So, I'm trying with great enthusiasm and time to sort out why drivers around the world are horrible, but those in Russia take the cake. And off all the Russian failures to learn how to drive, why is there one outstanding common feature? I'm talking about the Lada Riva (and some similar models).
This boxy little shitbox is the modern equivalent to the Trabant, a failure in design, execution, and management (let's allow the private market supply goods and services, unencumbered, shall we?). I'd hate to understand why this sort of vehicular failure could happen with such frequency.
So often, there is a Lada or Trabant (if any survived the collapse of paper money) involved in the accident, even if as a witness to the destruction of it's kind. They are either turning left in a right-turn lane, or trying to pass on the sidewalk, all before being involved in the destruction of property and sometimes life. I can't imagine anyone with any other choice would choose one...
I have a theory that these sort cars cost about a day's (heavily subsidized) pay, are worth about that, and those deciding to start driving have zero requirement to actually know how to drive, which many Russians apparently never bothered to learn.
I would have hoped for a world in which these individual examples of the less favorable traits in our species would simply be allowed to reduce them from the genetic equation. What's wrong with letting Darwin prove his theory? If he was wrong, we have Idiocracy to look forward to. If he was right, we'd better sure as hell allow those without the survival ability to fade into our collective past. Just don't piss off any crazy Russians.
No comments:
Post a Comment