Take the test now!
1. You
want to hire a motorbike. You look around and scout out your options. Do you…
a) Rent
a lowly old manual from your local bia hoi?
b) Rent
a more upscale tidy automatic from the backpacker area?
c) Get
a Vietnamese friend to help you acquire a brand new Harley to rip the streets up
with?
2. You
get your little baby on the road for the first time. Do you…
a) Weave
in and out of traffic, ride in bicycle lanes and careen down one way streets?
b) Take
it slow and steady at the right hand side of the road?
c) Crank
up the throttle, push the engine to the limit and skirt around all other riders
leaving them trailing in your dust?
3. You
reach a red light where lots of traffic is forming a bottleneck. Do you…
a) Stare
intently at all the faces around you as you have become a white spectacle in an
otherwise bronzed crowd?
b) Slowly
come to a stop, sit and bide your time staring patiently ahead?
c) What
red light?
4. You
are late for work; you reach your apartment buildings garage and have forgotten
your helmet. Do you…
a) Get
on a xe-om and shout an address in bad Vietnamese?
b) Patiently
return to your room in the elevator to fetch it?
c) Throw
caution to the wind and feel that dirty polluted air accumulate on your scalp?
5. You
are riding along and get a load of grit in your eyes. Do you….
a) Grin
and bear it whilst swerving incessantly in and out of startled families?
b) Stop
as soon as you can and get yourself a face mask and protection goggles?
c) Have
the coolest pair of aviators on in case of such problems arising?
6. You
notice that you are low on fuel but must get to work as soon as possible. Do
you?
a) Run
your bike into the ground seeking the help of a smiling serviceman to tow you
calmly to the next gas station?
b) Stop
calmly at the next filling station and tell work you are going to be late?
c) Get
your reserve tank out from the side and promptly fill up?
Answers
Mostly A’s: You are either naïve or stupid. You haven’t been
in Vietnam long but have seen whities riding about and thought it looked damn
cool. You can’t drive at home because you have an alcohol problem.
Mostly B’s: You are probably a woman.
Mostly C’s: You think you’re a Hells Angel but really you’re
a bit of a twat.
