tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10523524.post115183383983302137..comments2024-03-28T12:25:39.744+07:00Comments on Vietnamese God: RulesVan Cong Tuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12588216588419216202noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10523524.post-11286027374889847082012-01-27T02:00:22.247+07:002012-01-27T02:00:22.247+07:00The rules in Vietnam are to complicated for me, th...The rules in Vietnam are to complicated for me, thanks for the explanation.viagra onlinehttp://www.mutualpharmacy.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10523524.post-1155227272696428702006-08-10T23:27:00.000+07:002006-08-10T23:27:00.000+07:00Thanks for all commentHanoi mark,Tim rice, greg, ...Thanks for all comment<BR/>Hanoi mark,Tim rice, greg, Buddhist with an attitude, junebee, Winn, Crystal, black feline, g.knotee, fooDcrazEE : thanks mate.<BR/><BR/>khasan, I dont have a clue but I dont think it is expensive at all.<BR/><BR/>girloverboard, really? that's weird because there are so many western people working here with good insurance conditions.<BR/><BR/>Abandoned in Pasadena I htink you should try once in your life amd you will see the difference.<BR/><BR/>Good to know people out of Viet Nam also don't follow the rule :)Van Cong Tuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12588216588419216202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10523524.post-1155058737946432322006-08-09T00:38:00.000+07:002006-08-09T00:38:00.000+07:00I am trying to get life insurance in Oz and a few ...I am trying to get life insurance in Oz and a few companies have told me they would not insure me if I lived and worked in VN. I assume it's because of road accidents. I guess I can understand that - having been in a moto accident in Nth VN and luckily escaping with only a shattered leg!girlOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02476863015795759151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10523524.post-1154970491847531292006-08-08T00:08:00.000+07:002006-08-08T00:08:00.000+07:00Oh my gosh, you're soooo right. I really felt I wa...Oh my gosh, you're soooo right. I really felt I was going to die after I took that cab from Nobai Airport to De Syloia Hotel. They don't know when to stop or if they should give way. Terrifying experience. Now I am not surprised why vehicular/motorbike accidents are very common in Vietnam. Our Vietnamese host once commented while we were eating breakfast "There were 78 accidents today" Gosh!sunkissedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04916602876139797532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10523524.post-1154878679887505562006-08-06T22:37:00.000+07:002006-08-06T22:37:00.000+07:00on the contrary...i alway complain Singapore is to...on the contrary...i alway complain Singapore is too regulated! frankly i personally like a bit of chaos...that's life!black felinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15870734802091152646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10523524.post-1154795659490359442006-08-05T23:34:00.000+07:002006-08-05T23:34:00.000+07:00Dare-devil driving is a fact of life all over the ...Dare-devil driving is a fact of life all over the world, but there do seem to be less "rules" in developing countries and thus driving is often more chaotic. Thanks for providing insight into Vietnam, seems consumerism is really flourishing there and frugality has gone out the window. Young people everywhere what to emulate what they see on T.V., and in U.S.A people have a lot of credit card debt because of that.Crystalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17504338910632563310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10523524.post-1154767442286844552006-08-05T15:44:00.000+07:002006-08-05T15:44:00.000+07:00stop at red light ? Lolz...malaysian dont do that ...stop at red light ? Lolz...malaysian dont do that too unless there's police nearby....motorbike is the easiest transport to go round HCMC and cheap.FooDcrazEEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819094686497050751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10523524.post-1154741664135711732006-08-05T08:34:00.000+07:002006-08-05T08:34:00.000+07:00there are a lot of daredevil drivers in malaysia t...there are a lot of daredevil drivers in malaysia too:pWinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01785402155857373004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10523524.post-1154707257823718272006-08-04T23:00:00.000+07:002006-08-04T23:00:00.000+07:00In a Canadian paper recently there was some discu...In a Canadian paper recently there was some discussion about purposely removing some of the elements that create order (crosswalks, traffic lights, etc) in order to improve safety. The argument (supported by some traffic psychologists) is that a certain level of uncertainty results in vigilance. If you create an environment in which everyone thinks all behaviour is governed by rules, then people sometimes stop watching out for unpredictable behaviour (people stepping off curbs, someone running a stop sign, etc). So it seems an environment with some uncertainty may be safer than an environment with too much order. <BR/><BR/>Of course Vietnamese traffic operates at the opposite end of the spectrum. When I drove my moto in Hanoi I had to be incredibly aware of things around me because ANYTHING could happen; there were almost no rules. The reason there isn't a collision every five feet is because everyone exercises a heightened vigilance that is unnecessary and uncommon in the West. So the traffic operates according to a very different psychology. Having said that, obviously there is WAY too much uncertainty in the traffic in VN, and the results are often deadly.HanoiMarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16688909842032688611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10523524.post-1154669044057275172006-08-04T12:24:00.000+07:002006-08-04T12:24:00.000+07:00I'm a motorbike driver and I would be very much af...I'm a motorbike driver and I would be very much afraid of driving in Vietnam. I like it when there are traffic laws to obey and people who obey them. Things run smoothly and without accidents when everyone obeys the laws.Sandy Hatcher-Wallacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15011307599473627922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10523524.post-1154667600039868992006-08-04T12:00:00.000+07:002006-08-04T12:00:00.000+07:00Not only in Vietnam! My sister was in India last ...Not only in Vietnam! My sister was in India last year and got run down by a man on a motorcycle, while she was trying to cross a road on foot. Fortunately, she was unhurt beyond a few bruises.<BR/><BR/>Here in the USA, it isnt' much better - we get to dodge anger-crazed sport utility vehicle drivers when we walk to lunch from my office. These drivers frequently disregard red lights (when the light has just turned from yellow to red), speed, change lanes unexpectedly and without signalling, and otherwise make driving and walking unsafe. We don't have that many motorbike riders here (they get run off the road by the SUVs!), but the ones we do have are relatively safer drivers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10523524.post-1154652319439913342006-08-04T07:45:00.000+07:002006-08-04T07:45:00.000+07:00I read a similar thing about traffic in Vietnam. I...I read a similar thing about traffic in Vietnam. It's totally free-form and no rules apply! Sort of like a real-life video game!junebeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09643918373871295413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10523524.post-1154650625368741992006-08-04T07:17:00.000+07:002006-08-04T07:17:00.000+07:00Wow khasan! What were you thinking, man! Don't eve...Wow khasan! What were you thinking, man! Don't ever give such information on the internet where anybody could see them. I advise you to change your password and send the new password to Tu at his email address and not in the comments.Buddhist with an attitudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16762818329857051652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10523524.post-1154636223079760322006-08-04T03:17:00.000+07:002006-08-04T03:17:00.000+07:00Thanks for sharing more about life and culture whe...Thanks for sharing more about life and culture where you live. You help me to experience things that without you I would probably never have any idea of. May your life be full of joy.Tim Ricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01305530681191503858noreply@blogger.com