Thread: Humvee Driving In Iraqi Traffic

You aren't seriously admiring what those people are doing? It shows how little respect some Americans have for other cultures and other people, it makes me sick.

Yea that's pretty embarrassing. We're making a lot of friends over there.

Looks like how I drive in GTA. No, that is not a good thing.

Originally Posted by FreshBrains

Looks like how I drive in GTA. No, that is not a good thing.
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Haha so true! When your soldiers are allowed to ram civilians off the road, and drive how they like, you know you're part of something good.

...wow... could they like.... avoid busy roads? Seriously...

What the fuck are they thinking doing that in heavy traffic? Then of course they're bad-mouthing the people who they're totaly freaking out... *sigh*.... I'd like to see what those boys thought if Iraqis drove like that in the U.S. They'd be like "Look they're being terrorists!"

-_-

Apparently they have to drive this way to avoid insurgent attacks on their vehicles.

Are you guys that stupid!? Apparently Theres something going on! Did you hear the marine at the end!? Those Iraqi's are F-ing stupid to not get out of the way of a 5,200 lb Humvee with a mounted machine-gun! The driver
was on the horn the entire time! If you dont get out of the way your a DUMB ASS!

Originally Posted by Elwood

Are you guys that stupid!? Apparently Theres something going on! Did you hear the marine at the end!? Those Iraqi's are F-ing stupid to not get out of the way of a 5,200 lb Humvee with a mounted machine-gun! The driver
was on the horn the entire time! If you dont get out of the way your a DUMB ASS!
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The only thing I heard the marine say was 'look at that guy pickin' his nose, fuckin' idiot *blah blah*'. The police don't ram civilians off the road when they're on the way to something big, no matter what it is, so why should some bolshy foreign troops have the right to? It was pretty much jammed all the way down; its not like anyone could move outta the way. Also, I think we object to being called 'stupid', thankyou very much.

not all of you are stupid, sorry for saying that i just get really upset when ignorant people are talking. And by the way he also says "not a care in the world. Theres something going down when a marine is that mad.And this is a war not a crack dealer trying to get away.

Making bad ties with the Iraqis will make the war never end. This is the sort of behavior that makes more terrorists.

How bout you go hug an Iraqi and see where his knife ends up.

Ahem

Ha. If you see a retard running with an armed weapon what would you do?

I think this is exactly what they have to do in crowded situations. You have to understand that those guys are targeted on a constant basis. and yes they are bumping people to get them out of their way but this is probably so that they don't get hit by any R.P.G.'s. In regards to the remark about the guy picking his nose without a care in the world. Now we know this is everyday stuff in the U.S. You're driving rushing to get somewhere and pedestrians are j-walking the streets and crossing on Red lights without a single care in the world as if they have bumpers or something. I think maybe it was a possible emergency where they had to get somewhere fast and people do need to get out of their way, because it's still an emergency vehicle just like a Police Car, Fire Engine, Ambulance or whatever.

I agree with Ne-yo.

1. They must have been in a hurry to get somewhere.

2. It's not like they're doing any damage to the civilian cars.

3. You might say it's not necessary to bump the other cars but what if a car is purposely driving slowly to block the Humvee so some RPG can easily target it? This stuff happens all the time over there. These guys are human too, it's a dangerous place and just like you and me they are scared of dying.

That said no one knows the context of the video or what those soldiers are like personally, so it's wrong to judge.

Originally Posted by Squall

That said no one knows the context of the video or what those soldiers are like personally, so it's wrong to judge.
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That's pretty much the bottom line, right there.

I really don't find it right for anyone to either defend or condemn those soldiers, based purely off of what we see from the video. On one hand, they could have been in a real emergency, and have needed to get to wherever their destination was, as fast as they could. On the other hand, with people bringing up firetrucks and ambulances, I've been here in America for over 25 years, and I've been driving for over a decade. I have NEVER seen and ambulance and/or firetruck bump someone off the road (let alone a handful of people) to get where they are going.

Oneironaut, take a look at that video again. If you notice they were only bumping cars that would not get out of their way. Look at the right side of the screen when they approach a car. The curb is clear, those cars can move over to the right side but for some reason they don't. Now I've been living in the U.S. for well over 25 years myself and everytime I see an Emergency Vehicle coming up from behind I get my Ass over to the side to let them pass. Why are they not moving over? Take notice of the Bus. Did you see how the humvee went on the left side of the curb and stuck the front end of the Humvee there so that the driver could see him in that left rearview mirror? When the bus didn't move over even after he saw him then of course he bumped him.

