'The Tunnel of Death'

[swee'pea99]

The 3,150 m long Lefortovo tunnel in Russia is the longest in-city
tunnel in the entire world. It is nicknamed 'The Tunnel of Death'.
See for yourself why. There is a river running over the tunnel, and
water leaks through in some areas. When the temperature reaches nearly
0?C (like it does during the Winter in Russia), the road freezes and
becomes as slippery as hell. The result is the attached video which
was taken during a single day with the tunnel surveillance camera.
Congratulations to the dual-carriage bus driver - imagine the
passengers in the back! What a ride!


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[fossyant]

Blimey !

 

[accountantpete]

I don't think the road was slippery - they were all probably p****d.

 

[Maz]

[quote name='swee'pea99'] The result is the attached video which
was taken during a single day with the tunnel surveillance camera.
[/QUOTE]Feck me!

 

[Greedo]

I went out with a girl that had a "tunnel of death" but that's a different story

Some amount of crashes in one day

 

[MadoneRider1991]

F****g hell!!

 

[HLaB]

Thats the bus that overtook Mags the other day!

 

[Globalti]

Whyaye Biffa, that's the Tyne tunnel, man!

 

[Plax]

I'm impressed. Just one of those accidents over here would probably have had the tunnel shut for a good day or more.

 

[Fnaar]

Crikey!

 

[postman]

Im surprised it's ever open .

 

[levad]

I read that this tunnel leaks and is prone to black ice.

Doh, just read the original post properly, you all know that!

 

[rich p]

I've seen this before and if you see the lorries colliding about 3/4 of the way through I can't see where the second lorry comes from which makes me suspicious.

 

[al78]

I've seen this before and if you see the lorries colliding about 3/4 of the way through I can't see where the second lorry comes from which makes me suspicious.

It comes from the other carriageway (on the other side of the wall) and crashes throught the wall.

 

[Twenty Inch]

What al78 says - if you look very closely, you can see the barrier between the two carriageways flapping about after they crash.

Poor engineering, lots of alcohol, and no-one being sensible about speed limits, MoTs, road safety or good judgement - the factors behind a lot of Russia's infrastructure disasters.