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Artifez, on 10/12/2007, -2/+67Call FedEx these guys know what they're doing.
- drpeppper, on 10/12/2007, -20/+55They don't have the western "it cant be done" attitude.
- Mooseknuckle, on 10/12/2007, -18/+61>> They don't have the western "it cant be done" attitude.
  
  No, they don't have the western "it can be done with superior tools" means ...
- an0nymous, on 10/12/2007, -3/+31Just poor folks making the most of their limited transportation. I once put a couch on a honda cvcc and drove 50 miles...9 people in a pinto.... look at pictures of dustbowl families, too...
- sundancekid503, on 10/12/2007, -20/+43--They don't have the western "it cant be done" attitude.--
  
  No, they don't have the western "hey this could be insanely dangerous" attitude...
- dyscon, on 10/12/2007, -10/+54"They don't have the western "it cant be done" attitude."
  
  They also don't have the western "I don't want a fine because we have many more road regulations" attitude
- nodong, on 10/12/2007, -15/+33They also don't have the western "I don't eat decaying stingray, and I don't slaughter my own pigs and chickens" mentality.
- rasterbator, on 10/12/2007, -10/+16And you wonder why therre is a bird flu pandemic possibility.
- RadiantBeing, on 10/12/2007, -2/+30It just goes to show that there is no shortage of ingenuity and ability in the world. Only some countries don't have the right combination of infrastructure, laws, economics, security, learning, or culture in place to make the most of it. This admonishment applies equally to people in the West. We are always in danger of losing the "can-do" attitude by laziness, entitlement, lack of motivation, government interference, etc
- ChzPlz, on 10/12/2007, -7/+35>> They don't have the western "it cant be done" attitude.
  nor do they have trucks, it seems.
- jonashwing, on 10/12/2007, -10/+5i'm pretty sure i've seen some of these on the fark photoshop contests
- randf, on 10/12/2007, -2/+28they also don't have "i'll sue the makers of this moped" attitude after they crash b/c they were balancing a water buffalo on their handlebars.
- f8pc, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Unlike America, they probably couldn't get away with suing like that. That is one thing that really makes me mad.
- wwwdot1jesdotus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4It may be just in my city but I have seen a huge, I mean huge number of scooters and mopeds driving around the streets lately. Probably due to gas prices but I still find it staggering.
- hosiah, on 10/12/2007, -3/+9Gee, thanks, fellow Americans, for making me ashamed of my country. Pictures of people struggling harder to survive than your lazy asses have ever worked a day in your lives inspiring you to make crude insults about kills all the patriotism I had today.
  
  "It can't be done" that's right, that's all I ***** hear out of these worthless sacks of fat all around me. It's a shame to see the Revolutionary Patriot's hard-won country being squandered this way.
- rockintom99, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4This makes me feel a lot safer riding my moped with just *me* on it...
- f0dder, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2they don't have trial lawyers
siavash, on 10/12/2007, -5/+69http://www.duggmirror.com
- ShrimpCrackers, on 10/12/2007, -7/+30Why are people digging Siavash down? Please click on the link and you'll see Duggmirror knows and automatically links you to the proper area.
  Its a handy "service".
- xixor, on 10/12/2007, -2/+34I've notcied a lot of people getting dugg down for posting a link to duggmirror lately. In almost all instances I have found the duggmirror link to be helpful and faster than the original site.
- chaosmachine, on 10/12/2007, -1/+31you think digg would get smart and just post a link right under the story.
- kiddailey, on 10/12/2007, -3/+12It bears repeating since some people still don't understand:
  
  They get dugg down because the referrer checking of Duggmirror.com does not work for everyone due to firewalls/proxies/etc.
  
