Traffic is a madness, a “free for all” where the motorbike rider has no rights and no obligations. After being stucked in city traffic together with million other motorbikes, we finally hit the roads, only to find trucks and buses passing with total disregard to the incoming 2 wheeled vehicles, including us. If this was just annoying on most roads, on the main North-South highway it felt more like every minute someone was trying to kill us.

Still, of great surprise, the rate of accidents seems very low. During 30 days spent here, we only saw 3 accidents. Furthermore, cars and motorbikes have no collision marks on them, not even tiny scratches. It looks like the Vietnamese mastered the art of driving without rules. Wondering what would be the result if you could spice up this traffic with some extra horsepower 🙂

Another interesting thing, more than 95% of the motorbike and car fleet appears to be newer than 5 years. Were did all the pre-2005 vehicles go? Were there any?