Finally a reason to move to Russia!

[Swiss Miss]

http://www.mosnews.com/news/2006/09/05/sexdriving.shtml

25 Percent of Russians Have Sex While Driving

Created: 05.09.2006 11:21 MSK (GMT +3), Updated: 14:17 MSK
MosNews
About 25 percent of Russians have had sex while driving, a poll released by KRC Research and Goodyear revealed. And this is just one of the things that make them the worst drivers in Europe.

According to the research, Russians do not use seatbelts, break speed-limits, drive through red lights, drive drunk and have sex while driving much more often than other Europeans do.

The odd thing is they don’t think all this is bad.

According to the poll, 36 percent of Russian drivers regularly cross speed limits. This is the highest rate in Europe, the Delovoi Peterburg newspaper reported. Russians talk on the cell phone while driving more often than drivers in the other 14 European countries polled. About 30 percent of those polled in Russia have driven drunk before.

Russians also do not pay enough attention to their physical condition when they are going to take the wheel. Only 9 percent of those polled in Europe will drive if they don’t feel good in comparison with 23 percent of Russians.

23 percent of drivers in Russia scold others while driving, and another 23 percent can break in centre strip to surpass the other cars. And finally, over 60 percent of those polled in Russia do not check the condition of their tires.

The photo in the article is equally hilarious...

[RadioactiveMan]

It'd be interesting to get in a crash while you're having sex, eh?

[Martin]

Originally Posted by RadioactiveMan

It'd be interesting to get in a crash while you're having sex, eh?

:rolls-eyes:

Thats funny though.. I would of never thought this would be so popular in Russia of all countries.. They seem like such a "strict" country. I thought Vodka was their main way to release.

Ok...... I better get going now.

[Big Red 11]

Strict my ***. We russians roxors boxort.

[Swiss Miss]

Originally Posted by Big Red 11

Strict my ***. We russians roxors boxort.

... So says the redheaded virgin... :p









(I only pick on Big Red 11 because he lets me...)

[Big Red 11]

Originally Posted by Swiss Miss

... So says the redheaded virgin... :p

I'm working on it!

[RadioactiveMan]

Originally Posted by Big Red 11

I'm working on it!

Is that lesbian fantasy of yours working out?

[Big Red 11]

Originally Posted by RadioactiveMan

Is that lesbian fantasy of yours working out?

Not as I would like it to, no.

[waltky]

Fearless W on the new Russian president...

Bush: Russia's new president is 'smart guy'
Mon Jul 7, 2008: President Bush and new Russian President Dmitry Medvedev stood united Monday on issues like Iran and North Korea. But for all their handshakes and smiles, it is clear that thorny issues like missile defense are in a holding pattern until a new U.S. president takes office.

In their first sit down as heads of state, Bush called Medvedev a "smart" guy who is well versed in foreign policy. Medvedev casually referred to Bush as "George." Yet they inched no closer on the missile defense issue during their more than hour-long discussion on the sidelines of a summit here. A Kremlin aide described the private meeting as open and constructive, but "at times critical." The public comments by the two presidents only glossed over Russia's anger over missile defense. And they both brushed off the fact that their official relationship will expire in fewer than 200 days when the Bush presidency ends.

"We will build on the relationship with the new American administration," said Medvedev. "But we still have six months with the effective administration and we'll try to intensify our dialogue with this administration." The Russian leader said he and Bush agreed on curtailing the nuclear weapon capability of Iran and North Korea. "But then certainly there are others with respect to European affairs and missile defense where we have differences," Medvedev said. "We would like to agree on these matters, as well, and we also feel very comfortable in our dealings with George."

Like former Russian President Vladimir Putin, still the top powerbroker in Moscow, Medvedev remains critical of the West, in particular the United States. He has shown no sign of softening opposition to U.S. plans for missile defense facilities in Europe or to NATO's promise to eventually invite Georgia and Ukraine in. Personal relations between the two appear warm, but Bush didn't go as far as to repeat what he said about Putin when he first met him in June 2001. Then, Bush said he looked into Putin's eyes and "was able to get a sense of his soul." "I'm not going to sit here and psychoanalyze the man, but I will tell you that he's very comfortable, he's confident, and that I believe that when he tells me something, he means it," Bush said.

More Bush: Russia's new president is 'smart guy' - Yahoo! News

[waltky]

Cold War on again...

New Cold War Doesn't Faze Russian Leader
Aug. 26, 2008 - Medvedev Recognizes Georgian Breakaway Provinces; U.S. Slams Move As "Irresponsible"

Russia stunned the West on Tuesday by recognizing the independence claims of two Georgian breakaway regions, and U.S. warships plied the waters off of Georgia in a gambit the Kremlin saw as gunboat diplomacy. The announcement by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ignored the strong opposition of Europe and the United States, and signaled the Kremlin's determination to shape its neighbors' destinies even at the risk of closing its doors to the West. "We are not afraid of anything, including the prospect of a Cold War," President Dmitry Medvedev said hours after announcing the Kremlin's decision and one day after Parliament had supported the recognition.

While the risk of a military clash with the West seemed remote, the lack of high-level public diplomacy between the White House and the Kremlin added to an uneasy sense here at least of an escalating crisis. Medvedev also promised a Russian military response to a U.S. missile defense system in Europe. Washington says the system would counter threats from Iran and North Korea, but Russia says it is aimed at blunting Russian nuclear capability. The Kremlin's recognition of the breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia suggested it was willing to risk nearly two decades of economic, political and diplomatic bonds with its Cold War antagonists.

Medvedev's grim announcement, carried on national television, inspired jubilation on the streets of the rebel capitals. In the South Ossetian capital of Tskhinvali, a parade of cars bearing the South Ossetian and Russian flags blared their horns, women cried for joy and gunmen fired their weapons in the air. The United States, surprised by the speed of the Russian response, threatened a veto in the U.N. Security Council should Russia ask for international recognition for the territories. "Abkhazia and South Ossetia are a part of the internationally recognized borders of Georgia and it's going to remain so," Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said. President Bush called the Russian move "irresponsible."

Germany and France also criticized the decision, while the British Foreign Office said it did "nothing to improve the prospects of peace in the Caucasus." The Kremlin insists, despite some doubts in the West, that its invasion of Georgia was a spur-of-the-moment response to the Georgian military's surprise crackdown on South Ossetia. By contrast, Moscow has had weeks to weigh the consequences of recognizing the breakaway regions.

More New Cold War Doesn't Faze Russian Leader, Medvedev Recognizes Georgian Breakaway Provinces; U.S. Slams Move As "Irresponsible" - CBS News