You'd take your chances goin' thru this hey?
http://movies26.enwhore.com/saigon_traffic.wmv
Spot the beemer....
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Spot the beemer....
This isn't peak hour either 
You'd take your chances goin' thru this hey?
http://movies26.enwhore.com/saigon_traffic.wmv
You'd take your chances goin' thru this hey?
http://movies26.enwhore.com/saigon_traffic.wmv
Cheers...and stay horizontal!
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darthrider
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It works!
The amazing thing is that it all works! I've spent quite a lot of time all through Vietnam, and have actually seen very few accidents -- and they were all of the stand up and dust yourself off variety.
If you're ever there, check out the loads they carry -- they would make a one-ton pickup look overloaded! My favourite is the guys who have cages full of live cobras stacked about ten high on the back seat, interesting if one of those went over! (Mind yuo, all the locals would just dash in and grab one for the cookpot, which is where they were headed anyway.)
BTW, the generic word for "motorcycle" in Vietnam is "honda" -- as in "I just bought a new honda, it's a BMW ..."
If you're ever there, check out the loads they carry -- they would make a one-ton pickup look overloaded! My favourite is the guys who have cages full of live cobras stacked about ten high on the back seat, interesting if one of those went over! (Mind yuo, all the locals would just dash in and grab one for the cookpot, which is where they were headed anyway.)
BTW, the generic word for "motorcycle" in Vietnam is "honda" -- as in "I just bought a new honda, it's a BMW ..."
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captainK,
From the looks of it, all the machines were Honda step throughs. Are they in fact Honda's or are they another brand “licensed†by Honda?
DJ,
Are you sure of your count? I counted twice and came up with a slightly different figure. Oh well; I suppose it's not that important.
Frank
From the looks of it, all the machines were Honda step throughs. Are they in fact Honda's or are they another brand “licensed†by Honda?
DJ,
Are you sure of your count? I counted twice and came up with a slightly different figure. Oh well; I suppose it's not that important.
Frank
traffic
An intersection like that in the US, with that amount of traffic and with our drivers would not go 5 seconds without an unbelieveable series of crashes! 
'02 in black - the real BMW color! (Now gone to a new home)
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dallara
Unbelievable...
Unbelievable!!!
Words cannot describe that video... Like Pat, I was simply mesmerized.
Wow!
Dallara
Words cannot describe that video... Like Pat, I was simply mesmerized.
Wow!
Dallara
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captain K
Genuine Hondas
Frank ...
yep, most of them are genuine Hondas -- the 100cc stepthru is manufactured there and marketed as the Honda Dream.
I actually shot a commercial for the bike in about 1995 -- we shot in a location called Dalat which is in the highlands about 250 miles north of Saigon. Fabulous place, because it's up high it's all pine forests, the French used it as a summer retreat so it's full of little chalet-style buildings -- I swear if you took all the Vietnamese signage down you could shoot a movie set in WWII France there. We had great fun zooming around the country roads on the little Hondas.
Vietnam is one of the world's biggest motorcycle market (obvious from the video clip!) and they have a huge factory there ... although I was told by one of the Honda guys that there biggest single factory is actually in Thailand which maufactures not only for their home market but for other countries around the region.
Captain K
yep, most of them are genuine Hondas -- the 100cc stepthru is manufactured there and marketed as the Honda Dream.
I actually shot a commercial for the bike in about 1995 -- we shot in a location called Dalat which is in the highlands about 250 miles north of Saigon. Fabulous place, because it's up high it's all pine forests, the French used it as a summer retreat so it's full of little chalet-style buildings -- I swear if you took all the Vietnamese signage down you could shoot a movie set in WWII France there. We had great fun zooming around the country roads on the little Hondas.
Vietnam is one of the world's biggest motorcycle market (obvious from the video clip!) and they have a huge factory there ... although I was told by one of the Honda guys that there biggest single factory is actually in Thailand which maufactures not only for their home market but for other countries around the region.
Captain K
Amazing...
I did spot a single rider in what appeared to be a brilliant blue Darien jacket and full helmet (silver?) about 1/2 way through the clip. (Ah, the eyes deceive. Just a peasant in a hat and the 'right' color jacket.)
He was headed right to left and a couple of the mob seemed to be shocked to see him, turning their heads to watch as THEY maneuvered past the camera the other way.
Yup. Definitely a dance. Made my eyeballs hurt to try to follow all the different vehicles.
P
I did spot a single rider in what appeared to be a brilliant blue Darien jacket and full helmet (silver?) about 1/2 way through the clip. (Ah, the eyes deceive. Just a peasant in a hat and the 'right' color jacket.)
He was headed right to left and a couple of the mob seemed to be shocked to see him, turning their heads to watch as THEY maneuvered past the camera the other way.
Yup. Definitely a dance. Made my eyeballs hurt to try to follow all the different vehicles.
P
