---
title: "Dash Cam Footage Shows Driver Narrowly Escaping a Roadblock Robbery in Russia"
description: "High on the list of scary situations for a driver to encounter."
date: "2017-08-13"
modified: "2017-08-14"
authors:
  - name: "Kyle Cheromcha"
    job_title: "Editor-in-Chief"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/kyle-cheromcha"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/watch-this/13452/dash-cam-footage-shows-driver-narrowly-escaping-a-roadblock-robbery-in-russia"
categories:
  - "News"
  - "Watch This"
tags:
  - "Dash Cam"
  - "roadblock"
  - "robbery"
  - "russia"
  - "uaz"
---

# Dash Cam Footage Shows Driver Narrowly Escaping a Roadblock Robbery in Russia

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The latest [hair-raising dash cam footage](<https://www.thedrive.com/watch-this/12778/russian-dash-cam-shows-car-driving-into-swarm-of-locusts>) to come out of Russia highlights a scary scenario—coming face-to-face with armed criminals blocking the road way out in the middle of nowhere. What are your options?

Uploaded to the [popular RoadCams YouTube channel,](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/11748/watch-a-police-cruiser-get-t-boned-after-blowing-through-red-light>) this video shows a man and his female passenger driving along a rutted, muddy road along the edge of the field somewhere in rural Russia on July 30th. They're forced to a stop by a UAZ 452 van parked diagonally across the path, and a man holding a bat walks menacingly towards the driver's side window. The pair try to drive away, but the robber jumps in front of the car and waves the bat again.

While a second robber grabs another bat from the van and runs towards the scene, the driver begins backing away. The first robber grabs at the car and appears to try to open the hood when the car comes to a stop again, but he quickly gives up and moves around to the passenger side. With the path clear for a few seconds, the driver floors it and manages to escape and squeeze past the van.

Some of you will probably watch this and scream at the driver to just hit the gas right away and run the crooks over; that's fair, but we also understand their caution. In that muddy environment, a low-traction launch would more likely send them up onto the hood and into the windshield. The driver's actions allowed them to escape with their car unscathed. Also, the robbers seem pretty hapless. The video description notes that local authorities are investigating the incident.

https://youtube.com/embed/r_QWi5YYoJ8

## Author
Overseeing an expert staff of writers and editors from his lair in Los Angeles, Kyle shapes The Drive’s singular approach to covering the automotive industry and car culture. He’s been with the site as a writer since 2017, taking over as editor in 2019. On a daily basis, Kyle is responsible for directing The Drive's editorial news and car review content strategies, setting special coverage priorities, managing complex reporting projects, and ensuring what you read on the page meets our high internal standards for quality and trustworthiness. He is also the executive producer of The Drive's YouTube channel, which was relaunched in February 2024 to great acclaim and has accumulated over 14M new views in its first year back on the scene. He hosts a biweekly series on the channel where he breaks down fascinating and complicated stories from the automotive world.

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