Just stumbled upon this nice video of driving in Moscow. I mean Russian capital, not one of the seven American moscows.
This is definitely not your Texas defensive driving. People in US are just not trained to watch that kind of behavior, and you can see this in scared and angry comments they left. However, I think that even most risky moments shown are no more dangerous than driving and eating at the same time, for example. And the most part is just a normal style of driving in Moscow, and I drive there the same way.
This kind of driving is expected and is habitual over there, and it does not cause other drivers to stall in a horror, and it does not cause any by-product accidents. I'm pretty much sure if I would attempt something like this on American roads, except for New York city may be, it would probably cause a chain reaction of accidents - people here are just not used to seeing this on a real road, not on a computer or TV screen.
On top of serious driver skills this kind of driving requires full and complete concentration on the task at hand, leave your cell phone or burger or DVD player alone if you ever attempt to try something like this. If you don't, you are doomed - this is a full-time job, no kidding.
