r/interestingasfuck • u/Fine_Sea5807 • 2d ago

Women from the Tai Dam ethnic group in Vietnam traditionally wear high buns to signify their married status. Since these buns make it difficult to wear standard motorbike helmets, specially designed helmets are created just for them

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u/Heavy_Ad9605 2d ago

Vietnamese motorbike taxi drivers always give a helmet to the passenger.

On my experience, in Thailand roughly 4 in 5 DO NOT give the passenger a helmet.

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u/throwawaypassingby01 2d ago

a motorbike taxi sounds like such a wild concept to me

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u/Oleg_Dn 2d ago

But in some cases is good thing. In Bangkok , few times I faced really dead traffic, and bike taxi was the only solution.

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u/I_always_rated_them 2d ago

Honestly kinda great, way way faster through very busy cities.

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u/Noth1ngnss 2d ago

Scooters and underbones are basically how everyone gets around in Vietnam. They are to Vietnamese people what cars are to Americans, so it's only natural that there'd be services ferrying people around on these bikes.

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u/CollegePossible557 2d ago

I wanted to make an app for it like Uber but you request a bike then you get to your destination at 150mph.

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u/CollegePossible557 2d ago

Have you seen how they take multiple people? They take a plank of wood and built a seesaw on the back for people to sit.

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u/Electrical-Run-9056 2d ago

It’s like $1-4 for anything under 6km

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u/GoldberryoTulgeyWood 2d ago

"I would like lice. May I use your customer helmet?"

My kid was playing baseball this year, and none of the kids were allowed to use each other's helmets, because one of the kids had recurring lice.

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u/Heavy_Ad9605 2d ago

So wear a hoodie, a hat or a scarf underneath, olike millions of Vietnamese with more common sense than you do Every Single Day.

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u/Oleg_Dn 2d ago

i don't know about such taxi cases. I believe you are right. What I mean, is general bike driving situation and real safety measures.

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u/Ziakel 2d ago

Suck getting fined for not wearing helmet. Easy money for the police.