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- The most interesting facts about drivers in Ukraine
"I put the car on the lawn ... oh, this Ukrainian mentality." This very inscription was on an interesting photo (not the fact that it was published by a Ukrainian driver) in the Internet under the heading "Funny Pictures".
And next to it there was a comment from a concerned user - "The fact that people leave heaps of garbage in the forest after a rest, drive a car on the trolleybus lane, take bribes, it is not the mentality that is to blame, but the lack of education and a lame conscience."
There is nothing to add here, but there are still interesting facts about the drivers of Ukraine, and the mentality of the inhabitants of a beautiful country still plays a role in their behavior. Let's take a closer look.
The most interesting facts about drivers in Ukraine
1. Thrown off and built
On December 22, 2018, on the 1 + 1 channel, in the evening edition of TSN, they announced the news: “They are tired of waiting for help.” The story was about the fact that the drivers of the Kirovograd region (Kropyvnytskyi) spat on the promises of Ukravtodor to repair the highway N-14 "Nikolaev-Kropyvnytskyi", collected 680,000 hryvnia and independently laid 70 km. roads in the most problematic area.
This case became known to the whole country only thanks to the story on the central news channel, but there are enough roads in the country, which are repaired by the drivers themselves. This is a two-kilometer road in a village in the Kiev region, three kilometers of a highway in the Fastovsky district and many others.
One can only rejoice and say about the great responsibility of Ukrainian drivers who care about the quality of roads, etc. But this is not the case. The point is not responsibility, but the fact that the drivers, like the miners, have completely lost faith in the Ukrainian government and live by the principle - "If not us, then no one."
2. Warn your colleague
It can be argued that drivers are a certain class of people who live by their own principles and laws, and these principles are the same for drivers in many countries.
Even despite the fact that the republics of the former USSR have become separate countries for several decades, driving through the CIS, one can note the similarity in the behavior of Ukrainian, Belarusian and Russian drivers. There are some differences, but not significant ones.
On the roads of the CIS, it is customary to warn drivers of oncoming traffic about the traffic police inspectors standing in front. Today in Ukraine, "traffic cops" practically do not stand in a strictly defined place, but patrol a section of the road by car, but you can often see drivers blinking with a high beam in the oncoming lane. This is a signal that there is a pit ahead.
3. Learned to pay
Ten years ago, large drivers were not ready to pay massively for parking. Today, the situation in cities has changed - 68% of city drivers are ready to pay for proper protection of their cars in city parking lots, but only if they are given a receipt.
Only 10% of all drivers agree to give money in cash to a valet.
And in the regions the situation is radically opposite - more than half of the drivers who live in towns with a population of less than 100,000 people prefer to leave their cars in spontaneous parking lots and sidewalks. They, like residents of small villages, sincerely do not understand what to pay for. Personal cars, they pay an annual driver's fee for road maintenance, etc. For them, parking fees are a kind of extortion.
4. "My hut is on the edge"
It is unpleasant to admit, but the fact remains - Suvorov's principles "Die yourself, and help your comrade" from Ukrainian drivers are gradually fading into the background. Today the popular saying “My hut is on the edge” is in force.
If you break down on the track, only 15% of drivers will stop and offer help. And the reason here is primarily in the rampant crime on the roads over the past twenty years. Drivers fear to fall prey to scammers.
The cynicism of criminals today knows no boundaries. To force you to stop voluntarily, everything goes into action - from a “pregnant” woman voting on the road to a crying old man on the sidelines. And a man who votes near the open hood of his car no longer evokes sympathy from anyone.
Over the past twenty years, every second driver in the country has become a victim of deception at best. Therefore, a sense of self-preservation and caution often overwhelm the desire to help.
5. Buddhism in Ukrainian
Proverbs and sayings often reflect the hidden nature and habits of the inhabitants of a particular country. Ukraine is no exception. The well-known proverb, which has a special sound in the original language, "Zgoriv shed, burn and khata" is especially clearly visible in the behavior of drivers.
Many foreigners, especially from Europe, (visitors from the CIS countries are somehow more sympathetic, for example, to such a statement from drivers - “the tire is lowered, and okay, we’ll make it to the service station somehow”) fall into a stupor when they see a passing car with a torn off muffler.
6. Crowbar for good luck
All truck drivers have in their arsenal such a famous tool as a tire bar. Until fifteen years ago, it was the most popular wheel repair wrench, especially in trucks.
But if Russian and Belarusian drivers use the mount for their intended purpose, then Ukrainian drivers take the famous nail puller on the road ... for good luck. Well, that's what they say, it's luck, but for some reason they put the mounting wrench strictly under the driver's seat. Therefore, for luck, or for safety, it is not known exactly.
Young motorists who have never worked in a truck transport also pick up this habit, so you should not be surprised if you see a familiar blank from under the seat of a brand new Mercedes-Benz.
These are the most interesting facts about drivers in Ukraine, and there are not many of them, but if you turn your attention to driver's stories, you can write several dozen volumes.
