Driving too close to a vehicle in front of you, especially a truck that obscures your view of the road ahead, is just asking for trouble.

And indeed, trouble is what the driver of a Lada Niva 4×4 received when he got up close and personal to a large lorry on a Russian highway as he was swinging left to right in an attempt to overpass it.

See what happened next in the video after the break.

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