Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Chinse Driving Improved?


Shanghai Traffic
Originally uploaded by Gone-Walkabout
Just when I think the Chinese have learned how to drive, they go and disprove me. Today when leaving the hotel, the light never changed - kept blinking green(not sure what that means). Anyhow as one would have it, my taxi driver got frustrated and decided to part traffic with is car...a rather normal thing, even in NYC. But in the US traffic would slow down, honk the horn, curse and so forth...not here, traffic continues at a normal pace. So who has the bigger balls? It's not about the size of the vehicle, but how your maneuver it..(hey get your mind out the gutter)

The one thing they have learned is how to use the horn...use it get people out of the way. It used to be 'hey I'm here,' or 'hey, I'm coming through.' So it's an improvement, but not necessarily the most important feature of driving.