{"id":24141,"date":"2013-01-28T18:04:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-28T17:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rt.com\/news\/tank-video-traffic-urals-green-light-909\/"},"modified":"2013-01-28T18:04:00","modified_gmt":"2013-01-28T17:04:00","slug":"highway-tank-terror-t-90-video-goes-viral-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/breaking-news\/highway-tank-terror-t-90-video-goes-viral-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Highway tank terror: T-90 video goes viral (VIDEO)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Russian right of way: T-90 tank on road \u2018did not break traffic laws\u2019 (VIDEO); Youtube video courtesy of 07121986serj<\/p>\n

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A video of a heavy armored tank startling drivers by popping out of nowhere on to a busy road has provoked outrage among Russian internet users. The factory that owns the tank says its driver did not violate any road regulations.<\/p>\n

The widely-shared video, taken on Saturday by on-board video recorder, shows an unsuspecting colonnade of cars proceed down a asphalt road in an industrial area in Nizhniy Tagil in the Urals. Just as some cars go past a traffic light, a tank bursts out of the snow at the side of the road, before crossing it at full speed, and vanishing out of view.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we hadn\u2019t stopped, the tank would have run us over,\u201d<\/em> says the voice of the somewhat stunned driver.<\/p>\n

Despite internet outrage about the unexpected road intruder, Uralvagonzavod, the maker and owner of the tank, insists the T-90 was only following the rules.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s those cars that passed the traffic lights as they were changing that broke traffic regulations,\u201d<\/em> said a company representative to RIA Novosti news agency.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe tank was going past on a green light and had right of way.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

The company went on to explain that although the tank appeared suddenly as if from a snow bank, it was actually traveling down an established route between the factory and the testing range.<\/p>\n

The T-90 tank costs upwards to $2 million to buy, and more than 1,500 of them in service around the world.<\/p>\n

The potential impact of the tank, which weighs more than 47 tonnes, on an ordinary car, can only be guessed.<\/p>\n

The video appears to join a growing tradition of on-board videos showing assorted Russian military equipment unexpectedly appearing in view of terrified road drivers.<\/p>\n

Over the past year alone, videos have emerged of a Sukhoi jet<\/a> and a military helicopter flying just feet above ordinary civilian cars on motorways.<\/p>\n

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Russian right of way: T-90 tank on road ‘did not break traffic laws’ (VIDEO); Youtube video courtesy of 07121986serj<\/p>\n

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A video of a heavy armored tank startling drivers by popping out of nowhere on to a busy road has provoked outrage among Russian internet users. The factory that owns the tank says its driver did not violate any road regulations.<\/p>\n

The widely-shared video, taken on Saturday by on-board video recorder, shows an unsuspecting colonnade of cars proceed down a asphalt road in an industrial area in Nizhniy Tagil in the Urals. Just as some cars go past a traffic light, a tank bursts out of the snow at the side of the road, before crossing it at full speed, and vanishing out of view.<\/p>\n

“If we hadn’t stopped, the tank would have run us over,”<\/em> says the voice of the somewhat stunned driver.<\/p>\n

Despite internet outrage about the unexpected road intruder, Uralvagonzavod, the maker and owner of the tank, insists the T-90 was only following the rules.<\/p>\n

“It’s those cars that passed the traffic lights as they were changing that broke traffic regulations,”<\/em> said a company representative to RIA Novosti news agency.<\/p>\n

“The tank was going past on a green light and had right of way.”<\/em><\/p>\n

The company went on to explain that although the tank appeared suddenly as if from a snow bank, it was actually traveling down an established route between the factory and the testing range.<\/p>\n

The T-90 tank costs upwards to $2 million to buy, and more than 1,500 of them in service around the world.<\/p>\n

The potential impact of the tank, which weighs more than 47 tonnes, on an ordinary car, can only be guessed.<\/p>\n

The video appears to join a growing tradition of on-board videos showing assorted Russian military equipment unexpectedly appearing in view of terrified road drivers.<\/p>\n

Over the past year alone, videos have emerged of a Sukhoi jet<\/a> and a military helicopter flying just feet above ordinary civilian cars on motorways.<\/p>\n

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