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Started by SteveG1988, January 25, 2015, 09:40:55 PM

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Pete from Boston

As low oil prices drive Russia to economic desperation, a lot more scapegoats will suffer.  It is a very sadly repetitive pattern. 

NE2

That's one way to cut traffic by 30-40%: get everyone with a breast fetish off the road.
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cpzilliacus

Quote from: Pete from Boston on January 25, 2015, 11:14:29 PM
As low oil prices drive Russia to economic desperation, a lot more scapegoats will suffer.  It is a very sadly repetitive pattern. 

Long tradition of this  in Russia - goes back to the Czars, and the Communists managed to come pretty close to perfecting it.
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vdeane

I remember reading another article on this on the Freewayjim Facebook group (before it got deleted a couple hours later).  Not surprising given Russia's war on anyone who isn't considered "traditional" or "normal".

If they really wanted to reduce accidents, they'd start actually enforcing their traffic laws (they do have them, right?) and start an anti-DUI campaign.
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Pete from Boston


Brandon

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formulanone

Quote from: Pete from Boston on January 26, 2015, 02:31:45 PM

Quote from: vdeane on January 26, 2015, 01:19:44 PM
If they really wanted to reduce accidents

But that's not what this is about at all.

If you allow us to take the article into consideration...it is (if not a factual reason).

Quote from: BBCThe government says it is tightening medical controls for drivers because Russia has too many road accidents.

Then again, Russia has nothing to do in Crimea except park its military toys there.

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Pete from Boston


Quote from: formulanone on January 26, 2015, 03:22:19 PM
Quote from: Pete from Boston on January 26, 2015, 02:31:45 PM

Quote from: vdeane on January 26, 2015, 01:19:44 PM
If they really wanted to reduce accidents

But that's not what this is about at all.

If you allow us to take the article into consideration...it is (if not a factual reason).

If you take the article at face value, it is.  But we're smarter than that. 

vdeane

That doesn't change the fact that it is the reason the Russian government has officially given (the fact that we know it's BS does NOT change that) and that accidents are a huge problem there (ever seen Russian driving videos on YouTube?).
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Pete from Boston

Quote from: vdeane on January 27, 2015, 01:23:39 PM
That doesn't change the fact that it is the reason the Russian government has officially given (the fact that we know it's BS does NOT change that) and that accidents are a huge problem there (ever seen Russian driving videos on YouTube?).

So what?  We all know this has zero to do with car accidents beyond their being a convenient excuse to further oppress certain groups.  Car accidents are the giant red herring here and nothing more.  It is all a ruse.

Brandon

Quote from: Pete from Boston on January 27, 2015, 01:38:23 PM
Quote from: vdeane on January 27, 2015, 01:23:39 PM
That doesn't change the fact that it is the reason the Russian government has officially given (the fact that we know it's BS does NOT change that) and that accidents are a huge problem there (ever seen Russian driving videos on YouTube?).

So what?  We all know this has zero to do with car accidents beyond their being a convenient excuse to further oppress certain groups.  Car accidents are the giant red herring here and nothing more.  It is all a ruse.

Kind of like hyperinflation and a shitty economy in Germany in the 1930s.  Sure the economy sucked, but it was just a convenient ruse to use for what happened later.  Honestly, I wouldn't be shocked if Putin tried something similar.
"If you think this has a happy ending, you haven't been paying attention." - Ramsay Bolton, "Game of Thrones"

"Symbolic of his struggle against reality." - Reg, "Monty Python's Life of Brian"

vdeane

Quote from: Pete from Boston on January 27, 2015, 01:38:23 PM
Quote from: vdeane on January 27, 2015, 01:23:39 PM
That doesn't change the fact that it is the reason the Russian government has officially given (the fact that we know it's BS does NOT change that) and that accidents are a huge problem there (ever seen Russian driving videos on YouTube?).

So what?  We all know this has zero to do with car accidents beyond their being a convenient excuse to further oppress certain groups.  Car accidents are the giant red herring here and nothing more.  It is all a ruse.
I was just stating what they would need to do if they actually wanted to do something for that objective (rather than just use it so they can avoid admitting what everyone already knows).
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hbelkins

If Russia wants to get serious about highway safety, they'll ban vodka.
Government would be tolerable if not for politicians and bureaucrats.

Brandon

Quote from: hbelkins on January 27, 2015, 03:58:43 PM
If Russia wants to get serious about highway safety, they'll ban vodka.

Oh, that'll go over well.  Anyone hear about a little thing in the US called Prohibition?  Went over like a lead balloon and gave rise to modern organized crime.  That'd be a major gift to the Russian mafias.
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