Robert Tankersley
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This would seem to be some kind of illusion or fake.
https://www.youtube.com/all_comments?v=k2_t6v0zrIw
This explanation looks quite possible to me, I can see the lights he/she is talking about.
I have a slightly different take on it. I decide to put a short bout of insomnia to some use and learned some PowerDirector last night. Apologies for the poor video resolution.
Looks somewhat plausible, but wouldn't the ghost have to jump over the raised grassy area, and also avoid the sign?
Actually that's one of the scenarios I was considering, but couldn't really see any damage to the bushes.
It looks like there is an open lane to the left of the left most stopped car. Approximately where the arrow is pointing. I'm thinking the ghost car used it to enter the intersection.
At the start of your video, the second of the two cars in the back (the one you say is the ghost car), seems to be turning as if it's going behind the round building, now going straight.
Jonny, how the heck did you find that?
Jonny, how the heck did you find that?
Nicely done.I did a google video search for "машина призрак," no idea what it means but its in the title of the clip in the OP. The search pulled up the clip on some Russian sites so I copied the comments into google translate and looked for some mention of an address.
I got lucky.
unless the driver was particularly crazy, which is of course possible.
http://www.carenvy.ca/2013/09/russians-really-bad-driving/
On your average Russian commute you are likely to see: close tailgating, abrupt lane changes without signalling, driving between lanes, disregard for traffic signs, disregard for traffic lights, crossing over the double solid line, and, of course, extreme — and I mean extreme — speeding. So, it isn’t just a disregard for the traffic rules. It’s more of a disregard for the elemental norms of safety.
You are probably thinking: this doesn’t make sense. What about the self-preservation instinct?
You are right, of course. None of the people you see doing stupid things in the videos actually intend to die. The answer lies in a unique cultural phenomenon known as avos’.
Avos’ roughly translates into English as “on the off-chance”, but it doesn’t quite capture the true meaning of the word (that the English language does not have a direct equivalent is in itself quite telling). It is a generic expression of fatalism that basically means: “I know I’m doing something very risky/against the rules, but I think it’ll be okay.”
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The Avos’ approach, perhaps better described as “the gut approach“, is more common in the Eastern cultures and, specifically, in Russia. Its main postulate is: rules are rules, but I think I know better. There is no way the guy who wrote the rulebook could foresee everything. You go with your gut, rather than the rules.
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Unfortunately, the Avos’ approach also carries a significant downside: most of the time, the I-know-better attitude just doesn’t work. Quite simply, completely unforeseen emergencies do not happen all that often in real life. And if they do, in many cases there are fifteen different rules that can help prevent the situation altogether.
The Avos’ approach therefore usually results in either miraculous salvations or great catastrophes, with little middle ground in between. It is rarely consistent. Meanwhile, a person following the procedural approach may not make the impossible saves the gut guy will, but at least he will be consistent in achieving a decent, “safe” result. If you graph it, it looks something like this:
Found an article that explains the prevalence of Russian footage of awful driving, as I was curious.
It's dark and raining. The lane ahead is clear, and there's the green light at the pedestrian crossing, and they register that, but not the red light a short distance ahead. They see the cross traffic has stopped. They don't see that there's a turn arrow for the oncoming traffic, and they can't see it because it's obscured by the tram.
There isn't a fourth lane (just a wider right lane), and the grassy kerbed area make Trigger's scenario seem unlikely to me - unless the driver was particularly crazy, which is of course possible.
speaking of..does Canada still have its stop lights on the wrong side of the intersection? I still cant believe I didn't kill anybody.Ya, the green light and no forth lane is making your scenario sound better. Wonder what happened to the second car? Hope they didn't drive down that stairwell off to the right in the first picture.
There's still time.whats the yelling at the end? the ca
speaking of..does Canada still have its stop lights on the wrong side of the intersection? I still cant believe I didn't kill anybody.
I still cant believe I didn't kill anybody.
I cant even stand SUVs. ; ) that thing is ridiculous. do they have reverse cameras? otherwise...Maybe if you buy a Hummer....
.......you can survive the collision (?)
...do they have reverse cameras? otherwise...
hmmm...never thought of it that way! maybe I will get one.I think so.....that way, you can hit something, then see your way to back over it and hit it again!
So it think this would be the POV of the "ghost" car.
It's dark and raining. The lane ahead is clear, and there's the green light at the pedestrian crossing, and they register that, but not the red light a short distance ahead.
There isn't a fourth lane (just a wider right lane), and the grassy kerbed area make Trigger's scenario seem unlikely to me - unless the driver was particularly crazy, which is of course possible.
that's a lot of wear in an odd spot. possibly water run off?That stop light poses a problem to the forth lane theory. The driver would have had to ignore it completely