We're not sure where it happened, but there's a new video on TruTV.com of some Russian guy trying to get out of a speeding ticket by BEATING HIMSELF UP.

--It's shot from inside the car, and the guy tell the cop he's going to get out of the ticket.  And when the cop asks how, the guy starts punching himself in the FACE.

 --So the cop lets him do it, and even encourages him.  Then he lets him know it's all on video, and the guy immediately realizes he's a moron. 

(He starts hitting himself at :26.)