levels of car ownership tend to be concentrated into densely populated cities, while the rural areas are still dirt poor and mostly riding tractors/scooters. China is the only place in the world I've ever been where highways have legal minimum speed limits, that are clearly marked everywhere. Which would be nice if they were ever enforced, because the normal flow of traffic on the highways here is composed of about 80% of drivers doing a reasonable 60-70mph while the other 20% happily putters along (often in the left lane) at 25-30mph.
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Throatwarbler posted:China is the only place in the world I've ever been where highways have legal minimum speed limits, that are clearly marked everywhere. Which would be nice if they were ever enforced, because the normal flow of traffic on the highways here is composed of about 80% of drivers doing a reasonable 60-70mph while the other 20% happily putters along (often in the left lane) at 25-30mph. I know I have seem "Minimum Speed 45" signs up here in NH, but I'm having a hard time remembering if I just saw them growing up or if they still exist now. I just GIS'd to get a picture and I guess a lot of states have them.
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Legdiian posted:I know I have seem "Minimum Speed 45" signs up here in NH, but I'm having a hard time remembering if I just saw them growing up or if they still exist now. I just GIS'd to get a picture and I guess a lot of states have them. This highway has a minimum speed of 45.
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Hawaii also has minimum limits on their freeways. For me one of the most beautiful and potentially fun roads in the US is the H3 going from Kailua to Honolulu. For content this hillclimb looks like great fun - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pd3v09Omkw
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Some members of the NSX Club were contacted by Honda Canada a month ago to drive a parade lap for the Toronto Indy this past weekend. We had 10 cars total, 5 on Saturday, 5 on Sunday. One of our members mounted his gopro mounted, with his mic in the engine bay; this is the unedited video of our lap and preparation. We were kept behind the pace car on a pretty tight leash, but it was still really loving awesome to be out on a live race course. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9sxyyWRbKw&feature=youtu.be I will post the edited version when I get it.
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rcman50166 posted:I wouldn't say for certain that you couldn't record just as many examples in another country with a sufficiently large enough driving population in the same time period. The lack of dash cams in other countries makes it difficult to prove or disprove that. I'd wager it's just as common in the areas surrounding Russia, and the US would probably be able to keep pace. Purely speculation, however. You could record the same AMOUNT, but Russia is ridiculously bad PER CAPITA, which is the difference. And why has been explained above.
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It's 19 per 100,000 people in Russia, 12 in the US. If you look per 100,000 vehicles Russia is at 55 and the US at 15. But, I think the US has much higher cars per capita, sadly wikipedia didn't have stats for car accidents per mile driven for Russia.
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LSX Willys. Skip to about 2:30 or so to bypass the wub wub. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBqzrJlOQi8
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Pretty Cool Name posted:It's 19 per 100,000 people in Russia, 12 in the US. If you look per 100,000 vehicles Russia is at 55 and the US at 15. But, I think the US has much higher cars per capita, sadly wikipedia didn't have stats for car accidents per mile driven for Russia. After watching these for an hour the main issues are new driver mistakes, namely driving too fast for conditions/available grip, failing to yield, overtaking unsafely, and a lot of not looking where you're going. Edit: There's also a lot of head marks on windshields from no seatbelts 
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Das Volk posted:After watching these for an hour the main issues are new driver mistakes, namely driving too fast for conditions/available grip, failing to yield, overtaking unsafely, and a lot of not looking where you're going. The ones that get me are the 5 mph crashes from China. Like, they don't stop doing what you're doing and go "oh I'm crashing" They continue blindly on like there isn't a pedestrian on their hood at 5 mph.
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Can bikes outbrake cars? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=229Q609E878&t=45s
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Throatwarbler posted:Can bikes outbrake cars? Only when the car doesn't hit the brakes. Another biker learns the hard way that he is not invincible. The guy in the car could have avoided the accident but the guy on the bike caused it.
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Burnout videos, here's an oldy but a goody. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGYiRGGwbwA Bike on ute on truck.
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Throatwarbler posted:Can bikes outbrake cars? Apparently not, the car came to a complete stop much sooner than the bike 
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Throatwarbler posted:Can bikes outbrake cars? I love how he checks out the front of his car before checking on the biker.
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Fucknag posted:Wouldn't you if the biker pulled a stunt like that? He was literally asking for it. In that case it would be tough. On one hand there's the whole "morality" thing and checking to help your fellow human. On the other hand, there's the whole "gently caress that guy" thing. Bikes can hit cars from the rear, too: http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=275_1373996271
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I don't know about anyone else, but it makes me feel much better to see people getting out genuinely worried about the other person in an accident rather than be pissed they got hit.
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Well not having any back story its hard to say who is the bigger rear end in a top hat but I can tell you for sure who is the bigger idiot.
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One of my all time fave cars. The Toyota Supra. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fl9RIEPONko
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Apologies if this has been posted before. Only tangentially related to cars but funny as gently caress. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGLmr27n92s
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Ak Gara posted:One of my all time fave cars. I'd hate to make you sad but I know of at least three Supras who are currently shed bound waiting one work for one thing or another. Another two sitting in sheds because they've recently met with walls.
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This is...crazy. Truck full of gas cylinders crashes on a highway.... in Russia. 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVoI3hB4IiM 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teTK56_LIjc ROFLBOT fucked around with this message at 05:08 on Jul 17, 2013 |
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rcman50166 posted:I don't know about anyone else, but it makes me feel much better to see people getting out genuinely worried about the other person in an accident rather than be pissed they got hit. It is Russia, after all.
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ROFLBOT posted:This is...crazy. Truck full of gas cylinders crashes on a highway.... in Russia.  Holy poo poo @3:19 Propane Cylinder: I'm freeeeeeeeeee
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The one that pops off and spiral-rockets all over the place @ 7:00 just when the cop parks by the fire and the bystanders start walking forward gets me every time. e: the first time I saw video #1 I'll admit it, I cracked up when the song playing had the lyrics "I wanna scream, and shout, and let it all out" not 5 seconds after the truck crashed and exploded. Then the same lyrics come up again only a few seconds before the next round of explosions. Terrible song, great timing. kastein fucked around with this message at 05:38 on Jul 17, 2013 |
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