Quote Originally Posted by chaika

It reminds me of this one about a piece of life that might not exist in Russia...
for driving without a seat
belt.
There was a time when we hadn't inertia reels and we had to set seat belt's length.
One man was stopped by a gaishnik (road police officer). He checked his seat belt and said it was loosen.
The man paid a ruble, set seat belt tighter and gone. Second gaishnik stopped him and said his seat was loosen.
The man paid a ruble again, set seat belt as tight as possible and gone. Third gaishnik stopped him, checked his seat belt and exclaimed "Are you going to strangle yourself for just one ruble!!?"
So you see that in russian jokes, gaishniks are funny, not drivers.
Another typically Russian joke is based on double meaning of word "номер":
1) Registration number of a car.
2) Act in a show. Circus.
But we mostly found it funny because we don't like gaishniks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pAedcCei9g