And a question for vixmom, for whenever she has a moment:
You mentioned vixdad watching the Russian car crash videos. These would be the dashcam ones on YouTube? I don't remember what started it, but a few months ago a couple of those popped up in the "recommended for you" bucket. I watched some, and I agree they're almost mesmerizing. Saw a bunch of them over a couple of weeks and finally grew tired of it, then I went to a lot of effort to tell YouTube "not interested" until they mostly disappeared...because I wanted to have SOME other subjects of interest presented to me!
But it's the most bizarre thing. First of all, it seems all Russian vehicles have dashcams as standard equipment, and relatively few cars elsewhere have them because it's a voluntary accessory. So that's why most of these videos are from there. But it's also apparent that they NEED them there. The whole driving experience looks like something from a different planet. They can't possibly be receiving any real training.
