The reason is our goddamn mentality and corruption. People are not afraid to drive being drunk, they are not afraid of breaking speed AND ALL OF THE limits... It is really sad.
In Moscow I look to the left and to the right before I cross the crossroads...
The are 2 problems in Russia - fools and roads...
Just back from Russia and in the 4 days I spent there I saw quite a few crazy things, a guy got nearly hit by a car on the crossing, to which he responded by making a nice dent in the rear door of the poor Nissan Almera using his right boot Needless to say the driver took off and disappeared very quickly
I have a couple of fiends in Moscow. They say it's normal if you are doing 90mph
each morning (speed limit is something like 30mph), because russian law says that you must not exeed speed limit or drive as the rest of car flow. And car flow is well over 30mph