Quote Originally Posted by Jonsims View Post
Mate.. you have offered some good advice but really..
If he doesn't have a Chinese driving license he cant ride the bike.. You are crazy to suggest he does this. If he hits someone and he has no license his insurance is null and void. If he leaves the scene of the accident they will find him and there will be big trouble.
He could be facing a minimum 6 months imprisonment and be forced to pay compensation.
I have heard that it is possible to get TOURIST driving licenses but again.. if he hasn't got a license he is really stupid to buy a bike and go riding.. especially with absolutely no experience of riding here.
Very very very few people in China will try and scam your money from you. I dont' know where you get that idea from but hey.. I've only been here 18 years. But the advice on accidents and the police.. MATE.. that is so out of date now.. The police really do take this seriously.. There are more and more working traffic cameras and not only that.. if a mob gets together they could tear you to pieces..
Ok, man but in his case what can we say to him then?

Forget about riding Yunnan cause u won't have license? What percentage of local riders u see everyday u think have proper license insurance and plates? I'd say less than 10% riders of gas powered 2 wheelers here are legit. Now that's in SH, how about Yunnan?

Still, I regret what I said regarding accidents.

Please discard my previous advice regarding fleeing an accident scene as it is immoral, not even mentioning how it may end up.

Any local would flee, as any minor hit would have no consequence whatsoever (unless u're in the middle of a mob yea), now what u do in case of a major hit is up to u.

Just don't have any major hit in the 1st place.

Now regarding police, a policeman can lose his job and be sued should he follow u and cause u to crash, reason why they don't follow, as of today.

How do u explain 90% locals still driving non registered vehicles? They never encountered a cop these last years when police started to enforce rules more severely? I have all papers but still flee from cops when I see they're just too focused on me.

I'm on the wrong lane, wrong way and a cop starts whistling at me pointing fingers and all, I don't stop anymore, did it once, won't do it again. Never been followed.

I only stop if I'm 100% sure there's ZERO chance for him to bill me.

Now he's not gonna have a license, so what do u recon he should do should a cop point his finger at him in the middle of Yunnan? 18 years later China is still China and it's ok to do things u wouldn't do in homeland cause TIC, not homeland.