Back to the old days of Tet

Budman1 wrote:

-- A new decree taking effect on January 11, 2021 will allow Vietnamese residents to use fireworks on such special occasions as holidays, birthdays, weddings, and anniversaries. The fireworks must be purchased from businesses that are permitted to manufacture and sell the products.

https://tuoitrenews.vn/news/society/202 … 58008.html

Maybe they need Matt to take care of the bomb in Hanoi?

Cannot wait.. bad karaoke and fireworks.. awesome 😉

Usually a time of increased drunks on the road.

colinoscapee wrote:

Usually a time of increased drunks on the road.

How can you tell the difference, i see so many terrible drivers im guessing most bought their licence

Jlgarbutt wrote:

colinoscapee wrote:

Usually a time of increased drunks on the road.

How can you tell the difference, i see so many terrible drivers im guessing most bought their licence

Tet is a time for catching up with friends and family, hence, more drinking and driving. You notice it more outside of the major cities.

colinoscapee wrote:

Jlgarbutt wrote:

colinoscapee wrote:

Usually a time of increased drunks on the road.

How can you tell the difference, i see so many terrible drivers im guessing most bought their licence

Tet is a time for catching up with friends and family, hence, more drinking and driving. You notice it more outside of the major cities.

Some days I see car drivers who I just assume have been drinking. No concept of spatial awareness, seemingly odd lane choice at junctions. How will I be able to tell the difference at TET 😉

Jlgarbutt wrote:

colinoscapee wrote:

Jlgarbutt wrote:

How can you tell the difference, i see so many terrible drivers im guessing most bought their licence

Tet is a time for catching up with friends and family, hence, more drinking and driving. You notice it more outside of the major cities.

Some days I see car drivers who I just assume have been drinking. No concept of spatial awareness, seemingly odd lane choice at junctions. How will I be able to tell the difference at TET 😉

No idea. Just stating that road fatalities and drunkeness increases at Tet. Maybe you can ask them after they run over you.

I need a few stiff drinks just to deal with the traffic here.

MollyVienMackay wrote:

I need a few stiff drinks just to deal with the traffic here.

Yeah, it's pretty chaotic. The road fatalities increase dramatically at Tet.

Jlgarbutt wrote:

colinoscapee wrote:

Jlgarbutt wrote:

How can you tell the difference, i see so many terrible drivers im guessing most bought their licence

Tet is a time for catching up with friends and family, hence, more drinking and driving. You notice it more outside of the major cities.

Some days I see car drivers who I just assume have been drinking. No concept of spatial awareness, seemingly odd lane choice at junctions. How will I be able to tell the difference at TET 😉

My pet peeve is a car driving in 2 lane road with the lane marker under the centre of their car, I usually pull along side them and wave my hand motioning them to get back in the outside car land.
Then I brace for the slap on the back of my helmet by the missus. 

That's just as bad being the passenger in any vehicle when they do that.. grab drivers are usually pretty good but It does happen. Lack of patience when they try and gain a vital few feet that backfires

Andybris2020 wrote:

My pet peeve is a car driving in 2 lane road with the lane marker under the centre of their car, I usually pull along side them and wave my hand motioning them to get back in the outside car land.
Then I brace for the slap on the back of my helmet by the missus. 

I've gotten the helmet smack when driving on a two lane road when the oncoming car is hanging in my lane and I start laying on the horn 100 meters before the car reaches me to move them back.  I always have an out if needed but I feel I'm doing my small part to try to educate people to not drive like an ass.  I also do the same thing to the yahoos driving towards me on motorbikes going the wrong way.  I honestly tell her daily that I only have to suck it up another four months before getting back to driving in civilization.  She will learn to appreciate that very quickly when she arrives and gets to see how normal people drive.

SteinNebraska wrote:

Andybris2020 wrote:

My pet peeve is a car driving in 2 lane road with the lane marker under the centre of their car, I usually pull along side them and wave my hand motioning them to get back in the outside car land.
Then I brace for the slap on the back of my helmet by the missus. 

I've gotten the helmet smack when driving on a two lane road when the oncoming car is hanging in my lane and I start laying on the horn 100 meters before the car reaches me to move them back.  I always have an out if needed but I feel I'm doing my small part to try to educate people to not drive like an ass.  I also do the same thing to the yahoos driving towards me on motorbikes going the wrong way.  I honestly tell her daily that I only have to suck it up another four months before getting back to driving in civilization.  She will learn to appreciate that very quickly when she arrives and gets to see how normal people drive.

Yeah she seems to think I have a death wish when I stay my ground with a bus on my side,,,, or a car, truck, bike lol

If you come to Vietnam to complain something is different than that to which you are accustomed, might I suggest you just stay home.  I have put 6,000 miles on my bicycle here. I don ‘t ride a bicycle at all in U.S. Too dangerous. There is a certain logic to the flow of traffic here which relies on collaboration instead of competition.  I get the flow. I only become a raging  driver the moment I get behind the wheel  back home in Seattle. I never get upset here because I accept it is what it is and I am responsible for my own safety and outcome.

Mojoman wrote:

...There is a certain logic to the flow of traffic here which relies on collaboration instead of competition.  I get the flow. I only become a raging  driver the moment I get behind the wheel  back home in Seattle. I never get upset here because I accept it is what it is and I am responsible for my own safety and outcome.

That's a helpful concept for pedestrians too, most of the time.

A video I viewed before arriving in Hanoi over two years ago encouraged me to see myself as a rock in a river and allow traffic to flow around me, keeping my eyes "upstream" as I slowly cross virtually any street, no matter how heavy.

That's helped me cross some of the busiest intersections and streets in every place I've been, especially in Hanoi, Danang and HCMC.

But I wouldn't do it during the rain, seldom at night and almost never during Tết.

Sometimes, attempting to collaborate with a drunk can be fatal.

Welcome to the forum and leave your virtue cap with the hat check girl...

Mojoman wrote:

If you come to Vietnam to complain something is different than that to which you are accustomed, might I suggest you just stay home.  I have put 6,000 miles on my bicycle here. I don ‘t ride a bicycle at all in U.S. Too dangerous. There is a certain logic to the flow of traffic here which relies on collaboration instead of competition.  I get the flow. I only become a raging  driver the moment I get behind the wheel  back home in Seattle. I never get upset here because I accept it is what it is and I am responsible for my own safety and outcome.

Thats just too damn funny!

Mojoman wrote:

I only become a raging  driver the moment I get behind the wheel  back home in Seattle. I never get upset here because I accept it is what it is and I am responsible for my own safety and outcome.

Does that mean you don't accept it is what it is in Seattle, and you're not responsible for your own safety and outcome in the States?

"If you come to Vietnam to complain something is different than that to which you are accustomed, might I suggest you just stay home."

Yet, you complain about the lack of stimulating conversation with locals and no reflectors on bicycles, maybe you should move elsewhere.

The river rock is a perfect metaphor. That is exactly how it works. Thank you.
Tom

What licence........

colinoscapee wrote:

"If you come to Vietnam to complain something is different than that to which you are accustomed, might I suggest you just stay home."

Yet, you complain about the lack of stimulating conversation with locals and no reflectors on bicycles, maybe you should move elsewhere.