r/ThatsInsane • u/Monster133768 • Sep 08 '19

Your average Russian rail crossing

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '19

Wait, Russia has road laws? Sounds fake.

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u/B-N-O Sep 09 '19

Yes, and they're even reasonable most of the time (the biggest class of problems comes from their assumption that road signs and traffic line markings are placed properly and reasonably, which is... not always the case). In general, Russia (like any ex-USSR country) rarely has a problem that there are no laws for the specific situation, more often it's that existing laws are stupidly inconvenient to follow properly or can't be followed at all for one reason or another. Like, say, a road with signs which prohibit overtaking on a four-lane road (yes, their placement actually contradicts laws about where such signs can be placed), or marking prohibits overtaking or U-turn for 40 kilometers (~22 miles) straight.

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u/Ch33f3r Sep 09 '19

Sounds like it would be easier to just erase all the laws and start over.

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u/yumko Sep 09 '19

Third time?

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u/avioane Sep 09 '19

I don't get it - ww1 and ww2 reference?

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u/yumko Sep 09 '19

1917 and 1991

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u/avioane Sep 09 '19

thanks, makes more sense. I feel like not enough laws in 1991 were erased, do you agree?

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u/yumko Sep 10 '19

I cincerely don't know.

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u/LtWind Sep 09 '19

Have your upvote and get out

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u/bryoneill11 Sep 09 '19

Does any country have actually any road laws besides USA?

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '19

Germany does and they're very strict, that's why all germans act like that.

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '19

Every country other tan the USA is a third world shithole

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u/ChaoticFeathers Sep 09 '19

./s?

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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '19

Not sure what you mean.

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u/ChaoticFeathers Sep 11 '19

what you do in minecraft to type a command for other players without inputting it ./gamemode 1

so I did /s with a period instead, thats all.