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cubanlord
Joined: 08 Jul 2005
Location: In Japan!
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mount real
Joined: 07 Apr 2005
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| What country is that??? |
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rawiri
Joined: 01 Jun 2003
Location: Lovely day for a fire drill.
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| Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 6:06 pm Post subject: |
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| Vietnam or thailand? |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 12:12 am Post subject: |
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| I'd say it is Saigon, but there isn't enough traffic. |
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Milwaukiedave
Joined: 02 Oct 2004
Location: Goseong
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| Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 12:21 am Post subject: |
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| Now that is some scary driving.... |
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Qinella
Joined: 25 Feb 2005
Location: the crib
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| Oh my god! That is so amazing how they're able to do that. I can't even imagine being able to keep my cool in a situation like that. I'd be a splat on the pavement in about two minutes. |
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Demophobe
Joined: 17 May 2004
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| Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 2:12 am Post subject: |
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| The video is sped up, making it look far more chaotic than it is. There are many similar intersections here in Korea. |
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Natalia
Joined: 10 Mar 2006
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I'm almost certain it's India.
Those are Indian autos (rickshaws), the same kind of buses as India, and judging by what I can see of the clothing, it's Indian.
Plus, aren't they driving on the wrong side for Vietnam? |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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I think someone did a study and found there are actually less accidents at those kinds of intersections than North American style intersections with orderly traffic lights. The problem is traffic lights and the expectation of order lulls drivers into a sense they can disregard the road. Instead drivers zone out, listening to the radio or whatever. In intersections where there's no expectation of order, you have to be fully alert.
The down side is, of course, being able to zone out while driving is a serious stress reducer. If you had to be hyper alert every second while driving, you'd be totally stressed out. |
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blaseblasphemener
Joined: 01 Jun 2006
Location: There's a voice, keeps on calling me, down the road, that's where I'll always be
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I've seen that before, it's definitely India.
Why are all the F-1 drivers and motorcylcists Asians? Seems like they would be absolutely fearless, and with their small statures, I would think they should dominate those sports. But, I never hear of them in those sports, except possibly a few Japanese maybe. Any experts out there who can answer this question?... |
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blaseblasphemener
Joined: 01 Jun 2006
Location: There's a voice, keeps on calling me, down the road, that's where I'll always be
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| blaseblasphemener wrote: |
I've seen that before, it's definitely India.
Why are all the F-1 drivers and motorcylcists NOT Asians? Seems like they would be absolutely fearless, and with their small statures, I would think they should dominate those sports. But, I never hear of them in those sports, except possibly a few Japanese maybe. Any experts out there who can answer this question?... |
check that. |
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flotsam
Joined: 28 Mar 2006
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| Oh my god! That is so amazing how they're able to do that. I can't even imagine being able to keep my cool in a situation like that. I'd be a splat on the pavement in about two minutes. |
That's when it's best to believe in the transmigration of souls...
And it was definitely India, probably the cowbelt; although I couldn't make out any of the writing to see if it was Hindi or Punjabi, and those rickshaws are ubiquitous in South and Southeast Asia: those white cabs are pure cowbelt...
Damned if I can remember the name of the model now, but I knew a guy who wanted to buy one and then drive it back the Netherlands when he left Amritsar last year...
--EDIT--
Now I remember:
The Ambassador: India's car of authority and aggression
India's Chevrolet
Buy Your Own!!
I need some chay and jelebis. |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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That video is totally speeded up. Look at the people walking. If you were actually there on ground level it would look a lot less scary.
I remember looking down from the roof of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris at the insane roundabout which encircles it. No lane markings. Just everybody going for it. I swore there would be loads of crashes because it just looked so chaotic. But there wasn't. I guess they have some kind of zen system to avoid crashing. |
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Juregen
Joined: 30 May 2006
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| Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 5:30 am Post subject: |
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| The beauty of Chaos as a whole but Order in the specific. |
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Bulsajo
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 12:13 pm Post subject: |
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| flotsam wrote: |
| [The Ambassador: India's car of authority and aggression |
Wow, looks like a lot like a Trabant. did they copy the East Germans or vice versa? |
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