Wednesday, January 12, 2011

A Ride on the Wild Side (literally)

I was sent a link to this story and video and could not believe my eyes! I have seen these types, jackasses on crotch-rockets here in the U.S. before on public roads and highways but usually late at night with far much, much less traffic. This guy is insane!


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VIDEO: CRAZY BIKER'S MAD MOSCOW COMMUTE

This video of a biker on his daily commute through Moscow's rush hour will make those of you who have endured a walking-pace grind into work open-mouthed with disbelief (and probably more than a little jealous).


We've brought you stories in the past of the erratic state of both Moscow's roads and its drivers, so this chap's riding to work in a way that would be deemed reckless if you rode like it on Grand Theft Auto is jaw-slackeningly extraordinary.


We're not, of course, defending driving like this - but it is impressive stuff. Like the title of the vid says (at least according to the translation offered by denizens of the webosphere) - "a couple of minutes of my life could be more interesting than the whole life of the other people". Quite...

(Go full screen with this)


Well if your coffee did not wake you up, I'll bet that did!

8 comments:

Supi said...

I can't imagine him having a boring job after his ride in the morning.

amanofwonder said...

Thought it was a video analogy of what happens when Dems are in control of government.

1.) No thought about prudence of action.
2.) Headed down the road of destruction.
3.) Lack of concern for others.
4.) Wanton disregard for the law.
5.) Wrong way.
6.) Stupid!

Woodsterman said...

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO !!!! :-P :-P :-P

Christopher said...

LOL Supi, I thought the opposite, as a boring job probably pushes him to this.

Christopher said...

Good point(s) Jaded let alone this was filmed in a communist country (Russia is still communist no matter what anybody says).

Christopher said...

Universal language there Odie :)

innominatus said...

Just watching that made me so tense that my leg started to cramp.  Crazy.

Angel said...

<span>Well if your coffee did not wake you up, I'll bet that did!...heck yea Chris!... :)
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