FIRST OFF, I WAS A COAST TO COAST TRUCKER IN THE US FOR 20 YEARS. THE SECRETE TO NOT HAVING AN ACCIDENT IS; DRIVING TO FAST!!! AND NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO THE ROAD AND NOT HAVING BOTH HANDS UPON THE WHEEL! REMEMBER, DO NOT OVER SPEED!!!!! AND PAY ATTENTION, NO MATTER WHAT! THESE 2 THINGS ARE THE KEYS TO STAYING ACCIDENT FREE!!!!
Why is this video posted? Who doesn't know how to drive on Gravel?!? If someone doesn't know enough to slow down when animals are in the road they why would they be allowed to drive in the first place?
Actually, you can stop much faster on gravel by locking the tires because it builds a small berm in front of the tire that effectively increases the contact patch and, therefore, stopping traction. Of course, you will have to remember to release braking pressure if you need to steer during this type of emergency stopping procedure.
lol im from iceland and if a driver cant drive on roads like this they should not have a driver's lisen. i just got mine last year and i dont find it difficult to drive on these roads.
@TheIcelandicPatriot let em drive the swiss alps--extremely narrow roads--when you miss a curve you go down say at least a few 100 meters--from time to time big rocks on the streets or even falling on your car-roof--deers running into your car--avalanches-biggest hazard dutch and german tourists.
---same with dirt roads driving in Canada keep a steady 80km/h and avoid the moose bulls--lol
im going in october and taking a few days to drive to skaftafell national park in the east... will the roads be covered in snow?! im a bit worried about that to be honest
There is a paved road that goes around all the country... gravel roads are most common when driving to farms and such, otherwise we would need ENDLESS amounts of pavement ^_^
Iceland is a very big country with extremely small population so they have to prioritize government spending. In Iceland there is free health care, education, icefree heated pavements and there are roads. The government prioritizes healthcare and education over the roads, that is way they have them, a ghost from old times.
Leave it to the Brits to tell the rest of the world how to drive, gee I was drving on gravel when you were a gleam in your dady's eye! I've rode motorcycles, farm trucks and it just requires common sense. Not in Iceland but USA
British and Icelanders are not one in the same. your "common sense" should of told you that. Also, what is COMMON to one, isn't common to another.. Go fish
Yeah, no matter if you lose control on snow, ice or gravel you should push down the clutch so the wheels spin independently from the engine. If you hit the breaks you will increase any spin you might have, if you gear down it will have the same effect.
stupid stupid always keep the car in gear and gear down if in troble. use the gears to stop the car and this works also in snow. Breal light and gear down, never ever take the car out of gear as shown in the video, then the car will loose grip an be out of control. Wery n method is simply too test the road by drive slow and break hard then you will find out how much grip you have and can drive accordingly. Break before turn ligt, gear down at the same time and keep contact with the road always
been there had great fun the roads are nuts crossing rivers is so much fun but a little scarey esp when the water comes half way up the doors.Never had an accident but seen a few
first of all if u see a sheep jump infront of youre car just keep on going we got to much of them here, and remember its better they die then u go off the road..
If you have a 4 weel dirven car, and if you know how to drive one, and go to the drit roads there is nothing more fun then to do a really good power slide at 100 km or more :P
@DavySigfusson im going in october and taking a few days to drive to skaftafell national park in the east... will the roads be covered in snow?! im a bit worried about that to be honest. Also i know you drive on the right side of the road (also the wrong side of the road haha but if on a dual carrage way what side is the over taking lane/fast lane? thanks
The weather here is so unpredictable so I don't really feel comfortable making an estimate. We haven't seen any snow yet, but there have been a couple of cold night with a pinch of frost, but no snow so far. Last year it started to snow in september sooo... I would go prepared.
And as for the lanes, The left lane is the over-taking lane.(i.e. you should generally stay on the right lane.)
@andy8324 Well, Snow comes earlier in higher altitude areas in Iceland. So yes, you should be prepared. But if the weather is like it is right nowadays in Iceland it is absolutely not recommended to drive offroads and if you prefer to stick to your planned journey you should drive a well equipped vehicle and you might under the worst conditions need special made chains for your tires. and at last you might need a 10 guage shotgun in case if the 10 feet tall trolls tried to eat you.
this vid is so stupid!! hello common sense anyone??? I think I'll make a video: How to eat in Iceland! put food on fork, open mouth, place fork inside mouth, take fork out of mouth leaving food in mouth, chew, swallow:D
wow it's not rocket sciance to drive on gravel and if you have an accident on gravel just beacouse your on gravel means that you are not supose to have a drivers licance ( i live in iceland )
Hi all It seems that some of you are not aware of the fact that alarmingly many tourists, mostly on rental cars have been having lethal accidents on icelandic roads, usually those accidents seem to be connected to gravel roads.
agreed. and the idea of putting the clutch down (1:45) at the precise moment you need control is so freakin stupid. Your natural rev levels should be higher anyway on gravel than on sealed roads, so simply lifting the gas pedal and engaging in corrective steering should be what you should do. this will give your tires greater grip on the road, precisely what you want. putting the car in neutral (what they recommend) leaves the control of your car to the gravel fairies and icelandic gods.
it is mostly icelanders who should learn to drive, just see how almost all are talking on phone while driving, even bus drivers or truck drivers, hard to see that they will use orange light showing changing direction. What some people can do on junctions here is terrible, turning or going back..I would say 20 percent of the nation can drive, rest should be home and take bus. Local police is pointless here, they can cancel them
OK, watch the blood pressure. Yes we most certainly aren't eskimos (rather: inuits) but is there any reason to be so terribly upset when we are mistaken for eskimos? I can't imagine getting as strong a response when an Icelander is confused for a Swede, at the very least a strong response to that misunderstanding would be less widespread and it would probably be understood that the person had something against Swedes.
