MAMEWorld Forums - The Loony Bin - Re: Meteorite explodes over Russia

> Why are there so many videos of interesting random events shot through the
> windscreens of cars in Russia with radio as the sound? Do Russians just drive around
> filming through the windscreen (with the radio on) in case something interesting
> happens?

Yes.
I have heard (not sure of its veracity) of a common/major problem/scam in Russia, where people taking a 'relatively expensive' (ipad, laptop, etc) piece of equipment, and then INTENTIONALLY walking or jumping out into traffic to try to get hit by a car, then claim the equipment was damaged and demand a cash payment from the driver of the car for 'intentionally destroying equipment' (not even necessarily injury!). Effectively I think they're exploiting a legal loophole in russian injury/damage law. Dash-cams are used to prove that the driver was not intentionally hitting said pedestrian.

Edit: its not just that. See http://jalopnik.com/5918159/why-russians-are-obsessed-with-dash+cams

LN

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Edited by Lord Nightmare (02/15/13 02:25 PM)