A "Nose" Takes the Lane
Did you know that if you get the nose of a vehicle into a lane you can take that lane? That seems to be the main premise to driving in 
I’m amazed daily riding the streets of Dongguan. Cars move along at a steady pace, cutting off one another, switching lane after lane, and yet seldom wrecking. Okay, yes there are still more traffic deaths here than most countries, but to watch the daily driving rituals, you would expect even more. To go 30 miles and not see an accident just seems a miracle. The way most people drive, I sure count every mile without an accident a miracle.
With seemingly less than an inch of space, you often see trucks, cars, and busses just nose their vehicle into a lane. Then with that little gap of advantage, swoosh, they speed into the lane and take over the space. Give an inch, and they take a car length!
And even more amazing is that no one seems to care! Seldom do you see anyone upset that someone has just “cut them off.” They just go along as if it’s part of the game and do the same to someone else! Do these things in the US and you would have guns drawn in road rage!
Who said you need several car lengths of space to safely move to another lane. That is certainly not the philosophy here.
Labels: China roads, Dongguan, Life in China
posted by A Bryson (formerly) in China @ 5:03 PM
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