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Russian caste system. | 17 comments (17 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)
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I can't speak for the current situation, but my observation there was that the "rules of the road" as we know them in America do not exist in Russia.  Driving, whatever your social position, is a risky business.  

And the way those in charge, whether they be provincial governors or mafia, or both, are able to act above the law and mete out revenge for anyone who gets in their way (in this case, literally) is not limited to highway offenses.  

It doesn't help anything that this guy doesn't have to worry about being re-elected.

Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. -Voltaire

by p------- on Tue Feb 14th, 2006 at 01:14:49 PM EST
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Actually, "the rules of the road" do not exist in Bulgaria, either. Here the pedestrian should be cautious not to be run over by a car and not the other way around. Because if you get hit, there is great chance that the driver won't even stop to call an Ambulance. Being a pedestrian hare is quite risky.
by Denny on Wed Feb 15th, 2006 at 03:16:33 PM EST
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True Story:

I had an aquaintance who was the victim of a hit and run in Moscow.  She was crossing the street and a police car hit her and sped away.  She lay barely conscious in the street for close to an hour hour while we tried to get an ambulance to come.  While we were waiting for the ambulance, we went to the police station (right across the street from the accident!) to report the accident and the police responded by asking me and my friend if we had boyfriends and would we like some.

Stranger than fiction.

Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. -Voltaire

by p------- on Wed Feb 15th, 2006 at 05:16:10 PM EST
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Russian caste system. | 17 comments (17 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)
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