Funny how most of my fellow Icelanders don't recognize that comments like "no, we're no bunch of eskimos" are terribly racist. Why should we be embarrassed about being confused with the inuits (eskimos) of Greenland?
The statement you've made is every bit as ignorant at the person you're criticizing. You sound like a lot of fools that make generalizations when you've probably not been here or been here for a few days. Probably only met a handful of Americans at best in your entire life. There are 300 million people in this country and one can expect we'll have our share of idiots just like your country does but certainly no more.
That's rubbish the US educational system is a joke. There are presidential candidates who don't "believe" in evolution. 2.3 million people in prison, most for smoking a joint. Oh yeah and your phone is tapped and there's nothing you can do about it. Like it or not GWB is exactly representative of the USA, thick as fuck.
Actually, his beliefs have nothing to do with the educational system. Those are his religious beliefs. I spent 4 years as a guard in a prison and I can assure you that there isn't anyone here in prison just for smoking a joint. Maybe after they got put on probation after serving for a string of armed robberies and gave a dirty urine sample.
In fact, during the mass migrations from Ireland to America, it was no secret that they brought plenty of criminal activity with them. Hence the reason their presence here was seen as very unfavorable by many. Maybe you'd know that if Ireland's % of GDP spent on education wasn't one of the lowest in the world. Well behind ours. :)
As english is the language we use we only have to beat the english and their colonies. Therefore we could all quit school after primary and still be ahead. A McDonalds menu isn't a form of philosophy, knowing it by heart isn't an educational achievement.
What language you speak isn't even relevant the amount of your gross domestic product that your government spends on education. Perhaps I touched on a subject that's too complicated for you to comprehend. Your country ranks #44 in the world in that department. Behind English speaking countries like the U.S. and New Zealand. In fact, behind many third world countries. No wonder so many of you idiots starved to death.
Your laughable knowledge of history is a joke, and your assumption that money spent = education is typical of the failed uhmerican worldview. How come you're as thick as shit and I'm a genius.
Again all mouth and no facts to back it up. It's no surprise that you nitwits damn near starved to death. The only dumb thing we did was not allow that to happen.
I see your life is as empty as your head. Let me make it real clear: Fuck off. Go eat some more burgers and gulp some more cola. You're vulgar and uneducated and your understanding of reality is just a collection of propaganda and talk show babble. I'd pity you if you weren't so disgusting.
Congratulations on being world champions at imprisoning, torture, invasion, and human rights abuses. You filthy ignorant swine.
My life is empty while you have nothing better to do than making completely ignorant and uneducated generalizations about something you know shit about. Why don't you go fuck yourself instead. Stick to what Irish pigs do best. Living their lives in a state of alcoholic stupor and blowing up buildings full of women and children to make a political point. Maybe you'll eventually kill each other off and the world will be a better place for it.
If your point is that you're a complete moron you don't need to say thanks. It was obvious before I ever posted. You're living proof that abortion has its benefits. Too bad your mother wasn't smart enough to take advantage of them.
Twice? More like everytime you make the mistake of opening your mouth or getting behind a keyboard. Hopefully they'll figure out how to transplant a monkey's brain into a human body soon. Then you can buy yourself an upgrade.
are you bashing ireland? ireland's got one of the oldest recorded histories on the planet, and were supressed by the brits for centuries. Maybe the state that ireland is, or was, in is just a reaction to all the shit thats been shoveled its way. or some shit i dont even know what the fuck it is your talking about. in conclusion, iceland's the most incredible place i've ever been to thus far, and dont get the wrong idea of americans cause of a few skeeter heads.
If you can read English then I guess you can read well enough to notice that I didn't say anything about anyone from Iceland not being able to speak English.That was directed at an idiot from Ireland making some ignorant and uninformed comments about Americans.I guess if your English comprehension skills were as good as you think they are then you would have been able to follow the conversation and figure that out.I suggest you actually understand the conversation taking place before chiming in.
Danish is also widely understood. Studying both these languages is a mandatory part of the compulsory school curriculum. Other commonly spoken languages are German, Norwegian and Swedish. Danish is mostly spoken in a way largely comprehensible to Swedes and Norwegians -- it is often referred to as "Scandinavian" in Iceland."
...So there you have it, while most of Americans can only speak english we speak at least 3 languages lol!! Who's the dummy now? ;'D
Since you commented on our village idiot and his religious philosophies, allow me to point out of few of your country's own to you. "The Republic of Ireland is 86.8% Roman Catholic,[30] and has one of the highest rates of regular and weekly church attendance in the Western World." The Roman Catholic church has quite the track record for protecting pedophiles.
The church is dead in this country and weekly church attendance is significantly lower than in the US. We're moving away from primitivism as the US falls into it. There are no creationists in the EU, they'd be laughed out of the continent.
Apparently not. That quote was taken from a very recent study and religious fanaticism is worse there than here. In fact, the majority of the fanatics here are of Irish heritage. Passed down from generation to generation.
You're showing your ignorance just by making such statements. There's no doubt that Bush is an idiot but you're a moron if you say everyone in America is just like him. Most people here hate the guy. I never voted for him but even the people who did probably wouldn't have if they'd known what would happen. His approval rating is the lowest of any president in the history of this country.
