Izhevsk-St. Petersburg — Toyota Corolla, 1.6 liter, 2010
We left on December 27th. At 7-52 in the morning I was at the traffic police post in Izhevsk, refueled to full and forward. Visibility in some places is up to 15 meters, especially if there is a truck ahead. And we were driving and did not know if we could pass or not. On the radio they said that between Kazan and Cheboksary all the rises were filled with trucks. But you still need to go.
11-05 245 km from Izhevsk. Near Mamadysh we stopped at the fish market, bought fish for gifts. Two sterlet and pikeperch bargained for 350 rubles. Granny seemed to be playing with thimbles: she showed one fish, and tried to put another in the bag. It was not possible.
We pass the bypass of Kazan, in the walkie-talkie mat and about the traffic cops and about the road workers. At the post, the inspector turns us back, you won’t pass (traffic jam) I say he still needs to go, he waved his hand, he missed it.
We drove 50 kilometers, I was already relaxed, I think we drove through a traffic jam, an empty cleaned road. It wasn't there. On the border of Tatarstan with Chuvashia near Tyurlema, I see a column of trucks on the side of the road to the horizon. I got up, stood, on the radio I ask how long have you been standing? They answer: who are the last three hours, who are farther away - in the morning. Moreover, when we then drove into the middle of the traffic jam, we heard that people had already been standing for three days. On the radio, the people did not choose expressions. The gazelist, who was overtaking the convoy in the opposite direction, was stopped, pulled out of the cab and his face was slightly corrected so that he would not be impudent (I didn’t see it myself, I heard it). But here the problem was this: until the oncoming lane passes, we will not pass, and they cannot pass, because we are cars, (teapots in the slang of truckers) scored the entire oncoming lane, and then, what in the photo (get up tighter) looks like a parking lot near a supermarket; in fact, the M7 in all its glory of the violence of the elements. I consider myself very lucky that we drove this section for! 10 o'clock. According to the news they said that there were about 800 trucks.
December 28, 00-07 at night, the track went. As a result, at night, on an empty highway, I caught up with my schedule, at 08-45 outside Nizhny Novgorod, breakfast and gas station (903 km from Izhevsk.) Photo session of a dirty girl at a gas station (how do you like the rear body kit) and go ...
M7, on the Nizhny Novgorod-Kovrov section, is simply pleasing. While we were discussing the breakfast we had eaten, the speed imperceptibly went beyond the limits of traffic rules.
To be continued…
We are waiting for the continuation of an interesting report, it is very interesting to hear about the walkie-talkie, I heard and read a lot about them but did not dare to put it, tell me what is useful in it
I already thought it was not interesting to anyone, your comment is the first.
The walkie-talkie is convenient on the highway, in the city it is not needed. 4000 km on the highway and not a single fine, I just knew where the traffic cops were.
and the cameras also knew where they were? I just recently went to Kazan, and I had a radar detector, the traffic cops also did not slow down, but then letters of happiness came home.
The guys also warn about the cameras, though it seems that they still ran into one, some kind of paper mom says came. When I was driving there, I saw her at the last moment, threw off as much as I could. On the way back I drove in the morning, so there were 4 of them on the bypass. I remember one for sure was before the first weight post. In general, cameras are a favorite toy of the Tatars, my wife goes to Kazan for a session, she speaks of them with love. The navigator sometimes shows cameras, Navitel has such a service.
And most importantly, what I liked about the walkie-talkie is that no one ever refuses and everyone definitely says the orientation to the road))))
only trucks of cars (dummies) offend!
And did you just put the walkie-talkie in the car or did you have to pick it up for a long time, does it need a certain place there?
I had it inserted between the passenger seat and the middle tunnel, powered by a cigarette lighter, an antenna on a magnet. Installed and removed very quickly. For now, he is at home.
Well written ... in addition to photos (some of excellent quality) ... liked it)). What kind of camera?