China Segment

I may live to regret writing this, but I’m calling out the police of Shanghai, of all China. Everyday more people needlessly die in this country because the police do not enforce the law. Traffic accidents are easily preventable, yet they do nothing. Cars, motorcycles and pedestrians break laws right in front [...]

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Crossing Fuzhou Road yesterday, I saw a car coming towards the stop line with relative abandon which looked unwilling to yield to I and the other pedestrians crossing. I’ve had enough of such me/car-centered driving here so I proceed on my path across the crosswalk (zebra for you Brits) with the driver well spotted [...]

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Well it is simply shocking. Five+ years in Shanghai and only yesterday did I experience my first car crash. It was more of a fender bender actually. I’m fine, the taxi driver was fine and so was the other driver… who pulled a real stupid move to put us in that mess. [...]

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If you’re in an older part of Shanghai and trouble strikes, better hoof it to a hospital. Calling an ambulance might just be what kills you.
I was wandering the streets - as I often do - the other evening and ended up around some night markets between Fuxing Road (复兴路) and Yu Garden (豫园). [...]

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… are missing from the vocabulary of drivers in Shanghai. I’ve asked a couple local people about shoulder checking (i.e. why don’t you do it?, did your instructors in driver training teach it to you?) and received answers like “huh?” in return. It appears drivers are not taught to shoulder check, and guess [...]

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