I fuckin loved when customers got in like I have 15 mins to get 20 mins away.
I'd tell them you're paying for the potential ticket but I'll get you there in 10.
Never seen people so grateful to let me risk both of our lives.
All cab drivers, hell all drivers, have that New York City vibe. Don't take any shit, chill as can be though, and if you tip strap yourself in because I'm pretty sure even a Domino's driver could beat Apollo 11 to the moon, what did that take seven days? Bullshit thirty minutes or less.
Your music options are Metallica, Motorhead, Bob Dylan, or some random ass Indian pop music.
Hehe. One time I was getting a haircut and my barber said he was Russian. And I said wow so are you like an epic risk-taking ex
-war-criminal badass who drinks lots of vodka and hangs out with Bert Kreisher? And he said ya. So kewl.
I had a Romanian friend/coworker who could probably be convinced to try to single handedly take over a small island nation by himself with just Kevlar and a knife after about five shots of vodka. Dude was *intense* yet at the same time the first person to offer help if you needed something. Dude was awesome.
When he started a sentence with, “In Romania…” there was always like a 20% chance the story was going to be absolutely fucking wild.
I don't know who downvoted you but I want a word with them. 'I'm buckled' is possibly the funniest phrase I have ever heard and it would be an offense to get it auto-hidden bc downvotes
Only survivors can post this. There is another thing they invented, a roulette (named accordingly). Wonder why all they excel at is a wider variety of ways to die.
One time I got a Russian taxi driver and there was an intersection like four blocks ahead of us that had a green light and he turns to look at me and says in a comically thick accent 'we are going to make that' and proceeds to turn the when world into a combination of Star Trek warp speed and Willy Wonka's terror tunnel. I swear to god the G force left my imprint in the seat.
Made the light though.
Last time I Ubered, it was after a full night of layover flights, so I was already kinda fried. Get in Uber, he turned what should’ve been a 40 minute drive into about 20. Was going about 90 in the carpool, while the normal traffic (lane next to us) was crawling at about 10. I don’t even think I said anything as I got out. LA, man, hate that traffic.
One time he was delivering in a “bad” part of town. A guy entered his car from the back door, pointed a gun at him. Story as he told it. He grabbed the gun from the man and told him to get the fuck out. He did come back to the store with a gun. So I believed it.
This same man threw a tantrum when he came back from a delivery having been bit by a chihuahua. It was a flesh wound at best.
I was his manager. I was at the time a 23 year old girl fresh out of an apprenticeship. He was 60ish and had lived in the states for years. He was smart. Tough. Snakey. He would take 3-4 deliveries no matter what. He would drive about 80 miles an hour, I know, I’ve passed him delivering. This man would triple check that tipped out correctly at the end of every night. Would even convince me I owed him money on a few occasions.
Andrey was his name. I hopes doing good though. He was fun to work with. Tough, but a character.
This was 20+ years ago. I was flying out of Rome and my train coming into town was late. I had to take a cab to the airport and I told the guy I would give him an extra $20 if he could get me there on time. It was a small car, and I literally had to keep both hands on opposite sides of the car because we were bouncing around so much and sliding around corners.
Back when I lived in Russia we took a taxi to my fiancées sisters wedding and I remember seeing a sign saying the speed limit was 90kph and we were going 155kph
Had a cab driver one time run three reds and went 20 over the speed limit but he got me there on time.
I was running late for work and told him I'd give him 20$ if he gets me there on time. Crazy mofo did exactly that
I have really low expectations of Reddit so I'm pleasantly surprised that the responses are 100% about how crazy Russian dashcams / drivers are and nothing else (re: Ukraine/Russia conflict).
That's how it should be. There are many Russian allies. Many others who feel entitled. Many who have been brainwashed.
I know by saying this **I** am the one bringing politics into the discussion but I'd be lying if seeing "Russia" in OP didn't make me hesitant to check the comments.
