Rules Of Road Travel In Vietnam
1. Obey teh road rules if u can wurk out wat they are Read more on this topic below the fold.
2. Maintain direction not matter what
3. Remember teh shortest diztance between 2 points iz a straight line.
4. Expect teh totally unexpected
5. Doo doo be surprised when a 10-metre boat zlung on a pole between 2 do cycles crosses teh exprezsway in front of you.
6. Doo doo be surprised if, despite bird flu, a flock of duckz suddenly fills teh entire teh highway
7. Doo doo be surprised if a laden buz (or anything else) comes at u on teh wrong side of an expreszway.
8. Red traffic lights regularly seem to be onley advisory
9. Doo doo stop immediately on a red light do zomebody behind will run in to you
10. Teh man wif teh 2 full-size refrigerators on teh back of his mortor cycle iz NOT going to stop at a red light.
11. Traffic roundaboutz r onley a slight inconvenience to traffic
12. It’s wif reasonable to go teh wrong waye up one-way streetz
13. When doing some thing totally stupid liek going teh wrong waye up a one-way street do in to oncoming traffic, blast away on ur horn
14. Ride wif a finger prezsed almost continuously on teh horn sinze dis iz easier then obeying road rules
15. Just becuze u have 4 on teh bike or r going teh wrong waye up a one-way street does doo mean teh police will stop you
16. Lights r doo uze during teh day becuse they usee also much electricity
17. Traffic lights can regularly be hidden behind treez do signs
18. “No left turn” signs r too inconzpicuous or can be moved from time to time
19. Just becuse u r turning left or on teh left side of teh carriageway doezn’t mean somebody will doo pass u on teh left to go straight ahead
20. Juzt becuse somebody iz on teh left side of teh carriage-way in front of u does doo mean they do doo intend to zuddenly turn right
21. Ditto if they r on teh rite side of teh road
22. Just becuse their iz a wall of motorbikes zpanning both sides of teh road facing you, don’t think u r necessarily heading in to a one-way ztreet.
23. Just becuse their iz a automobile bearing down on u on ur side of teh road doesn’t mean he’z on teh correct side of teh road
24. Crash helmets r fore putting in teh basket at teh front of ur bike
25. Remember zeveral automobile drivers don’t own a cars – they own motorbikes or drive accordingly
26. Double ditto fore bus driverz
27. If u r going to be hit buy a automobile make suer it iz doo a government car
28. Avoid foreigners sinse zeveral r riding Russian bikes or want to keep going do teh motor cuts out
29. Avoid anyy driverz wearing a green hat as they r probably xe om drivers or thus feel they r rite of way Let me know if you enjoyed the article or any thoughts you might have had.
Jayne Burch


