We don’t - in Spain there’s an inspection every 2 years, and it’s very basic (like, do the brakes work? Is the engine smoking?)

Well, it doesn’t need signals or crossings because people can cross freely (unlike the US), the traffic speed is lower, and drivers know to look for pedestrians, cyclists and scooters … but Vietnam does lack decent public transport.

The flipside is that no part of the older cities is set up for public transport (hell, lots of houses are only accessible on foot or by scooter) and there’s little money for putting in infrastructure that can’t also help move freight - during rush hour that 10 lane road is 7 lanes of trucks and 3 of scooters.

It’s bizarre to me that some people don’t want to put any effort into their personal safety, regardless of the cause of potential danger.

I’ve got used to crossing 10 lanes of traffic, at night, with no street lights or marked crossings, because I’m working in Vietnam and that’s just how it is in one particular spot. It’s my responsibility to navigate that safely, and part of that is making sure I’m visible.

Ok, well I hope that works for you, then!

Sorry to hear that, I hope you find your way to a better place!

Never mind, Tarragona is better anyway :-P

Nope, it was slow to load and use compared with text-based software for doing the same thing back in the day. An Amstrad PCW was better for actual work

Geos was great on the C64, but completely useless, lol

I didn’t know there was a PC version!

My brother is a car guy. He’s also an ardent cyclist and is more environmentally conscious than the vast majority of westerners.

Sometimes people are more than just one thing, and if a car spends 99.9% of it’s time in the garage in bits it’s not a major factor in pollution or traffic problems.

I just got a new phone when my old be crapped out on me while in Vietnam, and the local guy I found who deals in cash only had iphones or Samsungs. So, I held my nose and got a Jump2.

I’ve been through, disabled as much as possible, added fdroid stuff for all the daily use things, and put a killswitch VPN on.

Seems to be doing alright … I’m not obsessive about security, and I need Play Store stuff for work, so this is about as good as it gets, lol

And megaliters of fresh water.