However, if you wanna take that road then let's take it. Everyone in Ireland is a bunch of murdering idiot IRA terrorists that blow up buildings full of innocent women and children. Including you.
I challenge you to back that statement up. Not that it would be stating a lot since the U.S. has a population of 300 million vs Ireland at just over four. Your generalizations are what makes me laugh. You sound like an uneducated idiot that just has a grudge with no real justifiable reason.
It'd be easy for you to post a link but it appears you can't. So, in other words, you really have no facts. Not that I'm surprised by that. Here's another tidbit for ya. Ireland is #5 behind Afghanistan, Pakistan, Lebanon, and India for number of known terrorist organizations present. What a wonderful country. ;)
yeah, thats all good and terrible, but you guys are attached to Britain, thats gotta be worse than all the things you stated there.you're neighbors with the king reptiles themselves
The problem with empires is that they lead to decadence and decay, no one would mess with the Romans in their day but the Italians are a joke, cheating in the special Olympics and controlled by the mafia. "There is no future in england's dreaming" as the old song goes. America only produces fear and ignorance and is a wholly owned subsidiary of China, which is why Venezuela and Bolivia can piss on them with impunity.
i've been to Iceland. Rented a Yaris and drove the hell out of it. Absolutely beautiful land and wonderful people...the Puffin was tasty too! But look....duh......use common sense. Gravel. Pavement. Wet...dry....if you drive with common sense...um, yeah...and sober....one should do just fine. Do they not have gravel roads in the UK.......or um...yeah, ANYWHERE in the world. They pitch this bit like you're doomed on gravel in Iceland
There are loads of marked paths that you can drive on. Straying beyond those paths is a punishable offense. And for those who want to get really close - you can always try walking.
thats because the land scape changes sudenly and you could find yourself in trouble and also it ruins the landscape and so other people cant see it in its natural way also if you are driving offroad and you drive across geothermal patches you could sink deep into boiling mud or water ps mud dosent boil at 100 it will be alot higher! if you dont belive me you can have a look at photos from my holiday which show bubbling mud and steam pouring out of the ground
Not really, you should see the damage such driving does to the fragile earth. There are high money penalties for doing so in prohibited areas of the country.
Yeah lets not forget.. If you drive faster than 170 km/h then you could lose your car :) And believe me 1 of 5000(ca.) tourists go well above that speed here in Iceland.
Alright I come from iceland And I just Want to Say We ARE normal people we are not dumb thats why we put signs
by blind corners and hills Pesicool already said this
''Dudes they are fucking embarasing us they are making us look like a bunch of Hillbillies that can't do anything''now i want to tell you people that are not from iceland me try to make normal roads but in some places it is just not possible and you must understand this
i agree with you i recently visited iceland on holiday and we saw cars abandoned in diches and stuff and i see what you meen by not easy to tarmack roads--on route 1 there is a section where it winds very steaply down the hillside and one side of the road is just a shir drop -- we did it when it was really misty and wet --luckly our hire car was 4x4
What? Are you embarrassed because we have gravel roads in some places in Iceland? It's not because we don't have the money but mostly because the traffic is insignificant. We could try to have paved roads up to the doorstep of every last lonely farmer but, really, that would just be an extremely stupid waste of money.
Well, Icelanders talk about other countries like their residents are hicks and yokels; and then they bash the people bashing Icelanders whilst they them self bash outsiders... If that makes any sense.
A road with curves and hills are dangerous. I live in Cabo Mexico the conditions are almost the same. I just dont imagine how catastrophic would be in here with a gravel road. Better late than never.
I respect your opinion as an Icelandic person, but please don't go against people that like our country with fowl language. And, honestly, do you kiss your mother with that mouth?
I think they don't pave some roads because it would spoil the enviroment balance around the roads, or maybe because their maintenance would be really hard.
It's mostly a matter of maintenance. There needs to be significant year-round traffic for roads to be paved. Many of Iceland's most beautiful sights are some way away from large towns and mainstream traffic. However, you can get to some of the greatest attractions, like Thingvellir, Gullfoss and Geysir, and Jokulsarlon, without ever seeing a gravel road.
yaya, seria una simplicidad reducir el desarrollo de un pais (y sus gentes) al num. de km asfaltados de sus carreteras. era pa meter zizaña xD. ademas sabemos que en españa hay asfalto por los fondos feder..
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czechivan 4 days ago
FIRST OFF, I WAS A COAST TO COAST TRUCKER IN THE US FOR 20 YEARS. THE SECRETE TO NOT HAVING AN ACCIDENT IS; DRIVING TO FAST!!! AND NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO THE ROAD AND NOT HAVING BOTH HANDS UPON THE WHEEL! REMEMBER, DO NOT OVER SPEED!!!!! AND PAY ATTENTION, NO MATTER WHAT! THESE 2 THINGS ARE THE KEYS TO STAYING ACCIDENT FREE!!!!
tomcat624u 5 months ago
I drove gravel roads in canada lots.. and i didn't find it that hard at all xD
americanstylefreak 8 months ago
oh god. can't people drive on gravel? I do that 80% of the time. Oh god.....
