The Most Insane Traffic Ever in Vietnam!

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Hanoi, Vietnam has the largest number of motorcycles per capita in the world!

Traffic jams in Vietnam only frequently take place in Hanoi capital and Ho Chi Minh City. Vietnamese people seem be accustomed to traffic congestion, even miss it whenever they go to other places.

The drivers re-compact themselves at each red light, looking at each other with a mix of indifference and hate and trying to get the best spots on the starting line-up.

When the traffic light turns green they start up in a synchronized, almost romantic way (see photo story at the end of this article). They occupy all the street and if a car is brave enough to come in the opposite way they keep going.

Nobody slows down. It seems a medieval duel. And it’s only when you think that the crash is unavoidable that the metallic flock of scooters opens up to englobe the car. Fascinating.

Then the scooters start to leave the flock and move in any possible direction, no matters if it’s a sidewalk, a pedestrian street, an alley obviously too narrow for a motorbike (there are plenty in Hanoi and Saigon) or just another regular street. They will join another flock at the next red light.

The main problem for the pedestrian is that traffic lights are extremely rare in Vietnam. Usually you have to cross the street knowing that nobody will stop. “To break” is not an action that Vietnamese drivers consider.

Don’t get me wrong. I don’t think that Vietnamese are mean. Well they are mean, it’s more correct to say that I understand their situation and I don’t blame them for being mean.

First they don’t have the culture of respecting pedestrians. Ignoring them is a socially accepted behavior.

The next video will reveal how I walk through the road. Be expect to have a video within an hour or less.