This is how I wish I could drive!

[Guest db99wj]

Humvee Driving In Iraqi Traffic Video

[ls3_kid]

Ha no wonder the some of the common folk hate us too.

[Guest db99wj]

US Military stuck in traffic on major street in war zone.....perfect opportunity for things to go boom. The locals, that are not out to kill us, understand this. The rest of them will kill you given the opportunity. There main goal is to make it home on their own, not in a body bag, traffic be damned. Just think about it that way.

[ls3_kid]

US Military stuck in traffic on major street in war zone.....perfect opportunity for things to go boom. The locals, that are not out to kill us, understand this. The rest of them will kill you given the opportunity. There main goal is to make it home on their own, not in a body bag, traffic be damned. Just think about it that way.

I guess I can see how that could come off wrong. I knew they weren't just pushing people around to be doing it, but I know I'd be pissed off by it. Still funny to watch.

[Caster]

Hmmm, driving a 6000 pound vehicle in a hostile environment, armed to the teeth, no cops, chance of getting killed high?? I'd say they were a lot more polite than I would have been. Heck, they were more polite than half the people on I40 right now!

Run 'em down if they don't move!

[bigwakes]

My brother has been in 3 convoys hit by IEDs. I say run em down if they have to.

[NRA]

I think that's the same guy that followed me home today!

[DWARREN123]

Driving in a hostile area means you have to very aggressive and unpredictable.

Life or death situation.

[ProjectDexter]

I could definitely drive like that

[Dolomite_supafly]

Being stopped is one of the worst thing you can do. It seems like traffic jams materialize out of no where over there. Some are real and some, I am sure, are planned. I have been caught in a traffic jam over there and it was a very unsettling feeling as the locals began walking out of their shops towards our vehicle. I would have been a lot more scared had the locals began walking or running away from us. It was a random jam but it scared me at first because we were stopped in an area where there was no hope of escape because we had a deep ditche under the road that extended out enough to keep us from passing.

Something else, we used to joke about it but we would get daily reports of suspected suicide bombers. I would guess 95% were supposed to be in either a white corolla or a taxi. Another part of the description was the driver who was a dark male with a dark complexion in local garb. Again, it got to a point where is was a joke because every thrid vehicle was either a corolla or a taxi. In Kabul there seemed to be a lot more than in the Iraqi video.

Dolomite

Edited July 27, 2011 by Dolomite_supafly

[LagerHead]

Thanks to all you guys who have put your lives on the line. And thanks to God for those of you that made it back.