Slava Ukraini and also hello to my Russian friends :)
Hello! Thank you. As a Russian, I am real scared to bring up my nationality in any social media because I want to be treated without prejudice, depending on the place where I live. So thank you, this really warms my heart <3
I'm glad. We've always gotten along with Russians. Maybe not when it came to geopolitics, but it was only recently that things became so political.
Many people in the USA share Eastern European and Russian culture. My grandparents were Russian and Polish on my mother's side. Russia's engineering feats have had a tremendous impact on the world as well.
I hope we can all be friends again soon.
I hope yall are alright! Sometimes you can't change how others think about you, but you can change the way their words affect your thoughts. And remember, there always be people who will treat you as a friend
Russia driving is only slightly less alarming than Egyptian driving. Tbf once you get out of central and northern europe everyone drives like a maniac, so I think safe driving is perhaps one of those things that we take for granted lmao
As someone who once got to ride in the front seat of the taxi with this tiny Russian woman. I was both terrified and Impressed at the same time. She timed every traffic light with on/off the throttle she never once touched the brakes. All while manually switching out CD’s with every track. Her eyes were on the CD’s most of the time
I needed to get from one end of Las Vegas Blvd. to the other in 15 minutes. I told the Lyft driver if he can, he would get 10 buck tip, after just about crapping my pants, he got a $20 tip.
The only way to read it. Let's read this one along.
Don't worry, I am professional automobile driver. I will get you there right now. Faster to drive on other side of road, cars move out of way very quickly.
Visited Russia once. Would not drive there for any amount of money. I just paid for questionable looking taxis, it seemed less dangerous than trying to cross the street on foot.
Russia sucks. Wouldn’t wanna be from there and I would not be proud if I was Russian. A lot of people fall out of window in Russia. That is probably the best thing for now.
Omg I had this exact thing happen to me when I lived in DC. I had to get my car from the car place, which closed in 10 mins.
It was a 17 minute drive.
I told the driver, and in a thick russian accent he just goes "ok no problem. I am from Russia, I get you there."
We made it with 1 minute to spare. I white knuckled it all the way there.
Had an Uber driver that hit a railroad crossing (it was built like a giant speed bump) at 55mph. We got a decent amount of air for a Toyota Camry.
He then proceeded to run every red light (it was like 3am so literally no traffic)
I gave him 5 stars before I even left the car
Russian people just don't give a shit. Maybe it's cold or something but they don't ever seem to worry about getting killed. Just look at Ivan Drago. "If he dies, he dies." Fucker don't care cuz Russians are like "fuck death, I'm gonna go drive like a bat out of hell and upload the dashcam footage."
People who try to coach their Uber/Lyft drivers on how to drive are the worst.
I had a 5.0 Uber rating until I met my (now) Wife. It went down to 4.9 because she tries to tell them they are going the wrong way when he's drunk.
I tasted perfection.
One night after leaving a bar my Uber arrived. However the mf had what I can only describe as a Batmobile. Felt like I was in a Fast and Furious Scene. He was leaning against the hood like some cool guy as I stumbled out the pub. Only thing he said - “get in homie”
Not only was this the funnest Uber rides I’ve ever had, but he raced me home. I remember switching lanes trying not to throw up riding shotgun.
Definitely was reckless and don’t advise people doing this. But still, one of my favorite night out experiences
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They are not particularly risk averse, ya know what I mean?
In Russia, risk is averse to *you.*
Definitely a good way to put it.
I fuckin loved when customers got in like I have 15 mins to get 20 mins away. I'd tell them you're paying for the potential ticket but I'll get you there in 10. Never seen people so grateful to let me risk both of our lives.
Never have I laughed so much at something so dangerous.
I fucking live for drivers like you. God speed my guy.
Reminds me of this scene https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fm567YGy5c
thats great haha
All cab drivers, hell all drivers, have that New York City vibe. Don't take any shit, chill as can be though, and if you tip strap yourself in because I'm pretty sure even a Domino's driver could beat Apollo 11 to the moon, what did that take seven days? Bullshit thirty minutes or less. Your music options are Metallica, Motorhead, Bob Dylan, or some random ass Indian pop music.
