Comments on: Vietnamese drive on the left-right http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2006/02/18/chinese-drive-on-the-left-right/ Liberal, Green and Fair Sat, 13 Feb 2010 07:56:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Gav http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2006/02/18/chinese-drive-on-the-left-right/#comment-3071 Gav Mon, 20 Feb 2006 22:25:51 +0000 http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2006/02/18/chinese-drive-on-the-left-right/#comment-3071 To be honest, Tommy, it's quite beyond me! To be honest, Tommy, it’s quite beyond me!

]]> By: Tommy http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2006/02/18/chinese-drive-on-the-left-right/#comment-3054 Tommy Sun, 19 Feb 2006 23:12:04 +0000 http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2006/02/18/chinese-drive-on-the-left-right/#comment-3054 Why did nobody get hit? Why did nobody get hit?

]]> By: Bill (Scotland) http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2006/02/18/chinese-drive-on-the-left-right/#comment-3036 Bill (Scotland) Sat, 18 Feb 2006 15:04:45 +0000 http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2006/02/18/chinese-drive-on-the-left-right/#comment-3036 Both the Chinese and the Vietnamese drive on the left (that is, the steering wheel of a car is on the left), just as in most of the world except the UK, Thailand, Japan and Australia plus a few others (Hong Kong, New Zealand, etc). The street scene in Saigon (aka nowadays as 'Ho Chi Minh City') is entirely typical and I have crossed that particular thoroughfare, on foot, many times - all it requires is a little courage! I lived there for a few years, although I mostly rode around in a car driven by a chauffeur. Even more amazing is the centre of town on a Saturday evening when all the young people are out on their scooters, dressed in their best clothes, endlessly circulating around the main streets - it's all part of the 'mating ritual' that you get in places such as Italy and Greece as well; that makes the streets in that video look almost empty if you can believe it! Both the Chinese and the Vietnamese drive on the left (that is, the steering wheel of a car is on the left), just as in most of the world except the UK, Thailand, Japan and Australia plus a few others (Hong Kong, New Zealand, etc).

The street scene in Saigon (aka nowadays as ‘Ho Chi Minh City’) is entirely typical and I have crossed that particular thoroughfare, on foot, many times – all it requires is a little courage! I lived there for a few years, although I mostly rode around in a car driven by a chauffeur. Even more amazing is the centre of town on a Saturday evening when all the young people are out on their scooters, dressed in their best clothes, endlessly circulating around the main streets – it’s all part of the ‘mating ritual’ that you get in places such as Italy and Greece as well; that makes the streets in that video look almost empty if you can believe it!

]]> By: John King http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2006/02/18/chinese-drive-on-the-left-right/#comment-3035 John King Sat, 18 Feb 2006 14:00:41 +0000 http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2006/02/18/chinese-drive-on-the-left-right/#comment-3035 Thank God we have the Vogue Gyratory on the Lewes Rd. Oh, and I don't want to be Mr Pedantic here but...... Saigon is in Vietnam ;) Glad you enjoyed! Thank God we have the Vogue Gyratory on the Lewes Rd.

Oh, and I don’t want to be Mr Pedantic here but…… Saigon is in Vietnam ;)

Glad you enjoyed!

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