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Dash-cams: Russia’s Last Hope For Civility And Survival On The Road (2012)

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Re: Dash-cams: Russia’s Last Hope For Civility And Survival On The Road (2012)

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I think this might be a preview of what life will be like once google googles and other augmented reality headset cams get broadly distributed. I don't mean people will become as savage as they are on the Russian roads, just there'll be far more eyewitness videos of things and entertainment will arise via aggregation of these videos.

"I don't mean people will become as savage as they are on the Russian roads..." The premise of TFA is not that "because of dashcams people on russian roads did become savage". The premise of the article is that thanks to dashcams there's some hope that people become more civilized. Your sentence make it sound like dashcams are the issue that turned russians sociopathic. It's not the case: now we have visual proofs bu…

? You flat out missread that. The idea is while the rate of violence will not change google glass style head cams will become popular AND increase the amount captured on video. Much like cellphones increasing the number of videos where cops beat someone. People don't buy cellphone to capture vides of copes beating someone, but if you can capture a video and can see such a beating you may upload the video.

PS: Clearly, dash-cams in Russia are primarily used to deal with specific problems mostly related to corruption / scams. But, they also catch interesting videos like this meteor.

Re: Dash-cams: Russia’s Last Hope For Civility And Survival On The Road (2012)

#34
post #11

Russia sounds like a pretty scary place, to be honest. Is it really as bad as this makes it sound? How does a whole country get to be so sociopathic?

A fish rots from the head.

Reminds me of these reddit comments about Russian girls:

http://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/16bl5l/something_som...

http://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/16bl5l/something_som...

Re: Dash-cams: Russia’s Last Hope For Civility And Survival On The Road (2012)

#35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A fish rots from the head.

Reminds me of these reddit comments about Russian girls: http://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/16bl5l/something_som... http://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/16bl5l/something_som...

I'm not sure how these comments have anything to do with the way Russia is being run these days.

Re: Dash-cams: Russia’s Last Hope For Civility And Survival On The Road (2012)

#36
post #7

Here is a quick story about Russian police from a few years ago. This should give you an idea why a dashboard camera is not an option, but a necessity. My mother was in Russia visiting my uncle (her brother) in Krasnodar 3 years ago. He picked her up at the airport and they started their drive back -- about 2 hours away from the city. As soon as they got on the highway, they noticed a civilian sedan on the side of th…

> but it's still just as corrupt as it's been since the collapse of Soviet Union In the Soviet Union you not only bribed police, but the grocer, the mail man, your child's principal, and the list goes on.

Why on earth would anyone bribe a mailman?

Re: Dash-cams: Russia’s Last Hope For Civility And Survival On The Road (2012)

#37
post #8

Seems like a necessity in Russia but a useful thing to have elsewhere. I know I've been in situations in the USA where I've wished I'd had one. Can anyone here recommend a brand/model?

> I know I've been in situations in the USA where I've wished I'd had one.

Lots of people in this country Just. Flat. Out. Lie! Context is high stakes? Think you can get away with lying? Then lie!

jaquesm commented that a fish rots from the head. Cancers can also start in the body.

Re: Dash-cams: Russia’s Last Hope For Civility And Survival On The Road (2012)

#38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Reminds me of these reddit comments about Russian girls: http://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/16bl5l/something_som... http://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/16bl5l/something_som...

I'm not sure how these comments have anything to do with the way Russia is being run these days.

"How does a whole country get to be so sociopathic?"

Re: Dash-cams: Russia’s Last Hope For Civility And Survival On The Road (2012)

#39
post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> but it's still just as corrupt as it's been since the collapse of Soviet Union In the Soviet Union you not only bribed police, but the grocer, the mail man, your child's principal, and the list goes on.

Actually, in Soviet Union you did not have any reason to bribe any of them.

> Actually, in Soviet Union you did not have any money to bribe any of them.

Fixed.

Re: Dash-cams: Russia’s Last Hope For Civility And Survival On The Road (2012)

#40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A fish rots from the head.

Reminds me of these reddit comments about Russian girls: http://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/16bl5l/something_som... http://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/16bl5l/something_som...

Is this meant to be sarcastic or serious?
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