Peppepoppldoppl 8 months ago
Why is this video posted? Who doesn't know how to drive on Gravel?!? If someone doesn't know enough to slow down when animals are in the road they why would they be allowed to drive in the first place?
kitiowa 10 months ago 3
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kiddalingur 1 month ago
Why did I even decide to watch this, lol.
sgthobbes2 11 months ago
Actually, you can stop much faster on gravel by locking the tires because it builds a small berm in front of the tire that effectively increases the contact patch and, therefore, stopping traction. Of course, you will have to remember to release braking pressure if you need to steer during this type of emergency stopping procedure.
jakethesnakelimited 1 year ago
lol im from iceland and if a driver cant drive on roads like this they should not have a driver's lisen. i just got mine last year and i dont find it difficult to drive on these roads.
TheIcelandicPatriot 1 year ago
@TheIcelandicPatriot let em drive the swiss alps--extremely narrow roads--when you miss a curve you go down say at least a few 100 meters--from time to time big rocks on the streets or even falling on your car-roof--deers running into your car--avalanches-biggest hazard dutch and german tourists.
---same with dirt roads driving in Canada keep a steady 80km/h and avoid the moose bulls--lol
hyurgy123 1 year ago
im going in october and taking a few days to drive to skaftafell national park in the east... will the roads be covered in snow?! im a bit worried about that to be honest
andy8324 1 year ago
i find this quite pointless. this is just normal mountain driving.
ritwikbanerjee 1 year ago
stupid uk
Minymouse1980 1 year ago
6:39 "animals are not skilled road users."
damn i thought they drove cars
this music and the strange way the woman talks is like learning to walk on planet mars
dinkaDPB 1 year ago 2
I do not have a drivers license and i know this is totally wrong.
robloxguggi 1 year ago
There is a paved road that goes around all the country... gravel roads are most common when driving to farms and such, otherwise we would need ENDLESS amounts of pavement ^_^
PesiCool 2 years ago
Barely. The country is not exactly densely populated.
AmersfoortTristan 2 years ago
Iceland is a very big country with extremely small population so they have to prioritize government spending. In Iceland there is free health care, education, icefree heated pavements and there are roads. The government prioritizes healthcare and education over the roads, that is way they have them, a ghost from old times.
rugreb83 2 years ago
you are right!!! but i don't know if the have the money at the moment...
crtzrs 2 years ago
Holy shit....
Just slow down!
tjmickquickeldickel 2 years ago
I lol'd at 0:33
He failed.
NirvanaLord 2 years ago
In Australia gravel road are normally 70km/h
AU043223 2 years ago
Pfft... We've 90 km/h on our gravel roads in Sweden not 80km/h. =D
haardkaar 2 years ago
Leave it to the Brits to tell the rest of the world how to drive, gee I was drving on gravel when you were a gleam in your dady's eye! I've rode motorcycles, farm trucks and it just requires common sense. Not in Iceland but USA
Brough1111 2 years ago
British and Icelanders are not one in the same. your "common sense" should of told you that. Also, what is COMMON to one, isn't common to another.. Go fish
thatdrh 2 years ago
Hvernig væri að malbika draslið bara ?
gissur1 2 years ago 3
alt of mikið varkárni
iclandicice 2 years ago
Yeah, no matter if you lose control on snow, ice or gravel you should push down the clutch so the wheels spin independently from the engine. If you hit the breaks you will increase any spin you might have, if you gear down it will have the same effect.
lemoert 2 years ago
Þetta er bara fyndið hvað erlendingar eru viðkvæmir. sjálfur hef ég keyrt á malarvegum síðan fyrir fermingu, á mjög misjafnlega löglegum hraða.
svennilord 2 years ago
Feiti gaurinn átti skilið að deyja. Hann var að keyra eins og hálfviti!
EkEMaN91 2 years ago
ja eg er samála
jonviking1994 2 years ago
Well you only need a tank and nothing goes wrong
SMGJohn 2 years ago
stupid stupid always keep the car in gear and gear down if in troble. use the gears to stop the car and this works also in snow. Breal light and gear down, never ever take the car out of gear as shown in the video, then the car will loose grip an be out of control. Wery n method is simply too test the road by drive slow and break hard then you will find out how much grip you have and can drive accordingly. Break before turn ligt, gear down at the same time and keep contact with the road always
anchenier 3 years ago
been there had great fun the roads are nuts crossing rivers is so much fun but a little scarey esp when the water comes half way up the doors.Never had an accident but seen a few
sergiesmax1 3 years ago
wow, thats nuts. i heard driving is similar to that in the country of georgia.
segnut 3 years ago
first of all if u see a sheep jump infront of youre car just keep on going we got to much of them here, and remember its better they die then u go off the road..
thatsucks23 3 years ago
i would drive a subaru wrx sti in here and have lots of fun of course whit my seatbell on lol =0
5096192526 3 years ago
that looks fun and scary at the same time! i wanna go to iceland sooo bad!
ieden5432 3 years ago
shit, i didn't see 4:39 coming!
FunBoy15 3 years ago
hver í fokkin anskotanum vill keyra í íran!
Drullaapriki 3 years ago
Langt síðan ég hef hlegið svona dátt.
Droohie 3 years ago
If you have a 4 weel dirven car, and if you know how to drive one, and go to the drit roads there is nothing more fun then to do a really good power slide at 100 km or more :P
Eldoro82 3 years ago
Why do I insist on watching this?
jeremyhoff 3 years ago
Er sérstök leið til að keyra á Íslandi x) ?
MrsRlg 3 years ago 19
@MrsRlg
Nei en það er bara öðruvísi en aðrir vegir í örðum löndum, til dæmis hálka og klettir.
