Incidents and accidents that are beyond our control happen every day, and quite often, a blink of an eye, a split second, can sometimes make the difference between life and death.
Fortunately, all parties involved in the two unrelated accidents that were recorded on Russian roads and featured in the videos below, not only escaped death, but according to local reports, injuries as well.
In the first instance, it seems that the dark-colored hatch aquaplaned across the road, jumping over the metal barrier and crossing into the opposite lane, narrowly missing two oncoming vehicles, including…a full-size truck.
The second dash-cam clip, which was filmed on July 9, 2014 (the date on the camera is purportedly wrong), shows a truck driver who possibly fell asleep drifting into the right lane and crashing into a Lada station wagon, which avoided an oncoming biker for inches…
By John Halas
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