Death Highway: St. Petersburg - Moscow
Did you know that the main highway in Russia, connecting two biggest cities Moscow city and St. Petersburg has only two lanes, with only a few sections with 3-4 lanes, mainly closer to Moscow and St. Petersburg.
It’s length is more than 300 miles (700 km) and it’s overloaded all the time, no matter you go though it in the daytime or at night.
Now, when the snow finally appeared in Western Russia, the traffic on this number one federal highway causes things like this happen every few miles.
Now watch this! A truck moving fast right on your lane, like he is driving in England where the traffic goes the other way on the road and steering wheels are to the right. Does he think he is in England already?
It’s no surprise to see more and more of the trucks lying from the sides of the road.
photos by ebobat
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300 miles = 700km??? LOL! 300×1,5(approx)= 450…
1,608
(approx)
Nothing special there. And about roads. There’s big between Peterburg and Moscow under construction now.
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Truck on the second photo is not moving in rhe wrong lane, it is probably broken down and attached to another truck.
The Trans-Canada highway is 7800km long and most of it is only 2 lanes. We have similar problems with drivers, snow, animals….
http://www.transcanadahighway.com/general/transcanadahighway.htm
The trans canada highway has large parts that are divived four lane highways.
Most of the province of Alerta, and a large part of the highway through British Columbia.
I rode from St. Petersburg to Moscow and back last summer. When you hit Moscow’s region the roads are perfect and separated by the median. Between St. Pete and that Moscow Region border it is one hell of a ride. I was shitting my pants for the first 5 hours of the drive. Then you get used to it. The scariest thing is 2 or 3 lane sections where cars and huge trailers pass each other doing 80-100 mph. My friend is a very aggressive driver, but he is very good. His Opel stationwagon was constantly going 80-90 mph passing everybody on our way. The scariest thing is when you start passing a trailer and there is another trailer flying the opposite way towards you. My friend gives a little bit more gas (probably doing 90mph at this point) to squeeze in between the trailers into our lane. Adrenaline junkies know never saw this type of driving should definitely experience it.
One thing I should say though, Russian drivers are courteous on highways. Unlike in US, everyone know that left lane is a speed lane. So, you will never see a slow car driving in the left lane, or even if there is one, he will get out of your way.
I promised myself that next time I will take a train. Putting the driving conditions aside, it was a great drive though. We got to stop by Great Novgorod, see country side, and eat homemade pirogis that are sold on the side of the road.
the left lane is not a fucking speeding lane, it’s a passing lane. no matter how fast you’re driving in the left hand lane, if you’re not passing, you should get the fuck out of the way.
Thats what he said lol. His grammar is’nt the best, but you not being able to read, made the problem worse.
The fucking left lane is a fucking passing lane which means you are fucking speeding to pass the slower fucking drivers fucking driving in the right fucking lane.
Hey Dave. I beat you with the “fucking” you fucking fuck.
Well, in Urkaine in many roads people pass you driving out of the road or in the middle of the two lanes. That’s crazy, people drive like madmen!
The lenght of the highway between SPb and Moscow is approx. 670 km (420 miles)
you do not have to speed to pass slower traffic. so many people think it’s a fast lane, which is rather subjective. passing on the otherhand is pretty straightforward, either you’re passing or not.
and yes, you did beat me.
Please stop talking in miles.
Most of northern highways in Canada look like this in the winter so I suspect you have a lot of tired or drunk tractor drivers ploughing those rigs into the snow banks.
Most of the Trans Canada highway across Northern Ontario is only 2 lanes with special 3 lanes sections every 30 kms for passing slower vehicles.
Yes it’s mostly looks just like those pictures in a snow storm in winter.
So I can totally relate to our Russian brothers.
They should build the highway to Ontario 401 standards