BarkingUnicorn: Somehow, I doubt the on-screen translation.

I speak Russian. It is accurate.

His body was later found at the bottom of a lake. They stuffed rocks down his throat so he would sink.

/hot like Ruskie nights are cold

Really? Really!!? Of all the countries I'd pick where someone could be more assertive to the police than in the US, Russia would not have been on my list. From what I've seen of the Russian police I'd assume that ordering them about would result in a serious ass kicking and maybe not seeing daylight again for a good while either.

I'm guessing perhaps those above saying this was a superior or someone in good social standing are correct. Can't imagine the average Russian citizen getting away with that.

/Or maybe the Russian police are just misunderstood?

The sound of one hand clapping: Really? Really!!? Of all the countries I'd pick where someone could be more assertive to the police than in the US, Russia would not have been on my list. From what I've seen of the Russian police I'd assume that ordering them about would result in a serious ass kicking and maybe not seeing daylight again for a good while either.

I'm guessing perhaps those above saying this was a superior or someone in good social standing are correct. Can't imagine the average Russian citizen getting away with that.

/Or maybe the Russian police are just misunderstood?

I'm pretty sure Russian police are only assertive when opulent men who own miniature giraffes give them lot lots of money to do something.

the translation is accurate, but the video isn't exactly real. this is from a comedy short series, Наркоман Павлик (Pavlik the Druggie) Link

I'm going to start using "Decree 185" in my everyday life

Barfmaker: The guy barking the orders sounds like he's used to being obeyed, probably their superiorthe local mob boss.

FTFY

th0rough: the translation is accurate, but the video isn't exactly real. this is from a comedy short series, Наркоман Павлик (Pavlik the Druggie) Link

There's comedy in Russia?

Psychohazard: th0rough: the translation is accurate, but the video isn't exactly real. this is from a comedy short series, Наркоман Павлик (Pavlik the Druggie) Link

There's comedy in Russia?

Everyday

Actual transaltion:
Corey, Trevor! smokes! let's go!

Cute comedy bit. Of course, in real-life Russia, cops won't react like that. Or so I'm told by various expatriates I've worked with.

Anyway, at least where I am, most cops don't wear seatbelts, at least not city cops, and the law does not require them to. It's too easy for it to snag on their gear, and it slows them down when they're responding to emergencies, because it takes longer to get out when you've got to unbelt yourself while wearing all that stuff. There have been some unfortunate consequences, but it's a risk they accept along with all the other dangerous things they deal with. They're expert trained drivers -- more than most of us, certainly -- and I don't believe the risk is comparable to the rest of us fools on the road.

As for the phone, the dude was stopped -- even if it was real, who cares? He wasn't yakking while driving. Anyway, studies show that despite what the laws appear to suggest, the phone itself is less a problem than the distraction of conversation. Both driving and non-F2F conversation are high-brain functions of humans, neither of which we evolved to handle well. Combining them is just asking for trouble. It would make more sense to ban using a phone at all, in any manner, while operating a motor vehicle.

th0rough: the translation is accurate, but the video isn't exactly real. this is from a comedy short series, Наркоман Павлик (Pavlik the Druggie) Link

Wow seriously? This video has been going viral the past couple weeks and I haven't seen anyone discover that it was fake. Fark wins..

Speaking as an RCMP officer, on short trips to and from calls, I generally wore my seatbelt, but would remove it when I got within a block or two of my destination. It's all based on what you're doing at the time, on longer highway travel I would absolutely buckle up, but if looking for someone on foot inside a municipality, I would have it off.

Gravel Road Cop: Speaking as an RCMP officer, on short trips to and from calls, I generally wore my seatbelt, but would remove it when I got within a block or two of my destination. It's all based on what you're doing at the time, on longer highway travel I would absolutely buckle up, but if looking for someone on foot inside a municipality, I would have it off.

Can we all remove our seatbelts if we're looking for someone on foot?

Bugmn99;

I realize you're being facetious and playing "bait the cop" but I'm going to respond since this is something that comes up fairly often. Every province has a Traffic Safety Act (that's the legal name in Saskatchewan, it varies from province to province) and with that statute there is a section that specifically states that Peace Officers are exempt from the statute during the execution of their duties.

So yeah, cops are allowed to "break the law" with regards to seatbelts and cellphones, because it's specifically written into said law that they can.

Regular joe civilians? nope. Have a nice day.

Getting caught being a farkup on camera is a pay-docking. They aren't paid that well.

I have been pulled over exactly once in my life. It was late, I was in a hurry, and I stumbled into a classic "Let's give this whole section of an 8-lane street a 35-mph speed limit" speed trap.

The officer said, "Did you know you were doing fifty in a thirty-five?"
I replied, "No sir, I didn't. ... Wow." :(
He was so stunned at my abject disgust with myself that I got off with a warning. I have no problem with police; they do a horrible job as best they can most of the time.

vudukungfu: Actual transaltion:
Corey, Trevor! smokes! let's go! Gorbachev sings tractors: Turnips! Buttocks!

Cops here in Canada are just as bad. They park where they want, use the lights to blow through a red, many without seat belts. They use their badges to get though RIDE (DUI checks) programs as do paramedics and firemen. Its one rule for us, and another for them. They wonder why they don't get respect when they don riot gear for political protests in a country that doesn't even have many guns.
Oh yeah, and in Toronto, the horses just crap everywhere, and yet if your dog did that, you would get fined. Not blaming the horses though.

/like horses.