Moscow's Blue Bucket Brigade Protest.

[grober]

Fed up with the blaring sirens used by government officials to get to their destinations faster than ordinary Muscovites, a group of frustrated drivers has begun to fight back. After legislation passed in parliament "important" citizens are allowed to flaunt traffic regulations driving on the wrong side of the road and through traffic lights etc. They are identified by sirens and blue flashing lights placed on their cars. These organised protests are about to be made illegal by new legislation. It's an example of a "strong government's" answer to traffic congestion--------for a select few. Moscow?s Blue Bucket Brigade - Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty 2010

 

[bpsorrel]

Yeah, this is a problem in Moscow! Lately there's been several accidents caused by "VIP"s using the blue light! Most notably a vice president of Yukos who's S class crashed into a teacher and her mother (I think) whilst hacking along, blue light flashing on the wrong side of the road. Killed the woman outright! It's a scandall!