Það eru líka verri vegir og mjög margir eru í fjöllum og halla.
Frizzi95 1 year ago
looks desolate and uninhabited.does iceland goes the britain way?steering wheel at the right side.
Flyingdust1031CW 3 years ago
yes iceland does
FunBoy15 3 years ago
Ignore FunBoy15 here... the traffic is on the right side ... And on the RIGHT side in my opinion :D
see what I did there?
... nevermind, what I'm saying is, that the steering-wheel is on the left side of the vehicle.
We are a country of only about 320 thousand people, and the whole island is about 103.000 SQUARE Kilometers!
so in retrospect, each square Kilometer has only about 3 people
Which is very little, and makes It all the more beautiful.
Because the emptiness only adds to the charm :D
DavySigfusson 2 years ago
@DavySigfusson im going in october and taking a few days to drive to skaftafell national park in the east... will the roads be covered in snow?! im a bit worried about that to be honest. Also i know you drive on the right side of the road (also the wrong side of the road haha but if on a dual carrage way what side is the over taking lane/fast lane? thanks
andy8324 1 year ago
@andy8324
The weather here is so unpredictable so I don't really feel comfortable making an estimate. We haven't seen any snow yet, but there have been a couple of cold night with a pinch of frost, but no snow so far. Last year it started to snow in september sooo... I would go prepared.
And as for the lanes, The left lane is the over-taking lane.(i.e. you should generally stay on the right lane.)
DavySigfusson 1 year ago
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@andy8324 Well, Snow comes earlier in higher altitude areas in Iceland. So yes, you should be prepared. But if the weather is like it is right nowadays in Iceland it is absolutely not recommended to drive offroads and if you prefer to stick to your planned journey you should drive a well equipped vehicle and you might under the worst conditions need special made chains for your tires. and at last you might need a 10 guage shotgun in case if the 10 feet tall trolls tried to eat you.
iceland3211 2 months ago
THIS IS STUPID.
megs97216 3 years ago
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iceland? how can someone live there? It must be cold
dmxezz 3 years ago
Icelandic winters are in many places warmer than Switz.
Stefnir94 3 years ago 6
no, it's the land of fire AND ice!
ThisIsGonnaBeCool 3 years ago 5
Wow..... are you from iceland?
mushuplus 3 years ago
this vid is so stupid!! hello common sense anyone??? I think I'll make a video: How to eat in Iceland! put food on fork, open mouth, place fork inside mouth, take fork out of mouth leaving food in mouth, chew, swallow:D
nordicfreyja88 3 years ago
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Hey let's say dangerous again! I did not get the point!
After seeing this video why would anybody want to drive in Iceland?
kossnstina 3 years ago
Dangerous Road ? I come from Iceland ! from Reykjavik ! :P
platodane 3 years ago 2
but those roads are not in the city's if someone wonders lol.
paymybillz 3 years ago 3
HOLY SHIT that dude got mauled in that accident..why was there a video camera??!?! lol
Satchmochris 3 years ago
wow it's not rocket sciance to drive on gravel and if you have an accident on gravel just beacouse your on gravel means that you are not supose to have a drivers licance ( i live in iceland )
doricrazy 3 years ago
i think only 300,000 people live in iceland!lol
i want to go there someday!
jon15EK 3 years ago 3
why dont they just pave the road.
xxmsp91 3 years ago
no it's because of the landscape
tomasorn 3 years ago
you know, elves.
totorotroll 3 years ago
WoW, The life in iceland looked so friendly at the animal part, i wish it was like that everywhere!
Personaboutspeed 3 years ago
did that guy die?
MBurg2007 3 years ago
yeah!hahaha
Maxamius2 3 years ago
Hi all It seems that some of you are not aware of the fact that alarmingly many tourists, mostly on rental cars have been having lethal accidents on icelandic roads, usually those accidents seem to be connected to gravel roads.
S!
yamit465 3 years ago
Haha, af hverju gerðu þau einhvern "Hvernig á að keyra á Íslandi" þátt? XD
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Haha, why would they make a "How to Drive in Iceland" show/episode thing?
IcelandAnimeGirl 3 years ago
wow, nice roads, I would like to drift there :D
5Fiend 3 years ago 3
I thought this was going to be about the little people popping out and getting in the way of cars
totorotroll 3 years ago
Not anymore, we ran them all over! >:D muhahahahhaa!
Stefnir94 3 years ago 3
i didn't have any trouble in iceland
mlm1979 3 years ago
Err, solution: Learn Icelandic for the signs and slow down.
Sveinkiboy99 3 years ago 6
agreed. and the idea of putting the clutch down (1:45) at the precise moment you need control is so freakin stupid. Your natural rev levels should be higher anyway on gravel than on sealed roads, so simply lifting the gas pedal and engaging in corrective steering should be what you should do. this will give your tires greater grip on the road, precisely what you want. putting the car in neutral (what they recommend) leaves the control of your car to the gravel fairies and icelandic gods.
runswithscissorsalot 4 years ago
hahaha, i can tell youve never been to iceland...
matthew798 4 years ago 4
it is mostly icelanders who should learn to drive, just see how almost all are talking on phone while driving, even bus drivers or truck drivers, hard to see that they will use orange light showing changing direction. What some people can do on junctions here is terrible, turning or going back..I would say 20 percent of the nation can drive, rest should be home and take bus. Local police is pointless here, they can cancel them
flowerboycz 4 years ago
lol.
helgarr 4 years ago
What the heck? Slow down you assholes.
porterwake 4 years ago 4
I have a radical idea -- slow down!!!!!
look9989 4 years ago 2
Proud to be dumb huh?