  Really, I don't understand why people are so bent out of shape over posting the full URL (is it really just an indicator of the maturity level here at Digg?). If anything, people should be annoyed with either URL being posted since all you have to do is replace "igg" in the address bar with "uggmirror" or get a script that does it for you.
- nofxjunkee, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1you're right, but sometimes if you want to see the mirror it's just as easy type the full url and post the comment, then click it yourself.
- dickeytk, on 10/12/2007, -4/+3why is some people not being able to access the mirror a reason to digg someone else down for posting it? that's like digging down stories that don't apply to you
Lososaurus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+24I didn't know bicycle and motorcycle tires were that resiliant.
- ivachen, on 10/12/2007, -6/+2when they are not fully inflated...
- avtomat, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Tires... damn, those are the most robust, p.o.s. disguised mopeds I have ever seen. Who manufactured those?
- hplasm, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0probably 'Chip Shin' indestructable Teflon jobs- 1st thing to change!!
- zonk3r, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1even more amazing is how many people post links with the word 'amazing' in the title that are merely 'interesting' yet they get dugg into infinity...
SoupsMan, on 10/12/2007, -41/+3"They don't have the western "it cant be done" attitude."

Tru Dat. But I believe that were have woken up. They have power over the Matrix. It's nothing but a bunch of Hackers. Maybe if you took the right pill, you would be a hacker too.
- NuttyAvatar, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6What? Please, I want to know what you are saying... maybe something important I am missing out...
- Nicodascorpio, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5WTF! I think you might have taken another kind of pill my friend. Check your pupils and wait till you "come down" before trying to post anything coherent.
t.toe, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3where are these pictures taken? anyone know?
- albatross5000, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5from all over, I'm pretty sure. Southeast asia def.
- f0rtytw0, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8I saw stuff just like that when I was in Thailand. I remember seeing whole families on a single bike.
- guregu, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Some of the photos look like they were shot in Thailand.
- modernsquid, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Some of them are taken in Viet Nam. I can tell by the signs in the background.
- diggdon, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3I guarantee that they (almost all of them) were taken in Vietnam. I remember the actual article on MSNBC (I think it was) when the book containing these photos (most of them) were first published online. The guy who wrote this page basically just plagiarized a single web. A few of the photos are taken from another source I don't recognize. If I can dig up the link I'll let you know.
warmonger48, on 10/12/2007, -4/+4They should hire the people in the last pic to be circus clowns in the clown car.
- nofxjunkee, on 10/12/2007, -3/+9That dude with 4 chicks on a bike is a pimp!
celtboy, on 10/12/2007, -45/+6how many do you think are the spawn of photoshop?
- kigabit, on 10/12/2007, -1/+35none?
- guardsman85, on 10/12/2007, -0/+19I bet they are all real. We saw crazy stuff like that in Afghanistan--camels or Toyota pickups piled so high they looked tripple their original size. One time we saw 9 people on a single motorcycle...yeah 9!
- Conglomerate, on 10/12/2007, -0/+14Wow buddy you need to get outside of the Western countries if you think this sort of stuff is photoshopped. This sort of stuff is very normal in 3rd world countries thats why over there motorcycles sell a lot more than cars.
- hosiah, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4No, you can tell these aren't photoshop jobs. Because they don't look like a four-year-old went at the newspaper with scissors and a bottle of Elmer's glue.
weprin, on 10/12/2007, -4/+13I got this in my e-mail this morning. In exactly the same order, too. Strange!
MadOgre, on 10/12/2007, -13/+15What? We have people doing things like that all the time in the US. We call them "dumbasses".
The car with the window AC unit strapped to it. The Jetta with the pallet load of plywood on top, etc.
Just because you can... doesn't mean you should.
- Conglomerate, on 10/12/2007, -1/+17Did you ever think that maybe they don't have the means to transport it any way else? Not everyone in the world can buy a car.
- neilpan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+16yeah...what about people buying Ford F350 truck just to showoff? I call them dumbasses...
- hosiah, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2So, let me get this straight. I'm the only American on Digg who isn't wearing a John Deere hat and squinting at the monitor in between tobacco-juice splats, is that right?
  
