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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_in_ChinaQuote:
Originally Posted by euphonius
Dear Humanbeing,
you are good. you should consider joining The New Yorker as a fact-checker!
OK, amend my comment to "one time zone west of eastern China"....
cheers!
Hi all,
I've been lurking around this forum where I must say I found many uselful informations.
I was wondering if someone can shed some light on my wenti
I've a Chinese C1 driving licence, can I legally drive a motorbike with it? (I suppose not)
If negative does anybody knows what I should do to get a valid driving licence for motorbike? what's the code of auto-moto driving licence?
Consider that I hold a european driving license for auto and moto with unlimited HP (AB)
Cheers
Welcome Marco! HZ = Hongzhou?Quote:
Originally Posted by marcomagica
A C1 is for passenger cars only.Quote:
Originally Posted by marcomagica
A "D" is for motorcycles (2 wheels) and sidecars/trikes (3 wheels)
An "E" is for motorcycles (2 wheels)
Most commonly, a person will have a C1E (cars and motorcycles)
If you have a valid motorcycle license from Europe, you should be able to "easily" transfer it to a C1E. However, as you already have a C1 (presumably based on your European license), I am not sure what the Traffic Management Branch will think when you come back, asking for a motorcycle ("E") endorsement. I'm guessing it won't be a problem, but one never knows what happens in the minds of those behind the counter.
Hi,
thanks for the info, HZ= Hangzhou
In fact when I had my chinese driving licence some 8 years ago I "translated" my european driving licence which was car only.
By then I passed my motorbike exam in Europe and now I have AB for Europe.
Till now I had no interest in driving motorbike here, but with the new JH 600...
I will ask my local traffic management bureau, but I fear the "buzhidao" situation where nobody knows what to do and no police man want to take responsibility :D
I'll keep you posted in case someone else is in the same situation in the future.
Cheers!
Hangzhou is a "dry town" (no motorcycles) but I would imagine you can still update your driving license to include a motorcycle endorsement. If your European license is valid, you will need to have it translated, and notarized, and then pass a written exam. If your european license is no longer valid, it's question: Will a dry town have systems to teach you to drink? Hope you don't get a "don't know" response. Chinese law has provisions for obtaining all kinds of driving licenses, including motorcycle licenses. Why would HZ be any different?
Good luck, and hope you can report back your findings!
Yes,
I know Hangzhou is a dry town, however my C1 licence was issued here and I have residence address registered here. If this is a problem (I hope not) I'll just move my residence outside just for the driving licence purposes.
While this may be a "regulated" situation for our chinese brothers I'm not sure my case is contemplated for the laowai.
In fact I know that if a chinese wanted to do this he would need to re-do written exam AND driving, I of course hold a valid european AB driving licence and a C1 driving licence making my case different.
Make me re-do the written paper only wouldn't make any sense according to me... but yet it wouldn't surprise me at all, Chinese laws and regulations never do much sense to a laowai.
So far I've asked help to one person at work which is "asking a friend" with astonishment in her face... I could already read in her face "these laowai are real strange, why would he want to drive a motorbike anyways, motorbikes are for countryside people!"
I really do have a motorcycle license back home, but I here I translated it by myself and stamped it at the office. Really, I might as well put down I'm licensed to drive trailers. All went well..Quote:
Originally Posted by euphonius
Here in Shanghai, thankfully still a wet town, the translation is done by a couple of city-nominated translation houses, which also have a notary at hand. As I recall, it was 50 rmb for the package deal. I made sure that the translation included reference to the M1 motorcycle endorsement; in fact, while the license only reads "M1" the translation read "motorcycle". These people know what they are doing, and it couldn't have been easier.Quote:
Originally Posted by slabo
Hangzhou also has plenty of expats, and I think (hope) they will handle this request with aplomb!
Yup, that's me! I definitely prefer riding in the countryside.Quote:
Originally Posted by marcomagica
Good luck & report back.