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Re: Queue Jumpers ........ dieeeeeee Sun, 09 October 2005 06:16 Go to previous message
Toobs wrote on Sun, 09 October 2005 15:28

Its amusing how the Chinese are like that... its not because they are stupid or arrogant but because there are so many people in china and so little order that pushing through and cutting in are the norm for them.

Apparently they only recently introduced a road rule making it compulsory to give way to pedestrians at a pedestrian crossing... they still don't give way though!

Likewise if a westerner goes to China and tries to drive they will inevitably either have an accident or not move at all... one of our suppliers is an expat and lives in china and refuses to drive because he can't handle it.

You would have to go to china and see for yourself to fully understand.


yeh, the rules here and there are opposite basically:
here, in order to get recognised by a driver when ur a pedestrian, u make eye contact and they'll generally slow down for u. the eye contact indicating that uve seen them and they've seen u and ur intent is to cross.

but over there, if u make eye contact, it means uve seen them and are aware that they have no intent to stop. i tried to cross the road a few times and failed. went wif my mate who was living there for a few months and he crossed wif his eyes on the floor. couldnt understand it.
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