Even More Hue, Viet Nam

[Comanche]

Does that young lady driving the car next to you scare you a little bit? We’ve all seen people eating burgers, putting on makeup, or talking on a mobile phone while driving.

How about talking on the mobile phone while riding a môto? It was Sunday morning when I took this, therefore I doubt this gentleman was making a business call. Maybe he was calling his girlfriend to meet him for coffee. At least the traffic was fairly light on Lê Lọi Street, one of the main drags through Huê.



But not so with this young lady. She was on another busy street and appeared to be paying no attention to the other riders around her. I also wondered about the person on the other end of the conversation. Between the noise made by the wind and the muffling of her mask, I would think she would be close to unintelligible.




This young man was on the same street going in the opposite direction. He was riding very slowly, trying hard to be safe, yet he occasionally wobbled and almost knocked a young girl off her bicycle. The saving grace of the Vietnamese using their mobile phones while driving is that the speeds are so slow. Most of these riders were going about 30 kilometers per hour – about 18 mph.



Scary to think of what it will be like when they have freeways in Việt Nam, eh?

All of these were shot with a Canon 30D, 85mm f 1.8 lens on 5 fps.

[bburton]

One can hardly be more Westernized than the activity your photos show; I had no idea. Keep 'em coming.

[atnlegacy]

Amazing! Most people barely eak out a living and cell phones abound. Thanks for sharing!

[Comanche]

Originally Posted by atnlegacy

Amazing! Most people barely eak out a living and cell phones abound. Thanks for sharing!

Not quite, Anh. Not only does Viet Nam have the second fastest growing economy in the world, but the United Nations no longer lists it as an impoversished country. Don't get me wrong - there are still poor people, but the situation is changing very rapidly.

Anh Doug (for most of you, you may think I just repeated Anh's name, but what I really said was "brother Doug)