Why is a Chinaman (on a bicycle) like a squirrel?
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From: Brent on 18 Jun 2010 11:17 On 2010-06-18, Scott in SoCal <scottenaztlan(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > Last time on rec.autos.driving, bv521(a)FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Micheal C. > Jordan) said: > >> >>Because they ride out into your path... stop... and then turn back into >>your new path! Just like a crazy stunned squirrel that tries to run across >>the road in front of you. > > Have you seen any of the videos of drivers in China? Here's an > example: > > http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=0fd_1276797739 > > 1.2 BILLION Chinese, and it seems like almost all of them are > oblivious, incompetent fucks. One theory I've heard is that these > people were all ground-pounders just a few years ago, and now suddenly > they all have cars but don't know how to drive. If the Chinese > licensing standards are as lax as their other laws and regulations, it > all makes perfect sense. The laws and regulations are no more lax in China than they are in the USA. It's simply a matter of perception about what law and regulation is for. As the fist tightens in the US and more and more law and regulation is openly set up to rob and control us you can expect traffic to get a lot more like China's. It won't be about behaving properly for a good flow it will be what-can-I-get-away-with. We can see the way it's changed over the years already.
From: Nate Nagel on 18 Jun 2010 19:26 On 06/18/2010 11:17 AM, Brent wrote: > you can expect traffic to get a lot > more like China's. It won't be about behaving properly for a good flow > it will be what-can-I-get-away-with. It already is *exactly* like that. Respect for traffic law has been dying a slow death since 1974, and I can't put my finger on when it actually completely kicked the bucket, but it was a while ago. nate -- replace "roosters" with "cox" to reply. http://members.cox.net/njnagel
From: Brent on 18 Jun 2010 22:30
On 2010-06-18, Nate Nagel <njnagel(a)roosters.net> wrote: > On 06/18/2010 11:17 AM, Brent wrote: > >> you can expect traffic to get a lot >> more like China's. It won't be about behaving properly for a good flow >> it will be what-can-I-get-away-with. > > It already is *exactly* like that. Respect for traffic law has been > dying a slow death since 1974, and I can't put my finger on when it > actually completely kicked the bucket, but it was a while ago. It's not quite like China yet. Well on the way with traffic leading the way. |