Tunnel of death

cbrown · **Joined:** Sun Mar 22, 2009 8:48 pm **Posts:** 11

Lefortovo tunnel in Russia
The 3,150 m long Lefortovo tunnel in Russia is the longest in-city tunnel in all the 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 slippery.

The result is the 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!

The next time you complain about traffic, remember this video...Russian Engineering!

http://www.postmaster.co.uk/fs/cj_brown ... fdeath.wmv

J.J. · **Posted:** Tue Jun 16, 2009 6:19 pm

Thats brillient. You been there? :lol:

craig2105 · **Posted:** Wed Jun 17, 2009 6:13 pm

Whoa, scary. I think the bus driver did rather well to minimise the size of that accident. and I love the Lada at the end with the exploding fuel tank. It didn't seem to have all that much provocation either?

lindsayhbrown · **Posted:** Wed Jun 17, 2009 9:27 pm

roll up, roll up for the ride of your life, thats incredible, wonder how many die in there and whats the emergency access like ?

JasonGibson · **Posted:** Wed Jun 17, 2009 9:37 pm

craig2105 wrote:

I love the Lada at the end with the exploding fuel tank. It didn't seem to have all that much provocation either?

Yeah but it didn't explode into a fireball like it would have done in Hollywood

cbrown · **Joined:** Sun Mar 22, 2009 8:48 pm **Posts:** 11

J.J. wrote:

Thats brillient. You been there? :lol:

No, just got emailed at work.

Rev. Roland · **Posted:** Thu Jun 18, 2009 9:21 pm

Um, so why don't they drive slower in icy conditions?

I thought Russian TV turning it into a music video was a bit off...

J.J. · **Posted:** Fri Jun 19, 2009 4:13 pm

Probably as it's icy for so much of the year. Oh & there all mad.

poison · **Joined:** Sun May 10, 2009 1:22 pm **Posts:** 66

i blame the vodka,you know the only thing russians like with their vodka is ice,bet the vehicle recovery service makes a fortune as well :drunken:

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