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[robby3333]

Russian road roulette?

Bulgarian prosecutors are investigating a new gambling game in which drivers defy death by speeding through red lights for bets of up to 5,000 euros ($7,400), the chief prosecutor's office said Thursday.



Known as 'Russian road roulette', the driver must jump red lights at busy intersections at high speed and not crash into any other cars or pedestrians, according to local media reports. Onlookers also gamble on the result.

Prosecutors launched their investigation after media reported the new game had been held at night at busy crossroads in Sofia since the summer.

In June, two people died after a motorcyclist crashed into an onlooker at a similar rally on Sofia's ring road.

"Every time we receive a signal for such an unregulated race, we send patrols," Commissioner Vanio Stoevski, head of the Sofia Road Police, told Reuters. Since the deaths in June, police have monitored roads where such races are typically held.

Local media report that participants in the 'Russian road roulette' are informed via text messages of the venue for that particular night -- depending on the presence of police.

[DimeCFH]

Those people are nuts!

[samson]

Sounds a lot like rush hour in the "chinatown" section of our city. Better known as DWO---driving while oriental. LOL

[greenweed]

wow is all i can say thats just plain dumb!! i know if i got hit by one of them dumb%$$ i would blow up!!kill one of your kids or wife!! wait till the hit the wrong guy POW POW POW POW POW POW. JUST MIGHT AS WELL SIT AROUND A TABLE with a S@W 38 six!! thats not right at all!!

[hubble]

thats not cool at all.what if a kid gets hit or is in one of those cars

[Cougar830]

Some people just don't care. And are so dumb they never consider the outcome.