Wow, these Russians are so nonchalant! I be screaming at least out of excitement at how cool this was. And problem something a bit more graphic for the ones that appeared to be approaching the area of the vehicles! :-)
Do all Russians drive around recording their daily routes? Or maybe these were police or other official vehicles that are required to record?
Do all Russians drive around recording their daily routes?
Almost all. A wide-angle loop-writing camcoder is really cheap. Sometimes it is the only chance to have a fair trial in Russia.
Here is an example why Russian drivers need camcoders:
Without camera this driver would get several years sentence (probably it's not bad at all, ref. 0:33 - it is mad to drive so close to pedestrian at that speed).
i was half way up a route at sugarloaf,
climbing in the early morning light on
the west-facing aspect of my mountain
when the coloma meteor passed thru
our california sky.
for a second or two, the rock face
brightened as if high noon had arrived
with short notice.
so i turn around to see who's sparking
an arc welder at the bottom of my climb
and i see a bright giant glowing fireball
shooting (not to fast though, more like
a fast jet than a shooting star)
down the 50 corridor.
about 40 seconds later it detonates
and shakes all serenities within
two forevers, including me and
my hand jam in the mountain.
i had no phone or device,
so i was certain that we'd been bombed,
and that san francisco was in deteriorating
shambles. i calmly finished my pitch,
then rapped down, downed a beer,
and jugged my rope toward
the end of the world.
the only foe of the moment
was that my dog high-tailed it
outta there when the explosion occurred,
and it took me two trips back up to
sugarloaf to find her.
Let us know!