This Is What Happens When You Don't Tighten Your Damn Wheel Nuts

Just moments before this car's wheel flies off

This Russian dash-cam footage gives us lot a valuable lesson of what happens when you don't check the state of your shitbox before heading out on the roads.

The loose wheel speeds off into oncoming traffic

Watch the video below, where the driver of this Mk3 VW Golf has his journey cut short after his offside rear wheel decides to go for a wander in spectacular style.

The Golf's rear wheel then hits a car and is launched backwards

The tyre darts straight into traffic (narrowly avoiding a van), bounces against an oncoming car like a football, and is launched back towards our dash-cam-equipped camera car.

The car and its driver sit helplessly by the roadside

Our guess here is that this Golf driver simply forgot to tighten his wheel nuts after a tyre change, the dramatic effect of which was probably sped up by these atrocious road surfaces.

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