  Hey, guys, turn on the TV! There's a NASCAR race on!
o0joshua0o, on 10/12/2007, -29/+5Some of these pictures seem to violate the laws of physics.

Also, what does this have to do with Logistics? These are just pictures of people transporting things in amazing (usually unsafe) ways.
- nodong, on 10/12/2007, -2/+36What do you think logistics is? (A hint: it's not the same as logic.)
- o0joshua0o, on 10/12/2007, -23/+4"What do you think logistics is? (A hint: it's not the same as logic.)"
  
  From Wikipedia: "Logistics is the art and science of managing and controlling the flow of goods, energy, information and other resources like products, services, and people, from the source of production to the marketplace."
  
  Again, what does this have to do with Logistics?
- Digitallimit, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11They're flowing goods to the market.
- eulergamma, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10@o0joshua0o
  
  It's those types of peoples' "science" to make the most out of what they get: goods & products (obvious), services (transportation), and people (family), from the marketplace (or just place) to their eventual personal storage (or just another place). (assuming they have a home)
- o0joshua0o, on 10/12/2007, -14/+1They aren't managing anything. They are simply delivery drivers who've come up with creative ways to load the products they're delivering onto their vehicles. Logistics involves a lot more than simply making deliveries.
briguymaine, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9I was on a little island off the coast of Malaysia last year and saw a family of five on a scooter similar to photo 6. Child standing where the basket is, Father driving, behind him was a Mother holding a baby, and another child holding on behind the mother. Nobody had helmets and they drive on the side of the road with cars passing them constantly. 3 or 4 on a scooter was very normal.

I just saw the last photo! At least the kids that I saw were small! I find it amazing how some parts of the world just find a way to get it done.
- Zopmaz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I agree, the ingenuity of these people is amazing.
  
  I am getting a moped, middle-price range, any suggestions? I think a Honda would work well.
nodong, on 10/12/2007, -0/+17I have a friend in Bankok who started a moped courier service that got a DHL contract. They sometimes deliver massive packages on a little moped. Not what you expect to happen to your shipment of porcelain figurines when you ship it to Thailand with DHL or FedEx.
- briguymaine, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11I'd believe it with DHL, my company had pretty bad luck with them.
captainmarvel, on 10/12/2007, -0/+18I honestly didn't know you could balance so many different types of oversized things on a bicycle.
- captainmarvel, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11Exactly.
- neilpan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+15How can you strap a fridge on one side of a bicycle and ride on it? ...that puzzled me
- hosiah, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2The guy with the mirror had me staring for a minute wondering "How can he steer?" But then I realised there's somebody in front of him. Then I wondered, "How does he keep from falling off? Magnetic ass cheeks?"
cstamp99, on 10/12/2007, -5/+9I'm going to guess the mortality rate in those countries are a bit high.
- adolfojp, on 10/12/2007, -2/+28Nah, the huge size of their balls probaly saves them from most of the crashes.
azurechaos, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7Makes me feel sorry for those animals stuffed in there. Interesting pictures, though.
sybiladams, on 10/12/2007, -4/+0Neat. I listened this am to a neat download from BBC adio 4--In Our Time. It addressed China and the Neddham effect--about massive discoveries (many in logistics--like the suspended bridge) in the 9th & 10th century. It was good for a walk with an iPod.
Xirto, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Haha, I love the 6th one: sorry kids, mom only have one helmet.
eddigg, on 10/12/2007, -0/+15Pimp my ride
- MackBolan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+18"Pimp my ride"
  
  Exactly what I thought about Pic#2
  
  "You see what we did was we put a fridge in the back here so you can get cold drinks anytime you want"
  
  Perhaps the fridge was blocking the view but I bet they installed a portable DVD player on his handle bars.
boypinoy18, on 10/12/2007, -4/+9accident rates in these countries aren't as bad as those of their western counterparts simply because less (much much less) people are on their cell phones in these countries and actually taking the initiative to concentrate on their mode of transportation for once.

