Halfwit Attempts to Stop Rolling Infiniti by…Stomping the Gas Pedal

As if exiting a car while it's still rolling without securing it in some way, be that by turning off the engine and placing it out of drive/gear while using the handbrake as well, isn't a daft move in itself, trying to stop it by pressing the gas pedal takes you to a whole new league of foolhardiness, now, doesn't it…

Possibly filmed in Russia, though, we can’t be entirely sure as there is no description on YouTube, the man behind the wheel obviously mixed the pedals when he jumped into the Infiniti FX to attempt to bring it to a halt before it hit the adjacent parked vehicle.

The result can be seen in the following dash-cam video.

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Russian Driving Mayhem: The Grandmother Edition

Here's a video compilation of incidents starring elderly female pedestrians from Russia, with all of them purportedly having taken place during 2013.

Russian roads aren't easy…or forgiving for pedestrians in general, and it’s even more challenging for people in their third age.

However, we will admit that, it’s not always the drivers' fault, as some recorded incidents show, like when a grandmother tried to cross a busy highway at night dressed in black (not that it matters what she was wearing given the circumstances…).

The video awaits you after the virtual break.

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There's Enough Snow on Chicago Highway to Use a…Snowmobile

Here's something you don't (and probably shouldn't…) see often; a snowmobile passing cars on a highway, and in particular, Interstate 94 (I-94), during the winter storm that has plagued the eastern half of the U.S. with plenty of snow and dangerously cold temperatures.

The YouTube author says the footage was purportedly shot somewhere near Chicago, but we have seen the same video posted elsewhere saying it was recorded in Detroit.

You may be surprised to know that in some States and under certain circumstances, you can operate a snowmobile on a highway and we quote Michigan's Department of Natural Resources:

A Snowmobile May Operate on a Public Highway
Under the Following Conditions:

• A snowmobile may be operated on the right-of-way of a public highway (except a limited-access highway) if it is operated at the extreme right of the open portion of the right-of-way and with the flow of traffic on the highway. Snowmobiles operated on a road right-of-way must travel in single file and shall not be operated abreast except when overtaking or passing another snowmobile.
  
• A snowmobile may be operated on the roadway or shoulder when necessary to cross a bridge or culvert if the snowmobile is brought to a complete stop before entering onto the roadway or shoulder and the operator yields the right-of-way to any approaching motor vehicle on the highway.
  
• A snowmobile may be operated across a public highway, other than a limited access highway, at right angles to the highway for the purpose of getting from one area to another when the operation can be done safely and another vehicle is not crossing the highway at the same time in the immediate area. An operator must bring his/her snowmobile to a complete stop before proceeding across the public highway and must yield the right-of-way to all oncoming traffic.
  
• Snowmobiles may be operated on a highway in a county road system, which is not normally snowplowed for vehicular traffic; and on the right-of-way or shoulder when no right-of-way exists on a snowplowed highway in a county road system, outside the corporate limits of a city or village, which is designated and marked for snowmobile use by the county road commission having jurisdiction.

A Person Shall Not Operate a Snowmobile:

• While under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
  
• At a rate of speed greater than is reasonable for existing conditions.
  
• In a forest nursery, planting area or public lands posted or reasonably identifiable as an area or forest reproduction when growing stock may be damaged or any designated wild, wilderness or natural area in the state.
  
• On the frozen surface of public waters within 100 feet of a person, including a skater, not in or upon a snowmobile or within 100 feet of a fishing shanty or shelter except at the minimum speed required to maintain forward movement of the snowmobile, or on an area that has been cleared for ice skating, unless the area is necessary for gaining access to the public water.
  
• Within 100 feet of a dwelling between the hours of midnight and 6 a.m. at a speed greater than the minimum required to maintain forward movement of the snowmobile.
  
• Upon the land of another without consent of the owner or their agent, as required by the recreational trespass act.
  
• In an area open to public hunting during the November 15-30 firearm deer season from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. and from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.
  
• While transporting a bow unless it is unstrung or encased, or a firearm unless it is unloaded and securely encased.
  
• ? On or across a cemetery or burial ground, airport, railroad or a railroad right-of-way, or within 100 feet of a sledding, skiing or skating area.
  
• To chase, pursue, worry or kill any wild bird or animal.
  
• In a public or private parking lot in a careless or negligent manner.

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Brash and Impatient BMW Driver Meets Up with Karma

In a refreshing break from all those daily Russian dash-cam videos, this recorded incident comes to us from the city of Lemgo in Germany, where a (Bangle-butt) BMW 5-Series driver was in a hurry to get through an intersection that was blocked by an Opel Zafira MPV and Corsa hatchback.

Now, truth to be said, the Zafira driver may have been partially at fault here if he saw that he couldn't make it through due to traffic, while in the first video towards the end (at the 44 second mark), it does look like he flipped the impatient BMW driver.

Still, that doesn't excuse the 5-Series motorist's actions to get out of his car and open the passenger door of the Zafira.

What happens next is something we'll leave you to find out by watching the second video below the break.

