Took the shuttle bus today, anyway the weather is crap so...

Jeff, my daily commute is a 20km trip (factory in Minhang), so bicycle is out of the question for me. I usually carry some docs and a laptop, so...

Felix, that might actually help, thanks a lot ! I can totally relate to the "I expect humans to act reasonably and respect each other". Thinking about it, that's my main problem in China.
Considering cars as mindless objects, not controlled by humans, can help, even though it feels really artificial to have the need to think that way not to get angry...

Most of the time, I focus on the fact that it is the best training anyone can have, that 1,000km in Shanghai = 5,000km in a western country, and that all this hardcore training will serve me well for my future riding career in Canada and Europe !


Nuhaus, I know what you mean with the culture shock : I just spent 3 weeks in France for the holiday, where people drive aggressively (accelerating and braking hard between traffic lights), but while respecting the rules. For the first 2 weeks I was completely scared stiff when, as a passenger in a car, we arrived at a crossroad without lights, and that the driver of my car never slow down even though other cars were coming from other direction quite fast, because we had the right of way !
Simply because everyone can expect/assume that the fellow driver will respect its share of the driving rules, they don't even think about slowing down when they have the right of way !

You do that in China, and you're dead in 2 hours maximum...