# Driving Through Traffic in Iraq

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**Created:** [January 26, 2007, 4:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driving-through-traffic-in-iraq/23644 "2007-01-26T16:16:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![SilverGTP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/35a633/32.png) [@SilverGTP](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SilverGTP)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2007, 6:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driving-through-traffic-in-iraq/23644/6 "2007-01-26T18:23:10Z")

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> [@87FOXGT](#):
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> We drove that way because :
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> - its harder for the fucks to correctly time a IED detonation if we are moving faster
> - its harder for a sniper to pick me off in the gunners turret when i am moving instead of sitting stationary
> - moving by traffic faster = less exposure next to a potential suicide car bomber who’s waving at me smiling giving me the :tup:
> - avoid getting stuck in an ambush
> - quicker to get out of hot zone when daisy chained IEDs go off and you just need to get the fuck out of there  
> That vid is pretty standard for how you have to drive there, and ive had situations where our driver drove alot worse then that and smashed the fuck out of some morons that wouldnt move.

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not like i was there, but my buddy told me the exact same thing. He drove the hummers, but he told me it was worse then that even

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