Quote Originally Posted by TB-Racing View Post
Went to two police stations in Qingpu district this morning with a printed version of the PDF file: http://www.hdezero.com/China_Law_Motorcycle_related.pdf in hand.
Officers at both police stations told us the document might be photoshopped and they are not aware motorcycles being allowed on expressways, either they are not aware of the law - don't want to admit that motorbikes are allowed on expressways or the PDF document is a fake = TIC.
That document does look dodgy indeed.

Here, what seems to be the original traffic law in Chinese and the official translation to English.

I haven't found anything specifically about banning bikes from expwys, but in an article about tractors it is mentioned that provincial and municipal governments may adopt driving bans and I am afraid bike bans are treated the same way.

It is fully understandable that nobody want's to have all those bikes carrying farmers and their tools, entire families riding the wrong way and all the other crappy two wheelers.
http://www.chinasmack.com/2012/pictu...-festival.html

A while ago some of the big bike manufacturers' reps tried to lobby the government to establish a big bike category with a different number plate and to treat them like cars. They failed, at least for the time being as they are only representing foreign interests and a very small group of people.
Traffic law in China is a big mess and it will stay like this for a while longer since they have 1.4 billion other problems to solve first


Have tried to enter an expressway with an extract of the traffic law (chapter 4, section 5) - no way

Entered and left expressways many times without being covered by law, mostly through gas or service stations. Been caught only once but not fined
http://www.mychinamoto.com/forums/sh...ull=1#post5067