We’re pretty sure that you can think of a gazillion legitimate reasons why an automotive-related video from Russia would go viral, but you’d probably be wrong in this instance.

For starters, it’s a short news report and not a dash-cam video, and while the story is about a Mazda3 driver who fell victim to a pothole the size of a tire, that doesn’t explain or justify more than half a million views of this upload, and God knows how many more on countless copies spread over the net.

You can satisfy your curiosity by pressing play below – and don’t worry, it’s absolutely SFW.

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