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Sign up with Google Sign up with FacebookQ: I ran a red light on my Mountain Bike
I always stop at red lights,but this time I didnt,and a police car was at the lights as well,I ran the red light and nothing happened.
I was expecting to be stopped as I live in Shenzhen,no one gave a shit. you can get done for jay walking but not for running a red light.
I stopped at a pedestrian crossing and the police car that was travelling behind me took to the oncoming lane to overtake me and miraculously missed taking out the pedestrians I had stopped for. I believe the main reason was that the walkers were expecting the lunatic/contemptuous/illegal manouvre and were ready to take evasive action.
I now choose my pedestrian stopping approach more carefully...with the view that the f#%*&r behind me will certainly not be stopping for the people.
Chinese driving is symptomatic of the life here.
philbravery:
Who the hell in China stops at a pedestrian
Mate this is partly why you will never be Chinese
royceH:
I stop for the pedestrians because I care about them as human beings. That, and I also believe I'm setting an example for the bastard drivers.
And it's the law. In fact, it's a traffic law that a driver must give way to a pedestrian at all times, not only at a pedestrian crossing.
I suppose that to be completely honest, I do it so as to have more ammo when I'm at the round dinner table and ranting on about how backward/selfish/incompetent Chinese society really is.
In truth I wish the bastards would stop inviting/tricking me into attending these wastes of nights.
philbravery:
and the standard answer is THIS IS CHINA
I have a good under standing of the road rule in China ad it seems there is one rule to get your licence and another for the real world
I have had plenty of discustions with people who honk their horn at me when Im crossing and one most noted incident when I removed the keys and through them on a passing Tricycle (keys not person) but again This s China
Too much trouble to catch you....it's all about the easiest way for the under paid traffic cop.
No license, no insurance, no sure thing.
Jay-walkers and cars are easy pickings.... bikes or ebikes are not...too much hassle.
I've seen the traffic cops in SZ asleep all the time.
Shining_brow:
In Hangzhou, the local coppers have been targeting doubling (2 people on an ebike).
Who cares about stopping for pedestrians, blocking on-coming traffic and other stupidity, when you can just fine someone for having 2 people on an ebike (that is designed to take them?)
We have a few serious looking cops in my area at the moment. I have no idea why. You know the ones I mean, the stoic faced cops with black uniforms and equipment belts.
I ran a red light on the wrong side of the road on my ebike in front of one today. But I reckon the cop used his roadcraft skills to judge that I was not a menace to society. He looked the other way.
iWolf:
A bonnie day to you sir.
We have LOTS of those guys cruising around in 2s and 3s on foot or two-up on motorbikes. Being the only foreigner in my district I recognise a few and most know me (and where I live - after a domestic altercation in my building a couple knocked on my door to wash up and have a drink of water and seemed to know who's door they were knocking on - of course I was friendly and helpful ).
From short conversations with a few, I think they are something like mobile patrols. Basically they cruise around looking for trouble. Should they find the smallest amount then at least a dozen of their mates will turn up in minutes.
Once the trouble is contained/neutralised then the normal police (light blue shirts) turn up and do the formalities. Like the normal police, the guys in black don't care about traffic issues. That's a job for the traffic police. Although they can care, generally each subset of the police stick to their own perview.
iWolf tip: when they catch your eye in your neighbourhood, give the old reverse nod greeting (raise your head). It might be handy to be known in your area and on good terms with them at some point.
ScotsAlan:
We don't normally have them in my area. We just have the guys in the bad fitting blue shirts. The local guys are fine. My MIL often takes my daughter into the local cop shop for a cup of tea.
Have you ever seen the cops with the guns and black SUVs? Those guys are scary. We get them downtown GZ when a Government bigwig is visiting.
On more than one occasion I've seen a police car parked on the edge (but still on the road) of a major intersection with both the coppers in it sound asleep with their seats right back in the reclining position. Once, one of them had his leg hanging out the window.
icnif77:
I saw similar thing in Jiamusi, Heilongjiang. Open driver's doors with legs hanging out in the middle of the day. I was thinking copper collapsed and needed a help.