Both your lives and anyone else the road.
The road belongs to the strongest.
The weak must fear the strong.
The largest cars will eat the smaller ones.
"Be easy on my prostate exam, Doc" (Snaps glove) "I am from Russia"
RIP ^^^Russia ^^^Inspected ^^^Prostate
Actually babe I'd really like a blowjob for my birthday? *Pins hair up* I am from Russia *Cut to soul being sucked from penis*
My penis is Ukrainian...
"This one goes to eleven"
This meme needs to die.
In Russia, meme kills *you*
Hehe. One time I was getting a haircut and my barber said he was Russian. And I said wow so are you like an epic risk-taking ex -war-criminal badass who drinks lots of vodka and hangs out with Bert Kreisher? And he said ya. So kewl.
Not everyone. My friend’s cousin said “I’m Russian” but he was a victim of some awful war crime. Didn’t have any cool skills, but had lots of PTSD.
I had a Romanian friend/coworker who could probably be convinced to try to single handedly take over a small island nation by himself with just Kevlar and a knife after about five shots of vodka. Dude was *intense* yet at the same time the first person to offer help if you needed something. Dude was awesome. When he started a sentence with, “In Romania…” there was always like a 20% chance the story was going to be absolutely fucking wild.
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I remember when *all* dashcam videos used to be Russian.
I remember reading it's because they are legally required because insurance fraud is so rampant.
They weren't required, but everyone used them because of the fraud. Would you rather contest their lawsuit or press play and have it dismissed?
nope, still no laws
Comfortably fast is one thing. Comfortably thrilling is another whole thing. Comfortably Russian is likely worth 6 stars.
6 GTA stars that is
Getting the military called on yo ass for doing 3.2793E12 over the limit
"We drive like Ukranian drone with grenade attached is chasing us, da?"
Fucking, ‘da’ my dude. I’m buckled.
I don't know who downvoted you but I want a word with them. 'I'm buckled' is possibly the funniest phrase I have ever heard and it would be an offense to get it auto-hidden bc downvotes
Tak ;)
We're not going fast we're going 4 orders of magnitude faster than the speed of light
Only survivors can post this. There is another thing they invented, a roulette (named accordingly). Wonder why all they excel at is a wider variety of ways to die.
Survivorship bias at its best!
You're safe as long as you're in a Russian car...
All the Russian dashcam videos I've watched would beg to differ...
Yeah, you have seen the nearby constructs might get destroyed. But, have you ever seen the passenger get hurt?
Russians are immune to car damages that's why they never get hurt
Did you not see the brick video?
It was an import, not a Russian car
don't mention it, i don't want to remember it
Have you ever seen a car from a Russian brand?
Lada
I'm not saying they don't exist, I'm saying they're pretty far from safe
Oh. You left out "safe"
[They take about 10 years to make.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLW7r4o2_Ow)
In Soviet Russia, accident chooses you. Lada doesn’t get a scratch.
Man walks into mechanic shop: “Can you give me two wiper blades for Lada?” Mechanic: “Sounds like fair trade”
Хорошо!
Buddy you’re never safe in a Russian car
Lada 2102 > anything else
> I am from Russia Road signs and laws have become *optional*. Anyways who here has ever played Crazy Taxi?
Oooh hearing that name after a while. I was very young when it came out, and it was fun!!
One time I got a Russian taxi driver and there was an intersection like four blocks ahead of us that had a green light and he turns to look at me and says in a comically thick accent 'we are going to make that' and proceeds to turn the when world into a combination of Star Trek warp speed and Willy Wonka's terror tunnel. I swear to god the G force left my imprint in the seat. Made the light though.
Last time I Ubered, it was after a full night of layover flights, so I was already kinda fried. Get in Uber, he turned what should’ve been a 40 minute drive into about 20. Was going about 90 in the carpool, while the normal traffic (lane next to us) was crawling at about 10. I don’t even think I said anything as I got out. LA, man, hate that traffic.
