Traffic in Saigon - Damn

[malaise]

[Octafish]

1. Didn't see a signal.

Pretty good driving, all around, all things considered.

[malaise]

4. Guiess when you know the culture it works

Ha

[Link Speed]

2. I've been in it - those drivers are like dolphins

they never hit one another.

But do not board a bus in a rural area.

[malaise]

3. Amazing indeed

[pinboy3niner]

5. A lot of vehicles there also have a special horn

Unlike the loud-honking auto horns we're familiar with, this one emits a gentle beep. It's used not in anger, but as a courtesy and warning for motorcycle/bicycle/cyclo drivers. With a few beeps, the smaller vehicles will move out of the way and allow a vehicle to pass.

[drmeow]

6. Some places in Indonesia

(specifically Yogyakarta on Java and Denpasar, Kuta, and Ubud on Bali) are even worse. Narrower streets, the same number of motorbikes, and more cars in the case of Yogya and Denpasar, one lane roads in Kuta and Ubud! Hotels and merchants have staff who stand at the driveway with traffic wands to walk out into the road and stop traffic so you can cross or pull your car out into the traffic. It is insane!

[treestar]

7. Can't believe those left turning vehicles!

[Harmony Blue]

8. Very orderly traffic flow

that is impressive.

[mainer]

9. Saigon traffic scared the hell out of me

Told by locals just to walk across the street at a slow and steady gait and I'd be fine. I never quite believed it.

[dixiegrrrrl]

10. Russian drivers would not make it across the street intact

I've watched enough Russian traffic cams so that this vid. looks like a walk in the park.

[AgingAmerican]

11. India has even worse

...traffic

[hunter]

12. Like I remember Mexico City, but with motorbikes.

[Fumesucker]

13. See if you can watch this all the way through without cringing

&feature=player_embedded#at=141

[Archae]

14. That guy is an idiot.

I don't do that with my bicycle, much less an electric scooter like he has.

Just ONE car moves over just an inch too far or opens a door, and splat.

[malaise]

15. Damn!