HANOI, Vietnam - Faced with mounting public criticism, Vietnam's Health Ministry suspended a widely ridiculed plan to ban short, thin and small-chested drivers.
The ministry had recommended that people whose chests measure less than 28 inches (72 centimeters) be prohibited from driving motorbikes _ as well as those who are too short (less than 4 feet, 8 inches) or too thin (less than 88 pounds).
When the plan hit the media this week, it prompted disbelief and scorn among members of the public, who envisioned the police pulling over female drivers to measure their bust.
Thursday's state-run Tuoi Tre newspaper quoted ministry official Nguyen Huy Quang as saying the proposal would be suspended.
(source: http://sg.news.yahoo.com/ap/20081028/tap-as-vietnam-road-rules-9a7ed42.html)
-- I was amused when I read this article. I wonder what other rules will they come up with next. Perhaps their kind and innocent intention was to flood the roads with only tall hunky men or big-busted babes. I bet the policy makers were singing to the tune of Cadbury Chocolate's advertisment when this proposal was made, ~"Won't it be nice?"... :)
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