Are the Traffic Police stopping Foreigners? Nope...

Nearly a couple weeks ago, I posted an article in reference to the traffic police being allowed to stop foreigners.  Well, since that time, I have only heard of one case of a foreigner being stopped by the traffic police.

Today I was riding from District 4 to District 1.  As I was turning, I was forced by a truck to go through a red light (it was either go or get run over).  As I was going through the red light, I saw a traffic policeman looking straight at me.  I thought it was strange but I realized that he let me off the hook for going through a red light.

What I did not know was that I forgot to put on my helmet.  This has not happened to me before.  In fact, I had left my helmet back at the consulting firm I worked at today.  So when I left the gate, I just left without grabbing my helmet.  It was not until I got to Au Parc that I realized I forgot to put on my helmet.  The parking guards thought it was funny that I was trying to take off an invisible helmet off of my head :-)

Anyway, to make a matters short, I broke two laws in front of the traffic police today.  Surprised me.  Maybe they we scared by my ninja mask?  I am wondering if they will contact my friend who registered my motorbike.  If so, I will pay for the fines, definitely.

I am wondering that they may have let me go because I have a northern number.  You do not see many northern registered motorbikes getting pulled over in Saigon.

Wear your helmet, obey the laws!  Do not be  a hypocrite like I was today :-)