How to cross the street in Saigon

I just realized this text and this video together make it appear that it's a video of me crossing the street. Not at all. It's taken as I walk halfway around the inside of the traffic circle at Cho Ben Thanh, from the Sept. 23rd Park side to the start of Le Loi Avenue. A few seconds of it show some people as the cross the street.

1. Stand upstream of a local, and do what they do. (Note this only works on a one-way street. Otherwise, when you get to the opposite half of the street, you're the one who's upstream.)

2. Wait for a large vehicle or a crowd of motorbikes to cross and take advantage of the temporary jam.

3. Look both ways and then look every other possible way--360 on the horizontal and vertical planes. There is no such thing is a lane or a way or even a street, really. Streams of traffic can develop behind you on the sidewalk you're stepping off of.

4. Do keep moving steadily and slowly. Establish a pace and let everyone see it. After that, even if a truck is bearing down on you, ignore you're instincts to dart, stop, or jump back.

5. As you are moving, "take your space" as they say in soccer. Ignore the lifetime of training of waiting until the traffic has passed. Instead, step in front of the traffic wherever there is a space and take it away from the vehicle coming toward you. Crowd that vehicle toward your front forcing it slow down to get around you safely. When the stream eventually gets too choked in front, it will start breaking behind you.