How were so many videos of the Russian meteor taken by motorists? Does every Russian motorist have an in-car video camera?
Well, yes, almost.
http://www.wired.com/autopia/2013/02/russian-dash-cams/ / a dozen different motorists around the Russian city Chelyabinsk capture video massive meteor flying through the sky almost everyone in Russia has a dash-mounted video camera in their car size of the country lax often corrupt law enforcement legal system rarely favors first-hand first hand accounts traffic collisions made dash cams requirement for motorists get into your car without your pants on, but never get into a car without a dash cam Aleksei Dozorov motorists’ motorist rights activist in Russia told Radio Free Europe last year search for Russia dash cam crash in YouTube Yandex.ru the county’s equivalent of Google thousands videos showing massive crashes close calls attempts insurance fraud both other drivers pedestrians Russian drivers are accident prone 35,972 road deaths in 2007 latest stats available from the World Health Organization Russia averages 25.2 traffic fatalities per 100,000 people U.S.A. U.S. USA US United States of America comparison had 13.9 road deaths per 100,000 people in the same year despite having six times more cars combination inexpensive cameras flash memory regulations passed Interior Ministry 2009 removed legal hurdles in-dash in dash cameras easy cheap drivers install equipment online phenomenon today when dash cams catch a once-in-a-lifetime meteor falling from the sky, from every possible angle something that couldn’t have happened just a few years ago /
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