I'm worn out from a long week of exam grading and journal reading, so here is a video of driving in Russia. Russian drivers are, to say it nicely, creative and crazy. Russia has a very underdeveloped road system compared to most of the industrialized world, and there are way more cars than the poorly maintained roads can handle. Throw in some Russian fatalism and a whole lot of old cars and junky trucks and you have a recipe for lots of accidents. Check out this video (for Russian speakers, pardon the swearing--it isn't edited) The nasty accident at 4:00 when a car gets caught in a downed trolleybus wire happened in my neighborhood in Vladimir this fall; I remember going by it on the bus, and one of the other teachers witnessed it happen. Fortunately the driver walked away unharmed.