Instructions for Properly Turning an Automobile

[cardsfansince82]

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That sounds like a nightmare. I would kill someone with my car if they were doing that stuff (not on purpose). What do the police do if you get in a wreck there? Do they find those people at fault or is everyone on their own as far as repairs/injuries?

[sighyoung]

Great thread, although I thought it would discuss flipping a car onto its roof.

[TheoSqua]

This reminds me that I need to make my Definitive Driving Rant Thread. This shall be one of the subjects.

[G. Keenan]

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That sounds like a nightmare. I would kill someone with my car if they were doing that stuff (not on purpose). What do the police do if you get in a wreck there? Do they find those people at fault or is everyone on their own as far as repairs/injuries?

It seemed to me that driving was an every man for himself proposition over there. Not sure that cops do much of anything unless someone gets seriously hurt. The thing about all these motorbikes is that they aren't very heavy and most of the time don't go very fast.

Btw Saigon, I thought the traffic in Hanoi was worse than in HCMC. HCMC has all those wide boulevards. The streets in Hanoi, mainly in the old quarter, are tiny and they are absolutely choked.

I actually kind of loved the traffic. Crossing the street was always a complete adventure and when you got the hang of it you felt like a total badass. But then I wasn't trying to drive in it....

[Spider John]

The left turn lane in the middle of the road IS NOT for merging to the right into traffic from a street or parking lot. It's for left turns only.

[cardinalkarp]

The left turn lane in the middle of the road IS NOT for merging to the right into traffic from a street or parking lot. It's for left turns only.

I'll have to disagree w/ this. I think that the turn lane can and should be used for merging. In the case of some parking lots or roads you wouldn't have a chance to get into traffic w/o using it.

[MrSaigon]

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That sounds like a nightmare. I would kill someone with my car if they were doing that stuff (not on purpose). What do the police do if you get in a wreck there? Do they find those people at fault or is everyone on their own as far as repairs/injuries?

It seemed to me that driving was an every man for himself proposition over there. Not sure that cops do much of anything unless someone gets seriously hurt. The thing about all these motorbikes is that they aren't very heavy and most of the time don't go very fast.

Btw Saigon, I thought the traffic in Hanoi was worse than in HCMC. HCMC has all those wide boulevards. The streets in Hanoi, mainly in the old quarter, are tiny and they are absolutely choked.

I actually kind of loved the traffic. Crossing the street was always a complete adventure and when you got the hang of it you felt like a total badass. But then I wasn't trying to drive in it....

You weren't driving but I imagine you rode with some of the xe oms (motobike taxis), and them are some scary bastards.

Crossing the street is fun. I've named my move the Christian Bautista-- 'Hold your hands to heaven and pray...' I hold my hand as high in the air as possible. I usually try to find another person crossing the road and keep them to the traffic side of me to serve as a human shield.

Here's the video. Priceless.

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[G. Keenan]

I usually try to find another person crossing the road and keep them to the traffic side of me to serve as a human shield.

Oh yeah, that was a great strategy.

One time a girl riding a bicycle ran into my friend's leg. She looked at him after she'd hit him and said, "beep!" It was hilarious.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

So HJ is the one who nearly stops every time he makes a right hand turn? A pox upon you sir.