This is known as the most dangerous road in the world, when the sun is full of dust, the ground will even melt when the temperature is too high, once it rains, it can not be called a road, it is simply a quagmire.
Car body collapses, traffic jams and even car accidents caused on this road are naturally not uncommon. But there are still tens of thousands of truck drivers who drive the road day and night, despite the danger.
With a total length of 1,200 km, the M56 connects Skovorodino and Irkusk, the most remote part of the Siberian plain. Since the minimum temperature here in winter can reach minus 65 ° C, the asphalt can not bear it at all, the government had to lay a lot of stones on the road, and the car is almost like riding a roller coaster, and it can make people tired enough not to turn people upside down.
But even so, there are only a lot more cars on the road every day, and Igor, a 42-year-old veteran, is one of them. This time he needs to spend 3 days to deliver a cart of beer to the destination, the goods are not insured, broken is the responsibility of the driver, which means not only a trip in vain, but also a sum of money, so he must ensure the safety of the goods.
After some cheering, Igor set off, but his trip was destined not to be smooth. First the enchanting eye of dust attacked, forcing him to slow down. Then Igor judged empirically that it seemed like it was going to rain heavily.
Whenever it rains, this becomes a dirt road, and there are many overturning accidents. To be safe, you have to pass quickly without stopping. On this day, he was also unlucky enough to run into a drunk driver who overturned the car, resulting in a big traffic jam. Fortunately, traffic resumed before it rained, and Igor was able to move on.
To get the road to traffic, the state spent nearly 1 billion euros to raise the 1,000km section by 6 meters to avoid devastating spring floods.
Despite the terrible road conditions on the road, there are still people who come here from far north to earn a meager wage. The road keepers had to solve the problem of eating themselves, and in order to fill their stomachs, they had to hunt and kill all the animals that passed through the area.
The violent bumps not only exhaust the driver physically and mentally, but also bring huge wear and tear to the tires, Igor has to replace more than 20 tires every month, there are tire fragments everywhere along the way, and the grass is also discarded tires that have been thrown away.
This vibration can also cause damage to the truck, so Igor regularly goes to a repair station to check the condition of the car. This is not to be checked, a check is frightened, there are too many cracks in the tire and body, and for safety reasons, you have to stop for maintenance.
The pit stop is also a gas station, but strangely enough, not many cars come here to refuel.
That's because diesel is a full 3 times more expensive than in Moscow, and for cheaper gasoline, drivers have to go a few hundred meters further and trade oil with other drivers. In Russia, truck drivers are state servants, but the salaries paid by the state are pitifully low, forcing them to earn some money for grocery shopping on private transactions.
Because of the delay in maintenance, Igor had to drive overnight in order to hurry.
But who would have thought that this eight-foot strong man would even be superstitious and afraid of ghosts! This road was built in the Soviet Union, when some political prisoners were still in the concentration camp on the side of the road after their deaths, and there were many car accidents caused by the uneven road, and the corresponding horror legends were also many. But Igor was more afraid of people than ghosts, so Igor didn't dare to stop when he saw a car on the side of the road asking for help.
From the time of departure to the present, Igor has been driving for 18 hours, and the overwork has forced him to find a place to stop and rest. He didn't know that the place he had casually found was in front of the graves of the dead.
It wasn't until he was woken up by a passing car that he was frightened and drove to keep up with the car in front of him and join their camping brigade.
They spent the night in a quarry, rich in gold mines, and this "Siberian lighthouse" attracted countless adventurers to pan for gold. There is a bar nearby, which is a place for drivers to gather and relax.
The bar owner made a fortune in business, not only raising bears, but also investing in many real estate projects in the neighborhood, and even invested heavily in building a high-end Western restaurant.
Some people have no humanity in the trenches, and there are people with four walls. The wives and children of the road workers can only live in ruins, the temperature is low in winter, and this year's harvest is not good, they do not know how to survive, whether they can survive. They were not without a request for help from the government, but they never received a response and were forced to remain silent.
A road divides two lives, some people are drunk on gold fans, and some people are struggling for their livelihoods. Under the difference between the clouds and mud are many trapped beasts and unsolved suffering.
The truck driver, on the other hand, is in the middle of these two extremes, and this road, for them, is both the road to hell and the road to life. They need to use this road to get their supplies everywhere, while worrying about their lives and goods at all times.
In less than 72 hours, Igor was able to deliver the goods to their destination intact.
And his arduous journey did not end, stipulating that he must leave immediately after the goods were delivered and rushed back, and a moment of rest was a luxury. He stirred Coca-Cola and espresso black coffee together, which was his recipe for mystery; and the journey of the goods was not yet over, they would be transferred to another driver and transported to the next destination, a hellish road that would never stop.