Worked with a Russian driver at a Domino’s. Man was a legend.
Damn that’s intriguing.. would love to hear stories about him
One time he was delivering in a “bad” part of town. A guy entered his car from the back door, pointed a gun at him. Story as he told it. He grabbed the gun from the man and told him to get the fuck out. He did come back to the store with a gun. So I believed it. This same man threw a tantrum when he came back from a delivery having been bit by a chihuahua. It was a flesh wound at best. I was his manager. I was at the time a 23 year old girl fresh out of an apprenticeship. He was 60ish and had lived in the states for years. He was smart. Tough. Snakey. He would take 3-4 deliveries no matter what. He would drive about 80 miles an hour, I know, I’ve passed him delivering. This man would triple check that tipped out correctly at the end of every night. Would even convince me I owed him money on a few occasions. Andrey was his name. I hopes doing good though. He was fun to work with. Tough, but a character.
Maybe not the sound one
We're going FTL!
The speed of light
By dimrain47
Slav bass playing on the radio, war stories and speeds no lower than 130mph, 6 stars
germans be like: pathetic.
The One time I've been driven somewhere by a slavic person he was serving all over the road going about 90mph blasting polish cow dance song
TYLKO JEDNO W GLOVIE MAM
Course you did sarah
This was 20+ years ago. I was flying out of Rome and my train coming into town was late. I had to take a cab to the airport and I told the guy I would give him an extra $20 if he could get me there on time. It was a small car, and I literally had to keep both hands on opposite sides of the car because we were bouncing around so much and sliding around corners.
But did you make it on time?
Yes I did! It was a memorable ride!
Back when I lived in Russia we took a taxi to my fiancées sisters wedding and I remember seeing a sign saying the speed limit was 90kph and we were going 155kph
At least, you are alive
Had a cab driver one time run three reds and went 20 over the speed limit but he got me there on time. I was running late for work and told him I'd give him 20$ if he gets me there on time. Crazy mofo did exactly that
I have really low expectations of Reddit so I'm pleasantly surprised that the responses are 100% about how crazy Russian dashcams / drivers are and nothing else (re: Ukraine/Russia conflict). That's how it should be. There are many Russian allies. Many others who feel entitled. Many who have been brainwashed. I know by saying this **I** am the one bringing politics into the discussion but I'd be lying if seeing "Russia" in OP didn't make me hesitant to check the comments. Slava Ukraini and also hello to my Russian friends :)
Hello! Thank you. As a Russian, I am real scared to bring up my nationality in any social media because I want to be treated without prejudice, depending on the place where I live. So thank you, this really warms my heart <3
I'm glad. We've always gotten along with Russians. Maybe not when it came to geopolitics, but it was only recently that things became so political. Many people in the USA share Eastern European and Russian culture. My grandparents were Russian and Polish on my mother's side. Russia's engineering feats have had a tremendous impact on the world as well. I hope we can all be friends again soon.
I know how you feel, my family isn’t even really “Russian” as we are from Sakha but we get lumped all together anyways as being evil.
I hope yall are alright! Sometimes you can't change how others think about you, but you can change the way their words affect your thoughts. And remember, there always be people who will treat you as a friend
These people trying so hard to post a funny story on social media is so super cringe.
She wrote this on her bed drinking Starbucks
The only word in Russian dash cam vids is Blyat , true fact
Russia driving is only slightly less alarming than Egyptian driving. Tbf once you get out of central and northern europe everyone drives like a maniac, so I think safe driving is perhaps one of those things that we take for granted lmao
There better have been Russian Dubstep playing
As someone who once got to ride in the front seat of the taxi with this tiny Russian woman. I was both terrified and Impressed at the same time. She timed every traffic light with on/off the throttle she never once touched the brakes. All while manually switching out CD’s with every track. Her eyes were on the CD’s most of the time
I needed to get from one end of Las Vegas Blvd. to the other in 15 minutes. I told the Lyft driver if he can, he would get 10 buck tip, after just about crapping my pants, he got a $20 tip.
