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Lucky escape for Russian cyclists as lorries collide YouTube stillVideo: Russian cyclists in very lucky escape as lorries collide
A dashcam video from Russia shows the lucky escape of two cyclists when a lorry overtaking them overbalanced and collided with another truck, sending a cloud of debris across the road.
Incredibly, neither cyclist appeared to be hurt in the incident which according to the description of the video took place in the city of Kirov, which lies around 500 miles east of Moscow.
Last year, another cyclist in Russia had a very close escape when he was riding through a junction when a car and lorry collide, both vehicles somehow missing him.
– Video: Incredibly close call as cyclist in Russia caught in middle of crash between lorry and car
Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.
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Neither cyclist was wearing a helmet, and yet they survived, nor any of these new Trek daytime lights, or hi-viz, or...
It's all down to god.
If you've ever seen that series Car Crash TV with endless dashcam footage of prangs on Russian roads you realise this is everyday stuff over there.
Russians are dead hard aren't they? I bet they were thinking "Right. Nothing broken? Ok. Now let's see what's fallen off the back of this lorry then..'
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Crickey!
YouTube is full of videos of Russian truck drivers making stupid mistakes, usually not involving cyclists. I'd hazard a guess that they work stupidly long hours due to crap pay, demands of schedules and very little enforcement of driving hours regs (whatever those might be in Russia). And, of course, vodka.
....or not reading the road.
Jeez, I hope that cyclist bought a lottery ticket on the way home, along with some new pants.
Amazing video of where 'reading the road ahead' goes drastically wrong.