Traffic standstill

Was caught in the middle of a traffic standstill recently. Massive traffic jams are daily affairs in almost every part of HCMC where there are schools, learning centres, office buildings, theatres etc. In a city where the narrow streets were only designed for motorbikes but were never improved to cater to the current increasing number of cars, it is a nightmare to travel during peak hours.

A typical class dismissal like this literally brings traffic to a standstill with throngs of anxious parents (looking out for their child walking out of the building) on their motorbikes, scattering from the entrance of the building, to the middle of the road, oblivious to any on-coming traffic.