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Road Tips in China

<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">It is important to know that drivers in China&comma; Beijing in particular can be quite aggressive&period; The cut corners quite often and we won’t see much courtesy&period; Because drivers in China have relaxed driving discipline&comma; they would expect the same thing from others&period; For travellers who walk on foot&comma; they should know that Beijing drivers don’t pay attention to the crosswalk sign&period; So&comma; they shouldn’t presume that it will be easy to cross the road because the crosswalk light is green&period; The safest way to cross the road in China is by walking on the overhead pedestrian flyover bridge&period; If there’s no bridge available&comma; we should cross with a large group of pedestrian and walk in the middle&comma; it should be fairly safe&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Another noticeable thing is that drivers in China use their horns excessively&comma; especially when they enter an intersection&period; This is particularly true when the intersection doesn’t have traffic lights&period; It is also quite common to see drivers run red lights&comma; but the good thing is&comma; they often blow their horn when doing this&period; In this case&comma; foreigners who drive in large Chinese cities should be &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;horn happy” as well&period; Fortunately&comma; this kind of behaviour won’t incite any kind of road rage&period; It’s about when in Rome&comma; we should do as the Romans do&period; In this case&comma; we should set our expectation low and do expect to see much traffic courtesy&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><img class&equals;"aligncenter wp-image-177" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;incrediblemag&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;10&sol;Road-Tips-in-China&period;jpeg" alt&equals;"Road Tips in China" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"337" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Setting good example may not do us any good and it would be a monumental task to change habits of a country with more than one billion people&period; In fact&comma; introducing Western-style traffic courtesy could make road accidents more likely&comma; because drivers are used to aggressive driving methods&period; Although the traffic is chaotic&comma; we should try to look for order during the chaos&period; We should look for patterns that can keep us safe&comma; despite our more aggressive driving style&period; As an example&comma; it may not be a good idea stop for pedestrians in the crosswalk&comma; because we could be rear-ended&period; Drivers in China will be surprised if they see another driver stops in front of them for a pedestrian&comma; so we shouldn’t do that&period; It’s much safer to drive like others&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">This may sound counter-intuitive&comma; but we shouldn’t show much consideration for others in the road and we shouldn’t give others a break&period; Our unusually courteous driving style could disrupt the organized chaos and this may cause accident to happen&period; Any deviation from selfish driving could cause accidents and we shouldn’t try to break this cycle&period; In fact&comma; by following the chaos&comma; it can be far safer and we could get to places much faster&period; Newton’s third law should apply when driving in road in China&period; It means that we should drive in a straight line and at a uniform speed&comma; until a force is applied&comma; such as traffic light or heavy traffic in intersections&period; Fortunately&comma; medical bills in China are quite affordable and people who hit us will be demanded to compensate for the bills&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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