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Old 06-03-07
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The 3,150 m long Lefortovo Tunnel in Russia is the longest 'in-city' tunnel in all of Europe. There is a river running over it and water leaks at some points. The temperature reaches minus 38. See what happens once too often.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fLW3OiH8OQ
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Gory good one, been on the most watched list for a long time now...
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That's mad Driver in the truck trying to slip up the r/h side wants shooting (if he's still alive)....sheeesh!
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Wow did you see the back end of that bus get thrashed around? Man that must have been one heck of a ride if you were in the back.

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Yeah that Vid's been posted here more than once....Surprised nothings burst into flames....!
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Ha! I never saw that before. The best is at the end. Those 2 trucks collide and the one dude that stops right in front of the accident is like...

"hell with this, I gott'a go!" Doesn't miss a beat. Immediately hits the turn signal and starts to try and go around!!
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IIRC, people lost their lives in some of those crashes.

However, as my friends in the US said, if ever they travel on a coach in Russia, they want that driver when they saw the video some time ago. How he managed to control his vehicle demonstrated his superlative skill.
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If he was so skilled why did he lose it to begin with......
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Water leaks into the tunnel, and it freezes, forming really really bad ICE
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Ha! I never saw that before. The best is at the end. Those 2 trucks collide and the one dude that stops right in front of the accident is like...

"hell with this, I gott'a go!" Doesn't miss a beat. Immediately hits the turn signal and starts to try and go around!!

I've watched this over and over again, and I just can't figure out where the rightmost of the two trucks comes from. It just seems to appear out of thin air (or the wall)...
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I've watched this over and over again, and I just can't figure out where the rightmost of the two trucks comes from. It just seems to appear out of thin air (or the wall)...
It is a joining tunnel that it pops out of, really hard to see in the video..... i had to watch it about 5 times before i figured it out.
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I thought it was just bad editing.

One thing worth mentioning is that this footage was taken over one 24 hour period.
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