Story References: Jalopnik

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Let's Dance with Drunken Kyrgyzstani Pedestrian

I guess the intoxicated young man in the video could have executed the sensual dancing act in front of an unsuspicious driver without the middle finger salute, but he did offer us one of the most lighthearted dash-cam performances we have ever seen, so that has to count for something at least.

Just in case you were filled with curiosity to know the whereabouts of this humorous scene, the drunken pedestrian was purportedly walking in the middle of a road in Bishkek, which is the capital city of Kyrgyzstan in Central Asia.

You can watch the short video for yourself right past the virtual break.

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Unbelievable Russian Car Chase Will Leave You Rolling On the Ground Laughing

In all seriousness now, you just can't make all this stuff up! And while the opening snap-shot from the video showing a weapon-wielding man slipping on the roof of a minivan that had just been driven off the road suggests a deadly confrontation, we can assure you that it's more comedy than tragedy…

Filmed in the eastern part of Russia from the dashboard camera of a following vehicle that was not involved in the incident, it begins with a Toyota Camry chasing what looks like a Mazda MPV.

The Camry driver pulls up several times in front of the minivan, and jumps out of his car to attack the Mazda motorist with what you may initially perceive as a gun, but turns out it was a knife of some sort.

What happens towards the end of the footage is simply put; rib-tickling. See for yourself below.

Shout out to Falco for the submission!

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Watch Two Inattentive Russian Drivers Get Themselves in a Mess

No matter how many times you view the two following incidents recorded on dash-cams in Russia, you won't be able to justify the actions of the two drivers, who simply put, weren't paying any attention on the road and ended up crashing their rides.

In the first clip, a distracted young lady in a pre-facelift Mercedes-Benz E-Class Coupe veered to the right side of the road and smashed her car into...a pole, fortunately, without sustaining any injuries.

The Honda driver in the second video suffered from the same state of mind, but his inattentiveness also caused damage to another car waiting in traffic.

See both incidents in the videos below.

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Peugeot Smashes Into Road Construction Block, 6th Accident to Happen on this Site in Past Month

Even if the following video doesn't provide us with a detailed look at the accident scene, the fact that, according to Russian media, this is the sixth crash to have taken place on this particular road construction zone on the 74km of the Moscow Ring Road in the past month alone, tells us that there's something terribly wrong with the way it is set up.

The five previous crashes resulted in the death of three people with four more sustaining injuries when the vehicles they were travelling in smashed into the roadblocks.

In the case of the forceful Peugeot accident captured on a dash-cam video from a following car, the 42-year-old driver of the Peugeot van, Ivan Kalioglo, was injured and transferred to the hospital.

Needless to say, Russian authorities should have already taken measures to make the construction zone safe for drivers and workers alike.

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The Moment You Know You're Going to Crash and Can't Do Anything About it

See the driver's facial expression in the opening snapshot (you can call it a dash-cam selfie too) taken from the 11 second mark in the video? That's the universally known and understood human expression for "oh shit, we're screwed now and there's nothing I can do about it".

Quite possibly filmed in Russia (there's no mention of the location in the posting), the driver of the car fitted with twin-dash cams, one facing the road and the other towards the passenger compartment, was confronted with a big moose jumping out of the forest and entering the asphalt.

We don't know what happened to the large animal, but the humans in the car reportedly made it out alive and well.

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Kia Driver Flips Over Optima In…Slow Motion

Whoever said that you could seriously damage your vehicle and place yourself in danger only when speeding, apparently didn't take into consideration what we like to call the "1 in a million" factor.

Likely filmed in South Korea (judging from the YouTube video description language and a faint glimpse we get of the license plates), this dash-cam footage shows a driver of a silver Kia Optima who wasn't paying attention to the road and a parked car around a corner.

The motorist hit the other vehicle's bumper while turning, which provided enough energy and momentum to flip it over, almost in slow motion…

See the clip below the jump.

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Russian Mayhem When Pissed Off Drug Lord Crashes and Shoots Porsche Cayenne Driver

We know it's a cliché when they say real-life trumps movies, but this time it's true and it happened in Russia when, for unknown reasons, a previously convicted drug gangster attacked a man in a Porsche Cayenne.

The incident occurred in the city of Chelyabinsk on December 14 and was partially recorded on the dash-cam of the victim in the Porsche.

In the video, we see the unnamed driver of the Cayenne trying to run away from 47-year-old Stanislav Smelova who was riding a gunmetal grey-colored SUV. Smelova not only crashed the Porsche, but also fired his gun repeatedly at the driver wounding him and in the end, he smashed the Porsche's windscreen.

Luckily, the victim survived, but if a report from Russian news agency URA is true, then lawlessness will take a new meaning as Smelova could actually end up off the hook, and we quote a Google Translation of the report:

"And now attention! "Bully" S.V.Smelov may qualify for an amnesty on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Constitution. Previous convictions may be redeemed, if not previously freed on parole, then entitled to pardon, for the most, "hooligan" Article 213 of the Criminal Code. And then Tyutyunnikov can safely re-shoot a rifle safely on the streets."

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