A Bryson in China

Monday, April 30, 2007

Shift into Park. Sure, when you park a car. But how many of you do it when you pull up to a stop light? Maybe car manufacturers intended for us to do that, but it seems a little foreign to me. I never did that in the US. But that is exactly what everyone does here. Whenever they stop, they shift the car into Park!

Pull up to a red light, and drivers automatically shift into Park. Stop to check for directions, and shift into Park! Okay, maybe that is about all the instances. Folks don’t really stop too often. They sure don’t stop at Stop Signs.

But the Shift to Park is really amazing to me. Everyone does it here. Most do it in Thailand too. So sure enough, when the light switches to green, everyone has to shift again into gear. At least is slows traffic a little through the intersection.

I wonder if they think the “P” stands for sitting at red light in Chinese?

Labels: China, Dongguan, Roads