https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2013/02/17/why-almost-everyone-in-russia-has-a-dash-cam/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 02:45:26 -0400<![CDATA[Do a search for “Russia dash cam crash” in YouTube — or even better, Yandex.ru, the county’s equivalent of Google — and you’ll find thousands of videos showing massive crashes, close calls and attempts at insurance fraud by both other drivers and pedestrians. And Russian drivers are accident prone. With 35,972 road deaths in 2007 (the latest stats available from the World Health Organization), Russia averages 25.2 traffic fatalities per 100,000 people. The U.S., by comparison, had 13.9 road deaths per 100,000 people in the same year, despite having six times more cars.]]>Sun, 17 Feb 2013 17:10:31 -0500<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2013/02/17/why-almost-everyone-in-russia-has-a-dash-cam-n100214