Originally Posted by
SoCal Adv Tourer
>All good stuff Dave apart from the Chinses Traffic Laws? No one in Chinese considers or take note of Chinese Traffic Laws?<
I assume you are being sarcastic... Reviewing the drivers license exam will help him understand the general road rules and just might save his life.
At first glance, the traffic may appear like a highly chaotic free-for-all, but a little effort in reviewing the laws may help him understand there is a method to the madness. He may learn the traffic protocol may be better described as organized chaos and it may help him 'fly under the radar' by not standing out by making mistakes...which may become a slippery slope for an undocumented driver on the road. One obvious undocumented rule is 'Momentum RULES!'.... pedestrians yield to bicycles, bicycles yield to scooters, scooters yield to larger motorcycles and motorcycles yield to cars, cars to buses and buses to large trucks and so on... I am not a fan of the horn, but I consider it as a simple common courtesy notice of "Hey, I am here". Also, I am impressed with the lack of road rage with merging traffic and the indifference if someone is a millimeter from scratching a luxury car. (In this scenario, you may not hear a horn.) I am sure there are many threads about this topic with posts from very experienced drivers and riders. I was even more impressed watching the local dogs... talk about street smarts! The beagle I had as a child on a farm in Ohio wouldn't have lasted five seconds....
Anyhow, I think anyone attempting to drive in China should consider reading the online test bank questions. There are no 'restarts' in life.... (It is a fun exercise also....)