What do we say to being hit by a stupid driver? Not today! See, Game of Thrones jokes work just fine with cars too. In this case, death comes in the form of a crazy Kia driver who doesn't feel like stopping at a train crossing.
Russia's railroad crossing barriers are among the most deadly in the world. While the US has a simple pole that drops down or nothing at all, the ex-Soviets have gigantic slabs of metal that rise from the road. They look like medieval castle ramparts or something you use to launch aircraft from a ship.
Going at stupidly high speed, the driver of this Kia Cerato rams into the barrier and is instantly stopped. This kind of crash could have been deadly because the stopping force is more extreme than in the event of a crash with another car.
What makes this video funny is that a Toyota Sequoia had stopped as it should in front of the barriers. Thankfully, the driver noticed what was about to happen in his rearview mirrors and moved out of the way. What do we say to being hit by a Kia? Not today!
It's really funny to see how the Korean car completely obliterates all those little poles and the metal barrier on the ground. At the end of the day, it did the job it was designed for and stopped the car from going onto the tracks, which would have created an even bigger traffic problem.
Towards the end of the video, you can see the people rushing to remove debris from the tracks. Why? Because there's a train coming, silly. Forgot about that didn't you?!
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Mihnea's favorite cars have already been built, the so-called modern classics from the '80s and '90s. He also loves local car culture from all over the world, so don't be surprised to see him getting excited about weird Japanese imports, low-rider VWs out of Germany, replicas from Russia or LS swaps down in Florida. Full profile
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