Asia has the craziest traffic you can imagine. There are only two rules, don’t crash, and avoid the police. There are no speed limit’s and no expectations to stop at stop lights, and if you do see police officers the worst thing to do is hesitate.
A note on hesitating -- No matter what you do, hesitating is not a good move. When was the last time you heard somebody say, “I hesitated -- and it saved my life.” No. Those words have never been spoken. However I just the other day I heard a man recall, “I hesitated -- and I died on the spot.” As you can see the evidence is clear --hesitating never brings about good results.
One Asian morning, as I passed by these honorable men of the Asian law on my moto on the way to my place of residence, I did not stutter but sped past the Asian Police as nonchalantly as an American in a country made for people under 4’7” can be. I then turned and saw a less fortunate youth stutter, yes, stutter, before deciding to dodge the officer. The officer wound up and ..“PANG” (Pang is Asian for bam.) Yes, if Asian police officers try to pull you over, for which reasons can include anything from not wearing a helmet, to having the wrong color of skin, to wearing actual clothes as apposed to pajamas, and you stutter to think maybe I should pull over you will be hit on the head with one of their plastic nightsticks that resemble those giant candy canes you buy at the dollar store for Christmas gifts that no one likes.
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