禁漫天堂

At the risk of plagiarism, I tell the story of a recent motorcycle taxi ride:
Pulls into traffic without looking. Check. 鈽戯笍
Turns left after pulling into intersection on a red light. 鈽戯笍
Runs multiple red lights. 鈽戯笍
Drives up onto sidewalk 鈽戯笍
Drives several blocks on the wrong side of the centerline of a two-way street. 鈽戯笍
Drives a few blocks the wrong way on a one-way street, hugging the sidewalk on the right, but firmly in the left-most lane of the oncoming traffic. 鈽戯笍
Turns left in front of an oncoming car, forcing the vehicle to slow down dramatically. 鈽戯笍
Drives on sidewalk of a one way street, going the opposite direction of the one-way. 鈽戯笍
Gets me there by the shortest possible route regardless of traffic patterns. 鈽戯笍 - @Lennerd

Standard vehicle operating procedure for xe om drivers. If it wasn't so dangerous/terrifying, it would be funny.馃槸

Mind you, after 7 years riding here I'm guilty of committing the same infractions. I mentioned before that I worry that if I ever return to Canada that my adopted driving style will follow me home.

@Lennerd

Welcome to Vietnam : - ) It鈥檚 surprising how few accidents actually happen on these streets. I call it organized chaos.

Gets me there by the shortest possible route regardless of traffic patterns. 鈽戯笍 - @Lennerd

So how much did you tip him?

@OceanBeach92107

I just paid him the agreed-upon fare of 30K VND.

@OceanBeach92107
I just paid him the agreed-upon fare of 30K VND. - @Lennerd

Keep that up and next time you may receive unsatisfactory service...

@OceanBeach92107

LOL LOL!!

@OceanBeach92107

There was nothing unsatisfactory about the service and it was the 5th or 6th time using the same driver. 馃ぃ

@OceanBeach92107
There was nothing unsatisfactory about the service and it was the 5th or 6th time using the same driver. 馃ぃ - @Lennerd

So your first post wasn't a complaint after all, or you mean, after the 5th or the 6th, that was the first and the last time you drove with that idiot?

@snake77

If you read the replies, you'll see a, *cough* Canadian whose name, "Aidan in聽 HCMC" we won't mention here, who says in his post that he's adopted all of these, uh, operations in his own driving.

Did it really read like a complaint?

I can now add another maneuver to the catalog of wonderful and previously untested maneuvers:

Turns right from the farthest left lane on a one-way to a two-way street *on a red light,* driving in front of three lanes of stopped traffic who are patiently waiting to go ahead when the light turns green. 鉁� (I mean, why wait for the light to be green when there's no real reason for that!)