You guys won't believe it. After I watched this video I was driving along Shimen Lu (for those of you in Shanghai). There was a stale green light at the Weihai lu intersection. I am on the far left side and there are cars in the next 3 lanes to my right. Safe right? Right when I pass the intersection a scooter blasts through it from my right side. I hit the horn and the brakes but it seems that we are destined to hit. I barely pass ahead of his path as he grazes behind me without even slowing. The whole incident from the moment I saw him to the moment we nearly collided took less than 2 seconds. What was this guy thinking? He blew right through an intersection without stopping.

So the moral of the story is SLOW at every intersection. The more clear it looks to you the more clear it looks to others you may not see whether you have the right of way or not.