that's a concept we need to absorb, minus the pigs/carframe/refrigerator-on-a-side-of-the-bike bit.

and props to the guy with a six pack in his hands while biking. i envy him.
- thefirelane, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10either that, or they are going much much slower, and everyone has much much smaller modes of transportation.
  
  but feel free to blame your pet peeve.
- RadiantBeing, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7I think it is reasonable to assume that someone would pay a hell of a lot more attention to the road under the circumstances pictured. No doubt speed and a different driving culture come into play as well. One also has to wonder how many minor/medium accidents would get reported. Still, I think it is obvious enough that someone bombing along in an SUV while distracted by his radio or cellphone presents a much bigger danger than someone concentrating intently on managing his loaded bike. Getting lulled into a false sense of security by crumple zones and airbags doesn't help either.
- adamkhel, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3It has nothing to do with cellphones. I've seen people in South/South-Central Asian countries talking on the phone while on mopeds and even *texting* while driving their car or moped. It's mostly the lower speeds and the fact that everyone drives very defensively.
  
  Of course, when accidents do happen (usually buses), there is all hell to pay. I remember a bus falling down a mountain path because the bone-headed bus drivers were racing each other. It took *days* to rescue the remaining few and the bodies of the dead (due to the high mountains and cliff that the bus fell off of).
lordTalus, on 10/12/2007, -19/+13Some of them looked photoshopped...

My favorite was the first one with the people crossing the bridge. The people 'the gubment forgots' in New Orleans wouldn't cross a bridge like that to save themselves.
- thespiff, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6You are an *****.
  Your comment is absurdly offensive and totally irrelevant to the topic.
  Now go away.
- lordTalus, on 10/12/2007, -7/+5why not... I thought ALL americans were fat, stupid and lazy.
- hosiah, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1@thespiff
  
  I don't know what it is about this particular story, but in here I'm seeing more assholes than a protology textbook.
- hosiah, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Duh, I just figured it out. Posted in the "design" category. Solid Photoshop rednecks.
bilba69, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7I think the description is a little inaccurate .... "You have seen nothing like this"

Actually I have, on like 10 different websites over a year ago... OLD!!
DanielNielsen, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6These guys kick ass, i would crash and die if i tried that. I dint like the one with the pigs in the cages, i hope they are dead and not alive, other wise i will have to feed that guy to some angry pigs.
TheBritishGuy1, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2My favorite is the one with the chair on his head!
ghm101, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2best digg of the day
:)
Brian48216, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10Before people go about criticizing how stupid/dangerous this is

Remember that the average household income in those countries is like...$50 a month or something to that effect.

People have to put food on the table and clothes on their backs.
- hosiah, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Yeah, and what do they DO for that $50 dollars a month? Produce the goods that the average American burns in a single day, that's all.
sodak47, on 10/12/2007, -0/+22Dude can ride a bicycle carrying a gazillion eggs and I can't get out of my car without spilling my frickin' coffee...
loculi, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2LOL I love the one of the older lady on the chicken cycle.
TheGizzard, on 10/12/2007, -16/+2I can't believe that people think these pics are authentic. Its great photo shop altered pics.
- Conglomerate, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1Your an idiot.
- gregdigg, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Don't you mean "you're" an idiot?
Kaleb25, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3"My favorite is the one with the chair on his head!"

Can you imagine how bad that would be if he wrecked? Ouch.
- distrbnce, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12I imagine it would offer some bit of protection.
  
  What about the dude holding the giant mirror?
NewPunk, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6The best is the guy with the 3 wheel bike and the car frame on top... the dude has to look through the car to see where he's going. Jokes. Dugg.
jschlitzer, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4I've recently been working in Shun De. It's West of Hong Kong. I have seen everything in these pictures first hand. I was just telling a friend of mine about the giant balls of grass moving down the road, then I scroll down and sure enough there's a picture of it. Another good one is the propane delivery guys. They'll carry 5-6 20gal bottles of propane on a bike. I'd sure hate to hit that guy.

