"Russian teens have now new fun. They dare trains. This is needed to be done fast, because if one is appearing before the train too long before and machinist could see him and start breaking, so they run on the rails just before the train so he couldn’t start breaking and fell down on the rails, then the train moves above the person at his maximum speed, just a few inches from his head and back. Russian teen girls seem to go for this too." Seems like a kind of bad idea. - Paul Buchheit from Bookmarklet

Death - Mel Buckpitt

This is just crazy. Are Russians looking to take over the role of Japan as the source of the majority of the world's weird s***t? - Andy Kruger

This is insane. - Eric Florenzano

Daily WTF. - Parth Awasthi

I believe this happens in Chico every year, except it's usually a drunk student who sleeps on the tracks because they are warm... - Louis Gray

It looks like the most dangerous part is getting onto the tracks late enough that the engineer doesn't see you, but late enough that the train doesn't hit you. - Gabe

Crazy Russians... - Roberto Bonini

Never heard of it here in Russia. - Alex Kapranoff

crazy ivan - Toby Graham

Take some idiots from lowest percentile of 140+ million population, put a tag "Russians" and here you go - the image of the country is ready. Russian bears and balalaikas, anyone? :) Disclosure: I'm from Russia - Boris Тylevich

Inventive, but crazy stupid. I still vote for the American that hopped onto the back of bullet trains in Japan and held himself there by the window seals for the entire ride as the craziest though. - xero

hahaha the craziest thing about this is that the person under the train is a girl! :) - BigBuckYeah

That looks like one of the most pointless things you could do. Now the train drivers are going to start suffering from emotional trauma in the long run as they start hitting more idiots. - Richard A.

Ok, let's ask Russians if anyone knows about it ;) I've never heard about that! - Sasha Kovaliov(.com)

Boris, you are totally right! :) - BigBuckYeah

Hahaha - я думаю

A girl? It's an emo boy ;) - Sasha Kovaliov(.com)

adrenaline junkies with no money. - stefan

@Sasha: Same thing ;) - Jemm

Jemm, pretty much :D How's birthday going so far? - Sasha Kovaliov(.com)

@Sasha: Fine. Great weather etc. Currently consulting at a customer, so normal work so far :S - Jemm

i think its ok to label it "russian teens". if its a trend in youth culture and it has its origin in russia. i would never asume that all russians do that because of the labeling. media works that way and most media users are used to these fake sterotype news - Chris Hofmann

According to William Dear's book The Dungeon Master, students at Michigan State were doing this in 1979. (Not all of them. Just a few lunatics.) - Pat Rice

cool (no one's said it yet) - minus-one

Well, I suppose its better than shooting and stabbing each other, like Toronto teens do. - Chris, Taskerrific Guy

I love the "funny things todo" -tag at the bottom :D - Jemm

: / - Ideh

Approx quote: I want you all to take a moment to look outside at the beautiful sunrise. Life is a precious gift. I should know. I've taken 8 lives in my 38 years as a train operator. I almost took my 9th today, a passenger on this train. I don't want to be any angrier or sadder. Please be careful. http://friendfeed.com/e... - Bruce Lewis

You need a serious pair of balls to try that. Oh, and kids, don't try this at home. - Yuval Atzmon

I just can't bring myself to like this. It's suicide. - April Buchheit

O.O - Jessie

In Soviet Russia, train rides you. - Morton Fox

Not like there is a down turn of males in Russia due to overweight, alchohol issues, and doing some dangerous jobs, the new male population is daring trains? Nice. - CW™

These kids have too much free time. Give them something constructive to do and help them avoid these bad decisions. - Lindsay

I was looking for a new hobby too. - Peter

Thanks for your comment Bruce. Very sobering. - Roberto Bonini

I always wondered if there was enough clearance to do that. (I was more wondering: if you fell onto subway tracks, and a train was coming full bore at you, should you flatten yourself on the tracks, or squeeze in next to the tracks, or try your best to climb out, or flatten yourself against the wall, or...) - ⓞnor

Always wanted to do that. I've noticed, however, that there are train engines in our country which have some very low parts. I'd have to measure myself laying down and try it with a cardboard box of the same height first... it kind of defeats the purpose when you take precautions before doing crazy things. - Goran Zec

Goran, if you think about it, this stunt is not crazy just plain stupid: like watching a horror movie with eyes and ears closed, defeating the purpose. Real crazy would be if they lay on the track on their backs with the faces towards the the train underbody, eyes open. Just a bunch of kids wanting some rep points but ending up looking, and being EXTREMELY stupid. - vijay

I don't know, I think it's still pretty intense, even without watching. But yes, it would be more fun to look up. However, it's certainly not fair to the people driving the trains. - Goran Zec

Also, it probably releases a shitload of adrenaline when you do that and, as such, is a workable replacement for taking drugs. - Goran Zec

Ugh - I can't like this. Grew up near train tracks, and about every three years or so some idiot tries gets mowed down trying to cross the river by using the RR bridge. There are so many other ways to get an adrenaline rush that don't make someone's job a living hell. - Jennifer Dittrich

I get my daily train commute "interuppted" about once a year becuase of that :( - Roberto Bonini

Goran, for the maximum effect you'd probably want to lay down *facing* the train (not like the person in the photo), and look forward. Assuming you had enough clearance to raise your head enough to look forward. Agreed that this is not actually a remotely acceptable thing to do. - ⓞnor

@e3r: re subway: not sure about your part of world, but here in Soviet Russia (tm), we have a special kinda gutter running between the rails, provided there for such cases specially. Moving to the side of the track puts you in danger of getting in touch with the pin rail and being electrocuted before the train arrives - Cozy geta

but... but this is "English Russia"... I mean, it is like The Onion, only they just write "complete nonsense and BS for English-enabled people who had never been to Russia" :) do you take http://www.theonion.com/ seriously? :D - A.T.

oh, you are looking for real idiots in face of train, right? real ones are not necessarily Russian http://www.flickr.com/groups... - A.T.

@silpol: :o Next you'll say that http://bbspot.com isn't for real :o - Jemm

In Soviet Russia, Train Tracks You! /me ducks - Tyson Key

I actually almost found myself in this position inadvertently once. - Martha

Holy crap, that's scary! - Josh Jenkins

OMG whyyyy this is too intense its like if you do it wrong. you die. ewwww - *Tiffany Diamond*

XXI century Russian roulette game or last train to nowhere. - Carlos Lorenzo

I've given Russian teen girls some crazy ideas in my time, but this one never occurred to me. - Anthony Citrano

pretty sure in the background you can see Tyler Durden from "Freight Club," grinning. - Karim

stupid idea sharing it... - Rob Sellen :o)

There are a lot of other interesting photos on that site. - TranceMist

Candidates for the Darwin Award. - Jimmy Walker

Suicide much? - Zach Flauaus

I look at this and think it's ideal for ogrish.com, when it goes wrong, silly girls indeed. Such a waste, - Richard A.

Don't try this. - Moses Kpetigo

Wow this is one of the most stupid ideas, I've seen. - Nicholas James

I've seen this gone wrong in real time. One act that should be a joke to a few kids, left a mark on many people who saw it happening. - Jorg Jansen