Thrillcekr 4 years ago
wats the arguement here?
lol
as i know of, icelanders might came from the Vikings that colonized the Iceland long time ago,
at least i know some more about iceland, its like my favorite country, ill move there wen i grow up
eatmahcherry 4 years ago
Well come on over... I´ll scrape your ass off the rocks when you roll over like other rally happy tourists
Hrolfurinn 4 years ago
OK, watch the blood pressure. Yes we most certainly aren't eskimos (rather: inuits) but is there any reason to be so terribly upset when we are mistaken for eskimos? I can't imagine getting as strong a response when an Icelander is confused for a Swede, at the very least a strong response to that misunderstanding would be less widespread and it would probably be understood that the person had something against Swedes.
dresib 4 years ago
Yup, that's pretty much the case.
dresib 4 years ago
Funny how most of my fellow Icelanders don't recognize that comments like "no, we're no bunch of eskimos" are terribly racist. Why should we be embarrassed about being confused with the inuits (eskimos) of Greenland?
dresib 4 years ago
ICELAND / ISLAND is Awesome
- from America
BraveNoble 4 years ago
Gravel roads rock! With a RWD car you could have alot of fun drifting around!
paradisecity750 4 years ago
Ice land is a Great Nation
dan020350 4 years ago 4
wow wtf. Was that a real accident of that dude? hha.
pixeldmg 4 years ago
The statement you've made is every bit as ignorant at the person you're criticizing. You sound like a lot of fools that make generalizations when you've probably not been here or been here for a few days. Probably only met a handful of Americans at best in your entire life. There are 300 million people in this country and one can expect we'll have our share of idiots just like your country does but certainly no more.
Thrillcekr 4 years ago 2
That's rubbish the US educational system is a joke. There are presidential candidates who don't "believe" in evolution. 2.3 million people in prison, most for smoking a joint. Oh yeah and your phone is tapped and there's nothing you can do about it. Like it or not GWB is exactly representative of the USA, thick as fuck.
nilbud 4 years ago
Actually, his beliefs have nothing to do with the educational system. Those are his religious beliefs. I spent 4 years as a guard in a prison and I can assure you that there isn't anyone here in prison just for smoking a joint. Maybe after they got put on probation after serving for a string of armed robberies and gave a dirty urine sample.
Thrillcekr 4 years ago
Then you live in a nation of criminals run by criminals. USA No.1
nilbud 4 years ago
In fact, during the mass migrations from Ireland to America, it was no secret that they brought plenty of criminal activity with them. Hence the reason their presence here was seen as very unfavorable by many. Maybe you'd know that if Ireland's % of GDP spent on education wasn't one of the lowest in the world. Well behind ours. :)
Thrillcekr 4 years ago
As english is the language we use we only have to beat the english and their colonies. Therefore we could all quit school after primary and still be ahead. A McDonalds menu isn't a form of philosophy, knowing it by heart isn't an educational achievement.
nilbud 4 years ago 2
What language you speak isn't even relevant the amount of your gross domestic product that your government spends on education. Perhaps I touched on a subject that's too complicated for you to comprehend. Your country ranks #44 in the world in that department. Behind English speaking countries like the U.S. and New Zealand. In fact, behind many third world countries. No wonder so many of you idiots starved to death.
Thrillcekr 4 years ago
Your laughable knowledge of history is a joke, and your assumption that money spent = education is typical of the failed uhmerican worldview. How come you're as thick as shit and I'm a genius.
nilbud 4 years ago
Again all mouth and no facts to back it up. It's no surprise that you nitwits damn near starved to death. The only dumb thing we did was not allow that to happen.
Thrillcekr 4 years ago
I see your life is as empty as your head. Let me make it real clear: Fuck off. Go eat some more burgers and gulp some more cola. You're vulgar and uneducated and your understanding of reality is just a collection of propaganda and talk show babble. I'd pity you if you weren't so disgusting.
Congratulations on being world champions at imprisoning, torture, invasion, and human rights abuses. You filthy ignorant swine.
nilbud 4 years ago 2
My life is empty while you have nothing better to do than making completely ignorant and uneducated generalizations about something you know shit about. Why don't you go fuck yourself instead. Stick to what Irish pigs do best. Living their lives in a state of alcoholic stupor and blowing up buildings full of women and children to make a political point. Maybe you'll eventually kill each other off and the world will be a better place for it.
Thrillcekr 4 years ago
Thanks for proving my point.
nilbud 4 years ago
If your point is that you're a complete moron you don't need to say thanks. It was obvious before I ever posted. You're living proof that abortion has its benefits. Too bad your mother wasn't smart enough to take advantage of them.
Thrillcekr 4 years ago
Twice.
nilbud 4 years ago
Twice? More like everytime you make the mistake of opening your mouth or getting behind a keyboard. Hopefully they'll figure out how to transplant a monkey's brain into a human body soon. Then you can buy yourself an upgrade.
Thrillcekr 4 years ago
Oh yeah, well hopefully they won't find a way of transplanting monkey brains.
nilbud 4 years ago
are you bashing ireland? ireland's got one of the oldest recorded histories on the planet, and were supressed by the brits for centuries. Maybe the state that ireland is, or was, in is just a reaction to all the shit thats been shoveled its way. or some shit i dont even know what the fuck it is your talking about. in conclusion, iceland's the most incredible place i've ever been to thus far, and dont get the wrong idea of americans cause of a few skeeter heads.
werethename 4 years ago
BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! Thrillcekr that's the fkn funniest & dumbest shit I've ever heard!!
