Chinese (?) intersection mayhem

[Hevishot]

I need to open a body shop in china right on that corner

[Pinner]

The way they drive it would be a drive thru

[HotHotHeat]

Half those accidents were done on purpose.

[alltherage]

Originally Posted by photon

Do all cars/mopeds/bicycles in China come with satellite TV or something, that's the most avoidable set of accidents I have ever seen in my life.

To this I say take your experience with chinese drivers here, and apply that to every driver in China. It makes perfect sense.

[pylon]

I really don't know what it is about Chinese drivers, but it is not a myth. I am as racially tolerant as you could possibly be, and have no hate on for anyone because of their race. But when I was a sales person in the car business, the most terrifying test drives were either Chinese drivers, or Russians. I only had to ever pull the keys out of the ignition at a light 3 times, and all 3 times it was a Chinese driver. I honestly think there is some mysterious genetic something or other at play. Russians in the other hand were terrifyingly aggressive, and could care less about road signs or rules. They also believe that gas pedals are toggle switches, either all the way on, or off.

On the other hand, Japanese people tended to be some of the best drivers I ever ran into. But by far, Germans were the cream of the crop when it came to attentiveness and driving skill. Pretty much anyone from Western European countries had their stuff together.

Sorry to say it, but your average Canadian driver is amateur compared to most western European drivers. But then again its tough to blame them, when we have been brainwashed into thinking a Civic Si or a Sunfire GT is somehow a performance vehicle, or that driving a 4WD 1/2 ton in snow some how requires "skill".

[BloodFetish]

Awesome! I'm glad to see the Chinese drive like that outside of Vancouver.

Can you image the "Grind my Gears" thread if 4X4 lived there? Sheesh!

[Tron_fdc]

I've driven in China many a time. Those are all real accidents.

One thing I learned in China: If your hazards are on you can do anything you want. Drive on sidewalks, drive down the wrong side of the road, run red lights, whatever. If your hazards are on, it somehow makes you special, and impervious to the "law".

It's terrifying.

[psicodude]

The only one that wasn't funny was the Grandma and child getting backed over by the "bus" looking thing.

[VladtheImpaler]

Originally Posted by Cheerio

Wow.. All I can say. You'd think that some of these cars would slam on the brakes or something to not hit the other car/pedestrians. Some of these look like the cars are actually trying to run down the pedestrians/bikers. I'm also amazed at how little damage there is to the cars.

They are. When we went to Beijing in 2008, we took a cab from the airport. When we were almost at the hotel, a woman started crossing the street and the cabbie went right at her. If she hadn't jumped for cover, we would have run her down. Mrs. Impaler was "OMG"; I was "What a country!" I also enjoyed it when we were in a cab another time... there was fairly heavy traffic, and our guy just went down the dotted line between lanes and basically forced the sea to part, much like Moses.

[mykalberta]

Worst intersection, or worst drivers? A guy rear ended a bike.

[Joborule]

Do they even have insurance in China?

[The Yen Man]

Man, this video would have been perfect if they played Yakety Sax.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnHmskwqCCQ

[awildermode]

it is like watching a scott stevens highlight reel...only not

[boogerz]

Chinese people are m'effin' tough

Look how quickly they get up after getting hit by a m'effin' car

lol@2:04

Edit:

Originally Posted by The Yen Man

Man, this video would have been perfect if they played Yakety Sax.

Here you go. Just mute the car crash vid.

http://www.youtubedoubler.com/?video...uthorName=2010

[The Yen Man]

Lol, Jim Rome is right. Yakety Sax makes every video better.

[getbak]

Originally Posted by BloodFetish

Can you image the "Grind my Gears" thread if 4X4 lived there? Sheesh!

China would no longer have an overpopulation problem.

[LGA]

I'm of Chinese decent, but I'm a born and raised Canadian. I've had to help out some true-Chinese people drive (as in born and raised in China) and it is terrifying. They don't shoulder check when they turn, they don't really pay attention to anything, it's like they think they're driving in post-apocalyptic roads where everyone is dead but them.

I still remember living in Vancouver and being terrified of entering the Richmond area, it's like driving went from bad to down right hazardous.

[JohnnyB]

I quite like the driving in China. It's pretty nutty, but it's much more interesting and fun than the milk-toast driving back in Canada where people freak out about the smallest things.

[Rathji]

Originally Posted by johnnyb

i quite like the driving in china. It's pretty nutty, but it's much more interesting and fun than the milk-toast driving back in canada where people freak out about the smallest things like being hit by a car.

fyp

[JohnnyB]

Originally Posted by Rathji

fyp

Well, yeah. Obviously nobody likes to get hit by a car. I just find myself more partial to the flexibility of traffic laws here in China than I am to the uptight rigidity of driving laws in Canada. I suppose it's just like how some people feel speeding is ok in Canada and others don't. My feelings about how desirable it is to have flexibility in following traffic laws are just more in line with what it's like in China. It's kind of wacky and interesting in China.