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I didn't realize how bad it's gotten until I saw a guy texting WHILE DRIVING HIS SCOOTER!
by hauget 11y ago
I didn't realize how bad it's gotten until I saw a guy texting WHILE DRIVING HIS SCOOTER!
- aianus 11y agoIn Vietnam they drive their scooters side by side with their friends and carry on a full conversation while driving and looking straight sideways XD Honestly, it works fine. Westerners are way too concerned with safety.
- dawson 11y agoI have an office in VN and would disagree it's working fine... > the majority of those injured and killed in VietNam are vulnerable road users > road traffic crashes are the leading cause of death for those aged 15 to 29 years. (PDF) http://www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/road_traffic/countrywork/rs10_vietnam_en.pdf http://www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/road_traffic/c...
- aianus 11y agoEdit: deleted comment because it was inaccurate. Apparently accidents still rank higher than suicide in the US, of which most are probably vehicular.
- irishcoffee 11y agoSource? Is this what the dead 17 year-olds tell you?
- aianus 11y agoThe suicide rate in the US is 2.5x higher than in Vietnam. Clearly people are a lot more fucked up mentally in the US than in Vietnam. Also, anecdotally, I was much less depressed in Vietnam than in Canada/US. You don't realize how oppressive day-to-day life is here until you've lived there. Everything in the west requires 'insurance' and 'licenses' and 'regulation' and there's always someone telling you what to do and how to do it.
- muzmath 11y agoDriving a car or scooter on the road with other cars is by far the most dangerous thing most people do in their day to day life by several orders of magnitude.
- naner 11y agoYesterday in a parking lot I witnessed a guy backing out with his face buried in his cellphone (still facing forward). So basically he backed up without looking or even glancing at his mirror.
- rokhayakebe 11y agoMaybe he had an turned the front camera on giving him a better view of the back.
- naner 11y agoI don't think so. His face was fixated on his cell phone while he idled backwards for a bit. Then he finally looked out the back window and finished backing up, then pulled forward.
- rokhayakebe 11y agoI was being sarcastic. You must be truly disciplined to not use your phone while driving. I am not, good thing I do not have a functioning phone 98% of the time.