Seeing a whole family on a bike or scooter is very normal. A small child/infant is usually dangling off the back of their mother.

Where I was, traffic laws really didn't exist. Drives frequently go the wrong way down roads into on coming traffic. At stop lights, motorcycles fight their way to the front of the pack. It's such a zoo. When I finally get back to Hong Kong, I litterally wat to kiss the ground because I feel so much safer and "normal".

My trips to China have really made me appreciate being an American.

Oh...I forgot...the whole family on bicycles isn't just a Chinese thing. In Holland, I frequently saw mothers wit 3-4 children on a single bike.
MIC4311, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4those are some wild pics... the kids in them have no idea how much danger they are in. imagine what people would say if Brittany Spears put her baby in a basket on moped! haha.
aelias, on 10/12/2007, -5/+2How the ***** can the guy with the mirror see where he's going? Does he judge proximity by the "Oh, ***** !" faces of the people behind him?
- gregdigg, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4He's not driving, he's a passenger.
- adolfojp, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Sir, you just made me lol my pants.
zbeast, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2They do things with mopeds I would not dare to do.
with all these over sized loads over stressed tires there has to be lots of injurys.
People in the rest of the world can't even ride a moped.
http://www.sikvid.com/vids/931.html
http://vidcrazy.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1368&Itemid=58
- Zopmaz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Oops, wrong reply! (Sorry!)
otheruser, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5lol, this is great stuff.

Being South Asian, I totally understand the nature of these *crafty* methods.

We're too spoiled here. In much of the East, they work with what they have, and that sentiment really sticks (even here).
KSUdesigner, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1The very last photo...the one with 5 people on the motorbike...is it me or does the guy in front have an extra arm? Maybe not, but it sure looks that way!
vwpbl, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Are some of those pictures of the Honda Super Cub? sweet.
shampoovta, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Check out a movie called Beijing bicycle. It was very enlightening for me.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0276501/
pauleku, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5they are all great, but the mirror one is just the funniest. You can look and WATCH yourself being ridiculous while you carry an odd load.
youareretarded, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1What country is this in? I could make a killing selling these people trucks!
omninode, on 10/12/2007, -7/+3They also, apparently, have Photoshop.

Are you guys seriously not picking up on this?
- hosiah, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4Are you Adobe assholes seriously not picking up that everybody hates your retarded ass? ***** OFF
michaelb1, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4maybe they are onto something with that stingray delivery service.
- spooq, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1This is the second post mentioning stingray - unless I'm looking at the wrong pic, that's a sunfish.
greendigger, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9These pics are hilarious :-) Being from India, I can totally relate to that, especially during harvesting season, you will see trucks, trolleys..filled with impossible amount of stuff, especially hay.
Chaseb, on 10/12/2007, -6/+2Photoshop!
- Chaseb, on 10/12/2007, -4/+3Edit: I believe some of them are legit, but some aren't . The car body? C'mon!
- hosiah, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5Are you Adobe assholes seriously not picking up that everybody hates your retarded ass? ***** OFF!
amusive2, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4When I was in India you would see the exact same thing. People would have all these items on bikes or motorcyles. One of my favorite photos from my trip is if a family of 4 on a little motorcycle. They just make do with what they have. It is really amazing!
nicroma, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Yes I have, it went around email at work last week. Hilarious none the less.
aboutblank, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Car body on bicycle = photoshopped.
btnheazy03, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Look, it's a stack of hay riding a bike
neonsox, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Is no frunnie preaze! We wide brycycle an' spreak engrish!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OB3DAKeyIBI
brilliant, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1hot untapped market for UHAUL?
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