Here's something educating for you I read on Wikipedia: "English is widely spoken, and many Icelanders speak it at an almost native level.
SunnevaOskHd 4 years ago
If you can read English then I guess you can read well enough to notice that I didn't say anything about anyone from Iceland not being able to speak English.That was directed at an idiot from Ireland making some ignorant and uninformed comments about Americans.I guess if your English comprehension skills were as good as you think they are then you would have been able to follow the conversation and figure that out.I suggest you actually understand the conversation taking place before chiming in.
Thrillcekr 4 years ago
Danish is also widely understood. Studying both these languages is a mandatory part of the compulsory school curriculum. Other commonly spoken languages are German, Norwegian and Swedish. Danish is mostly spoken in a way largely comprehensible to Swedes and Norwegians -- it is often referred to as "Scandinavian" in Iceland."
...So there you have it, while most of Americans can only speak english we speak at least 3 languages lol!! Who's the dummy now? ;'D
SunnevaOskHd 4 years ago 2
Since you commented on our village idiot and his religious philosophies, allow me to point out of few of your country's own to you. "The Republic of Ireland is 86.8% Roman Catholic,[30] and has one of the highest rates of regular and weekly church attendance in the Western World." The Roman Catholic church has quite the track record for protecting pedophiles.
Thrillcekr 4 years ago
The church is dead in this country and weekly church attendance is significantly lower than in the US. We're moving away from primitivism as the US falls into it. There are no creationists in the EU, they'd be laughed out of the continent.
nilbud 4 years ago
Apparently not. That quote was taken from a very recent study and religious fanaticism is worse there than here. In fact, the majority of the fanatics here are of Irish heritage. Passed down from generation to generation.
Thrillcekr 4 years ago
You're just a child really, crying your fat american head off and spitting out your dummy.
nilbud 4 years ago
You're showing your ignorance just by making such statements. There's no doubt that Bush is an idiot but you're a moron if you say everyone in America is just like him. Most people here hate the guy. I never voted for him but even the people who did probably wouldn't have if they'd known what would happen. His approval rating is the lowest of any president in the history of this country.
Thrillcekr 4 years ago
However, if you wanna take that road then let's take it. Everyone in Ireland is a bunch of murdering idiot IRA terrorists that blow up buildings full of innocent women and children. Including you.
Thrillcekr 4 years ago
More children die due to firearms in the states each year than the entire death toll in 30 years of war here. Your tantrum makes me laugh.
nilbud 4 years ago
I challenge you to back that statement up. Not that it would be stating a lot since the U.S. has a population of 300 million vs Ireland at just over four. Your generalizations are what makes me laugh. You sound like an uneducated idiot that just has a grudge with no real justifiable reason.
Thrillcekr 4 years ago
I'm quoting facts but you reckon your sulkiness is better than reality and you're too lazy to research it yourself. That's why you're "stupid".
nilbud 4 years ago
It'd be easy for you to post a link but it appears you can't. So, in other words, you really have no facts. Not that I'm surprised by that. Here's another tidbit for ya. Ireland is #5 behind Afghanistan, Pakistan, Lebanon, and India for number of known terrorist organizations present. What a wonderful country. ;)
Thrillcekr 4 years ago
Apeman you sicken me.
nilbud 4 years ago
yeah, thats all good and terrible, but you guys are attached to Britain, thats gotta be worse than all the things you stated there.you're neighbors with the king reptiles themselves
werethename 4 years ago
The problem with empires is that they lead to decadence and decay, no one would mess with the Romans in their day but the Italians are a joke, cheating in the special Olympics and controlled by the mafia. "There is no future in england's dreaming" as the old song goes. America only produces fear and ignorance and is a wholly owned subsidiary of China, which is why Venezuela and Bolivia can piss on them with impunity.
nilbud 4 years ago
How are you meant to remember all that crap when you're drunk as a skunk.
nilbud 4 years ago 4
hahahaahahah
When your drunk you naturally drive like that anyway.
codyvpss 4 years ago
A useful video. I love Iceland and hope to go there again, driving this time.
slobomotion 4 years ago
Translation of Kaaty092's correct instructions:
How to drive in Iceland:
Start your car.
Hit the gas.
And start driving.
jtothekay 4 years ago
I will be shocked if this video gets/got sponsored....
auddisvali 4 years ago
The video would have been much better if the guy had banged the chick on the hood of the car
aaron3009 4 years ago 3
well all this was common sense... what about the real dangers on iceland.. like driving into a lavastream??
svesse2 4 years ago
lol the accident att 4:50 was funny
svesse2 4 years ago
One day I drive my Plymouth
Superbird to that
iceland to have
some fun of it.
MyLuckyCars 4 years ago
i've been to Iceland. Rented a Yaris and drove the hell out of it. Absolutely beautiful land and wonderful people...the Puffin was tasty too! But look....duh......use common sense. Gravel. Pavement. Wet...dry....if you drive with common sense...um, yeah...and sober....one should do just fine. Do they not have gravel roads in the UK.......or um...yeah, ANYWHERE in the world. They pitch this bit like you're doomed on gravel in Iceland
matycee 4 years ago 3
or you can just slow and drive safely...
icandaze 4 years ago
i though this is Mitsubishi advertisement...
engtaokia 4 years ago 2
Hvernig maður keyrir á Íslandi:
Maður kveikir á bílnum.
