Only in China: A Car Driving on a Footbridge

[JIM E92]

China has had 4000 years of contiguous history and civilization....now today, because of this, I'm embarrassed of my Chinese ancestry. [Face Palm]

[Blake]

i call fake because everything in china is fake

[SchlauCow]

I like that dramatic music the news added.

[panicos81]

so what happened? he wanted a shortcut?

[E90SoFlo]

[Augenbrauezug]

You spelled it wong.

[Kroy]

why anyone would walk in front of that car is beyond me.

[achien]

what they don't show you is the huge traffic jam below the bridge.

I was working in China at the latter part of last year and taxi drivers would drive on the "wrong" side of one-way street, entering pedestrian-only areas.

basically, they will drive anywhere to get them quickest from point A to point B.

Originally Posted by JIM E92

China has had 4000 years of contiguous history and civilization....now today, because of this, I'm embarrassed of my Chinese ancestry. [Face Palm]

[infinitekidM2C]

Originally Posted by achien

what they don't show you is the huge traffic jam below the bridge.

I was working in China at the latter part of last year and taxi drivers would drive on the "wrong" side of one-way street, entering pedestrian-only areas.

basically, they will drive anywhere to get them quickest from point A to point B.

i been there too; driving rules are shall we say...optional

and it's weird cause the chinese are super safe drivers over here...its the koreans that are terrible dangerous drivers

[g_rant]

Originally Posted by Augenbrauezug

You spelled it wong.

[JIM E92]

Did you notice when the guys picked up the back of the car to clear the corner?

[achien]

actually, you are right. I have been there 3 months and the collision rates between Toronto and Shenzhen/Beijing are similar (about 1 collision in 2-to-3 days). But the severity of the accients are quite different.

In China, a collision is mostly a fender-bender. In Toronto, you can almost guarantee at least one car is "totalled".

Since there is no concept of the "right of way" in China (you can call that rude in North America), people are much more careful when cutting-off another car or being cut-off. More importantly, insurance and/or litigation does little or no help to the "victim", that means they will incur loss of income if they cannot continue driving. Hence, everyone is much more careful and not go to the extreme just because they have the "right of way".

Originally Posted by infinitekid2002

i been there too; driving rules are shall we say...optional

and it's weird cause the chinese are super safe drivers over here...its the koreans that are terrible dangerous drivers

[tHegeRm]

China's version of Fast + Furious = Slow + Dangerous.