Chinese Driving

[Tyler]

At first I cringed but then couldn't help laughing as it went along...

 

[rushes]

It's all cool...

That's another way ta deal with the over-population problem.

Plus those stop signs are expensive and the teenagers steal 'em anyway...

 

[bikerskier]

After spending a week and a half in Wuhan and Shanghai in January. I can see every bit of that! Much more action on the freeway ramps.

 

[C&C]

I think on a couple of them the driver 'took aim'.

 

[SPORT]

It's like their all spaced out and not even paying attention to what's in front of them...scary!

 

[airboss]

Driving in the Far East, remember all those traffic signs are only there to decorate the poles, just so much street Bling B)

 

[07fjrTom]

Funny stuff! Like watching funniest home videos. No helmets, no gear, no worries.... no one gets hurt. :assassin:

 

[Checkswrecks]

Good video to think about what parts of your body are going to take hits. I'm generally ATGATT anyway, but methinks I'll be better at leg protection this year.

This looks more like the China/India/etc that I'm used to:

 

[SacramentoMike]

I loved the drums. And that moment at 2:03. Beautiful! Thanks, Tyler.

 

[Intech]

That was hilarious for the most part as it didn't seem like many of them were serious. The slow speed most of them occurred at is curious. Do they not have brakes or are they just not watching where they are going. the worst was the cab hitting the two broadside on the scooter. that looked scary!

 

[Niehart]

At least there were no of those damn simi's!

 

[Tyler]

That was hilarious for the most part as it didn't seem like many of them were serious.

I think my favorite one was the one guy just standing in the middle of the street and the car just kind of knocked him over... :lol:

At least there were no of those damn simi's!

I think you mean semis... smart ass.

 

[reddog]

That is just nuts, its like motor vehicles = chinese kryptonite

 

[phroenips]

I've got several co-worker friends that have gone over to China for business trips. They all said "The more expensive the car, the faster you should run out of the way"

 

[bikerskier]

At the Wuhan terminal waiting for a flight to Seoul and all the cars iparked casually in front of the international departure consist of 4 BMW 7 Series, 2 Range Rovers, 2 Mercedes large sedans, and several other very high end cars. WTF? A departure of some Chinese business baron or drug lord?

 

[dustyrains]

I am going to hazard a guess here. Probably most Chinese drivers haven't been driving that long. It's only been in the last ten or fifteen years that many Chinese have been able to purchase cars. I imagine the explosion of cars and drivers haven't been matched by driver education and safety and infrastructure improvement. Little to no car "culture"? And anyway, many in Europe have a similarly low opinion of the average 'Murikins driving skills. Go figure. :haha:

 

[Flylooper]

I think there's a business opportunity there.

Like opening a body and fender shop.

Oh, yeah. And splints! (One call gets it all!)

 

[N_Lindz]

The one about half way through where the car hits the guy standing in the road really cracked me up for some reason, thanks for sharing.

On a side note... got stuck in traffic in Peoria the other day because of the below accident. Some stereotypes are true...

Shortly after 3 p.m. Thursday, during heavy rainfall and heavy traffic, Zhao Peng, 37, of China was traveling west on I-74 and exited onto Adams Street, according to the release. He realized he had taken the wrong exit and tried to get back onto the interstate by driving the wrong way down the ramp. When he tried to turn west onto the highway, he struck a car driven by Michael Wobbema, 51, of Bismark, N.D., the release said. No one was injured in that crash.

 

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