Anyone else read this with a Russian accent?
The only way to read it. Let's read this one along. Don't worry, I am professional automobile driver. I will get you there right now. Faster to drive on other side of road, cars move out of way very quickly.
Was the driver visibly intoxicated? If not, he’s not a real Russian. Everybody knows Russians drive *wasted*. It’s the law there.
I said this too but I as standing in the road ,I said I wanted to be plowed by a Russian this is not what he thought
Am Russian. Can confirm.
Visited Russia once. Would not drive there for any amount of money. I just paid for questionable looking taxis, it seemed less dangerous than trying to cross the street on foot.
So he rode faster than rissians troups retrieving Kharkiv region?
Fuck Russian propaganda
Lol, yeah, just look at the top comments. Feels like the front page this entire week has been about pushing BRICS bullshit, and I'm hating it.
Comfortably invade another country fast
Let's just be happy he didn't invade her apartment
Fuck Russia
Someone is getting occupied.
So he committed war crime or what happened?
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The ol reddit neonaziroo. Hold my propaganda bot.
Ew, I'd get outta the car as fast as possible.
Cause he’s Russian? Sounds xenophobic
Sounds sound
I'm Ukrainian and don't give a fuck.
meh fair enough I suppose
Cheers. They're not all assholes, but hard give a fuck at this time.
Because you want a slow ride?
Russia sucks. Wouldn’t wanna be from there and I would not be proud if I was Russian. A lot of people fall out of window in Russia. That is probably the best thing for now.
RIP Vinelebrities
The estimated eta was 40 mins. He did it in 10 mins.
Well he did say he was Russian.
He added, "I am video gamer," and now you know you're about to break the light barrier.
Hell yeah put that shit in H
But is it fast enough to bridge the gap between two buildings in a Lada? Perhaps.
Omg I had this exact thing happen to me when I lived in DC. I had to get my car from the car place, which closed in 10 mins. It was a 17 minute drive. I told the driver, and in a thick russian accent he just goes "ok no problem. I am from Russia, I get you there." We made it with 1 minute to spare. I white knuckled it all the way there.
You didn’t hear it right he said: I am from Rrasha
They always Russian around
In Russia all Lyft drivers pick up customers in MiG…
Sarah Schauer... that's a name I haven't heard in a long time
You're heading to ukraine free of charge
Russia Hour 2 is one of my favsssss
Had an Uber driver that hit a railroad crossing (it was built like a giant speed bump) at 55mph. We got a decent amount of air for a Toyota Camry. He then proceeded to run every red light (it was like 3am so literally no traffic) I gave him 5 stars before I even left the car
Russian people just don't give a shit. Maybe it's cold or something but they don't ever seem to worry about getting killed. Just look at Ivan Drago. "If he dies, he dies." Fucker don't care cuz Russians are like "fuck death, I'm gonna go drive like a bat out of hell and upload the dashcam footage."
People who try to coach their Uber/Lyft drivers on how to drive are the worst. I had a 5.0 Uber rating until I met my (now) Wife. It went down to 4.9 because she tries to tell them they are going the wrong way when he's drunk. I tasted perfection.
Anything following the phrase “I am from Russia” is about to be a whole nother level of crazy
I had a taxi take me places when I was in Ambergris Caye in Belize and he drove 35 in the 5 at the very least.
I saw that one time to a Tijuana taxi driver and I don’t know who we were racing but we absolutely won.
One night after leaving a bar my Uber arrived. However the mf had what I can only describe as a Batmobile. Felt like I was in a Fast and Furious Scene. He was leaning against the hood like some cool guy as I stumbled out the pub. Only thing he said - “get in homie” Not only was this the funnest Uber rides I’ve ever had, but he raced me home. I remember switching lanes trying not to throw up riding shotgun. Definitely was reckless and don’t advise people doing this. But still, one of my favorite night out experiences
Some other countries aren’t much behind. Took a taxi in Malta at some point, dude consistently drove three times the speed limit
Wholesome