Stígur á bensíngjöfina.
Og þá fer maður á stað.
Kaaty092 4 years ago 3
hmm looks like a bad deinterlancing in that video.
NetPatriot 4 years ago
woah damn you didnt have to be so damn vulgar
vtecivicsib18 4 years ago
Ouch! So there would be no way to explore the landscape then except by an aircraft?
TungstenIHC 4 years ago
There are loads of marked paths that you can drive on. Straying beyond those paths is a punishable offense. And for those who want to get really close - you can always try walking.
dresib 4 years ago
off-road driving prohibited? thats stupid
TungstenIHC 4 years ago
thats because the land scape changes sudenly and you could find yourself in trouble and also it ruins the landscape and so other people cant see it in its natural way also if you are driving offroad and you drive across geothermal patches you could sink deep into boiling mud or water ps mud dosent boil at 100 it will be alot higher! if you dont belive me you can have a look at photos from my holiday which show bubbling mud and steam pouring out of the ground
alanapain99 4 years ago
Not really, you should see the damage such driving does to the fragile earth. There are high money penalties for doing so in prohibited areas of the country.
TraustiGeir 4 years ago
I don't think the earth is fragile however the people are.
TungstenIHC 4 years ago
It's allowed if it is 50 cm layer of snow or more!
nesi13 4 years ago
Yeah lets not forget.. If you drive faster than 170 km/h then you could lose your car :) And believe me 1 of 5000(ca.) tourists go well above that speed here in Iceland.
awprean 4 years ago
Ertu eitthvað galinn?? Maður heyrir í fréttum í hverri viku að útlendingar séu að keyra á 170+ km/h
awprean 4 years ago
Alright I come from iceland And I just Want to Say We ARE normal people we are not dumb thats why we put signs
by blind corners and hills Pesicool already said this
''Dudes they are fucking embarasing us they are making us look like a bunch of Hillbillies that can't do anything''now i want to tell you people that are not from iceland me try to make normal roads but in some places it is just not possible and you must understand this
Screwattacker 4 years ago
i agree with you i recently visited iceland on holiday and we saw cars abandoned in diches and stuff and i see what you meen by not easy to tarmack roads--on route 1 there is a section where it winds very steaply down the hillside and one side of the road is just a shir drop -- we did it when it was really misty and wet --luckly our hire car was 4x4
alanapain99 4 years ago
What? Are you embarrassed because we have gravel roads in some places in Iceland? It's not because we don't have the money but mostly because the traffic is insignificant. We could try to have paved roads up to the doorstep of every last lonely farmer but, really, that would just be an extremely stupid waste of money.
dresib 4 years ago 2
Well, Icelanders talk about other countries like their residents are hicks and yokels; and then they bash the people bashing Icelanders whilst they them self bash outsiders... If that makes any sense.
Baldurpet 4 years ago
A road with curves and hills are dangerous. I live in Cabo Mexico the conditions are almost the same. I just dont imagine how catastrophic would be in here with a gravel road. Better late than never.
alanhermosillo 4 years ago
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Iceland is nothing but a bunch of ice so fuk u icebox mofos
vtecivicsib18 4 years ago
Wow mature.. Actually Iceland is pretty warm but greenland is nearly just ice
awprean 4 years ago 2
warm compared to greenland yea, funny how they named it greeland but anyway iceland is nothing im out
vtecivicsib18 4 years ago
I respect your opinion as an Icelandic person, but please don't go against people that like our country with fowl language. And, honestly, do you kiss your mother with that mouth?
TraustiGeir 4 years ago
gaurar þeir eru að fucking niðurlægja Ísland mér finnst þeir tala um okkur eins og sveitalubba sem kunna ekki neitt :/
PesiCool 4 years ago 2
I think they don't pave some roads because it would spoil the enviroment balance around the roads, or maybe because their maintenance would be really hard.
rafaelmondini 4 years ago
It's mostly a matter of maintenance. There needs to be significant year-round traffic for roads to be paved. Many of Iceland's most beautiful sights are some way away from large towns and mainstream traffic. However, you can get to some of the greatest attractions, like Thingvellir, Gullfoss and Geysir, and Jokulsarlon, without ever seeing a gravel road.
dresib 4 years ago
Me voy el año que viene a islandia.. las carreteras que son de tierra???? yo lo flipo, vaya pais desarrollao xD
yson1981 4 years ago
cuando vayas veras lo que es un pais desarrollado y lo paleta que es españa
pakkinen 4 years ago
yaya, seria una simplicidad reducir el desarrollo de un pais (y sus gentes) al num. de km asfaltados de sus carreteras. era pa meter zizaña xD. ademas sabemos que en españa hay asfalto por los fondos feder..
yson1981 4 years ago
:) que lo pases bien. Alli si que hay naturaleza, disfrutalo
pakkinen 4 years ago
80Km/hour on a gravel road? Are you people fucking insane? Slow down to like 40. Jesus, no wonder there are so many accidents.
ChathamFr0 4 years ago
80kmh I think is about 60mph, I'm from the USA,Iowa and we drive about 45mph on gravel
Draxius 4 years ago
80 Kmh is about 50 Mph
nesi13 4 years ago
If gravel roads are so dangerous, then why don't they just pave them?
SoopaKoopa948 4 years ago
It is not that simple.
TraustiGeir 4 years ago 2