We Could Watch This Awesome Military Truck Save on a Russian Highway All Day

There shouldn't be too many activities that are simpler than driving a truck on a highway. You basically need to keep the vehicle straight while you crawl in the first lane at a constant speed. There aren't any slower vehicles to pass, so all that's left is keeping an eye out not to miss the exit.

Still, the Internet has proven so many people can very easily fail at that. You can sometimes blame it on the weather, the people around or just bad luck, but on most occasions, it's just another example of people competing for the unofficial title of "the stupidest man alive."

This time, though, it's not the drifting truck driver that's the problem, but the ones who stopped on both the first and the second lane. Granted, they did place the hazard triangles on the left next to the divider, warning the other cars of an unspecified danger, but the distance was far from enough for somebody doing 80 mph (130 km/h).

Or for a military truck on all-terrain tires doing whatever speed. The clip shows the cam car overtaking the kaki utility vehicle, and then slowing down for the impromptu roadblock. We can't tell for sure whether its driver saw the truck coming from behind, but none of his actions suggest that he did.

Our hero, however, does a triple overtake, threads the needle between the cam car and the first semi stopped on the left, drifts to the right but is lucky to hit the snow bank and recover in time to pass through another tight spot created by the trucks stopped on the highway.

You can't just do this by accident. A less aware driver might have stamped on the brakes and plowed into the back of the first truck because the front wheels would have locked, turning the vehicle into a sled. Instead, they lifted their foot off the brake and focused on steering. They were lucky to get away with it, but their skill clearly had a significant contribution.