And you right I haven't seen an Ambulance or any other emergency bump someone. Instead I've seen them crash into a lot of cars injuring themselves and other people rushing to get to thier destination.

Originally Posted by Ne

Oneironaut, take a look at that video again. If you notice they were only bumping cars that would not get out of their way. Look at the right side of the screen when they approach a car. The curb is clear, those cars can move over to the right side but for some reason they don't. Now I've been living in the U.S. for well over 25 years myself and everytime I see an Emergency Vehicle coming up from behind I get my Ass over to the side to let them pass. Why are they not moving over? Take notice of the Bus. Did you see how the humvee went on the left side of the curb and stuck the front end of the Humvee there so that the driver could see him in that left rearview mirror? When the bus didn't move over even after he saw him then of course he bumped him.

And you right I haven't seen an Ambulance or any other emergency bump someone. Instead I've seen them crash into a lot of cars injuring themselves and other people rushing to get to thier destination.
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But this is Iraq, in rushhour, with loads of people blowing their horns. In that area of the world, from what I've seen of their traffic, it's a lot more common to just hammer your horn in traffic, so most people probably wouldnt even check their mirror if someone was hammering their horn. Like Oneironaut said, you'd never see any other emergency vehicles ramming civilians off the road, no matter how many lives were in danger at the expense. Talk about making enemies! No wonder so many people join insurgents if they get treated like that!

wow.

what the hell do you think an ambulance is doing when they blare their siren and honk their horn? this is just a different place and a different situation.

YES. i find it entertaining.

i wonder why it still suprises me that you people are offended by these kinds of things.

Originally Posted by jacobo

wow.

what the hell do you think an ambulance is doing when they blare their siren and honk their horn? this is just a different place and a different situation.

YES. i find it entertaining.

i wonder why it still suprises me that you people are offended by these kinds of things.
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Ambulances don't ram people off the road. This humvee didn't use a siren. That's two reasons why this is wrong!

Originally Posted by Wolffe

Ambulances don't ram people off the road. This humvee didn't use a siren. That's two reasons why this is wrong!
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you're right kiddo. also realize that it's a completely different situation over there. wake up and smell the roses.

i've seen some sick videos come out of iraq and the vast majority of them were not being perpetrated (or distributed) by US soldiers.

Originally Posted by Wolffe

Ambulances don't ram people off the road. This humvee didn't use a siren. That's two reasons why this is wrong! [/b]

You know there's a huge difference between ramming someone and nudging them aside. I think it's pretty obvious they are not trying to hurt people. You guys are making it seem like they are over there without a single care for the iraqie people. Keep in mind they are the occuppying force there, so they are the Police the Fire department and the medics all wrapped up in one, And the horn you heard blowing wasn't from traffice that was the Marine blowing the horn in that Humvee.

Originally Posted by Ne

Oneironaut, take a look at that video again. If you notice they were only bumping cars that would not get out of their way. Look at the right side of the screen when they approach a car.
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Yeah, man. I was hammered when I came home, last night. Lol. I've seen it again, and it's not that bad. I didn't mean to imply that they were really forcing the people off the road. Just a bad choice of terminology, I guess.

Originally Posted by Ne

And you right I haven't seen an Ambulance or any other emergency bump someone. Instead I've seen them crash into a lot of cars injuring themselves and other people rushing to get to thier destination.
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Really? I've never seen that, either. Not to say it doesn't happen, but wow, I've never seen it.

Originally Posted by jacobo

you're right kiddo. also realize that it's a completely different situation over there. wake up and smell the roses.

i've seen some sick videos come out of iraq and the vast majority of them were not being perpetrated (or distributed) by US soldiers.
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What, so it's different when the drivers are on the line? The police/ambulances/fire trucks are just as crucial to people's lives. If they were in so much of a hurry, I doubt they'd be making smart-ass remarks about guys they drove past, or videoing it at all. Evidential videotapes have a timestamp etc. if they're official. Are you seriously telling me that if Iraq had invaded America/wherever you live, you wouldn't mind them driving around, damaging your car, just to shunt you outta the way? I get why they did it, but I don't think it's the right thing to do.