Hell's intersection

OMG, I thought I've seen it all. This is just ridiculous: http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=1d7_1185214079

Looks like a third-world country, where everyone just goes for it. :sick2:

That's from St. Petersburg, Russia. I like this one too:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjrEQaG5jPM

Did they ever hear about traffic lights?

That Indian street video...oo:, that's some unbelievable chaos but no one crashes, I guess they are used to it.

ohhh, I been in several of those intersection in Dhaka. The drivers seem to have very cat-like fast reactions there. The trick seen to be to inch you way out till the oncoming traffic has no choice but to give way to you but at least oncoming traffic don't intend to ram you like what you can see in the St. Petersburg video...
The St. Petersburg one seen to show Russian drivers don't really have good situation awareness or give a poop who is in their way. I can see several time where the car hit the rear end of a long trailer truck even though it looks to be going slowly.

Marduke said:

That's from St. Petersburg, Russia. I like this one too:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjrEQaG5jPM

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Wow, that is a fantastic video. Chaos and synergy at the same time. :huh:

Marduke said:

That's from St. Petersburg, Russia. I like this one too:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjrEQaG5jPM

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well, first thing's pretty obvious.. they're driving on the wrong side of the road!

sweeet! if there was drifting, it would be even better.

Look closely- those Indian drivers are really good. Everyone is paying attention, and the drivers are clearly interacting/vommunicating with each other.

The india intersection is more like a left turn lane than a crossroads.

Also, the st. petersburg video shows a lot of snow, so maybe the accidents were more difficult to avoid.

Here's another good one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9DLlMMXhKg&mode=related&search=
you can see that the drivers in india have very good perception of the sides of their vehicles. No one hits the camera man, they just bypass him.

In my city, the drivers have very poor perception of the side of the car. People try to pass me on my bike with a maximum of space (thankfully) but often slow down behind me instead of passing when there's generous clearance, even if I'm in a separate bike lane.

mchlwise said:

Looks like a third-world country...

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Certainly! All smart industrialized countries have replaced all intersections with roundabouts. Sweden have had zero death accidents in roundabouts since the 1970's with nine million inhabitants.

GEEZE!
Can you imagine living in a city where horns are constantly going off like that...I'd go nuts. Foirget living in an apt on that road...