Saw this post on a tech blog....crazy chinese!
ä¸å›½ã®äº¤é€šäº‹æ•...æ˜ åƒé›†â' Chinese traffic accident compilation (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QESfEd180rQ&feature=player_embedded#normal)
I tried to post regarding this but it came off as too racial. Sorry. [bang] What's true is true. Done. That vid looks like it was shot in my city.
Quote from: oldfastwin on December 02, 2010, 09:30:26 PM
I tried to post regarding this but it came off as too racial. Sorry. [bang] What's true is true. Done. That vid looks like it was shot in my city.
I'll do it for you since I'm half Chinese and can get away with it.
In high school a girl had a license plate that read "Beware Chinese Driver." It was true. [cheeky]
The clip of the driver making a left turn and slowly running over the guy standing the in the road?! WTF?? ???
Then the van/bus-thing backing over the 4 people standing in intersection. [bang]
Why do they have traffic cameras but not traffic lights?
the speed of almost all of those crashes would indicate a severe lack of driver's education
as well as pedestrian education for that matter
Quote from: krolik on December 02, 2010, 10:49:22 PM
Why do they have traffic cameras but not traffic lights?
The age of YouTube [thumbsup]
Quote from: Mother on December 03, 2010, 12:51:32 AM
the speed of almost all of those crashes would indicate a severe lack of driver's education
as well as pedestrian education for that matter
Survival instincts just don't kick in. It's the result of a modern society
(I saw a desperate woman, driving a semi-dead person to the emergency room, waiting for a green light [roll] )
Quote from: krolik on December 02, 2010, 10:49:22 PM
Why do they have traffic cameras but not traffic lights?
How else would we be entertained?
Quote from: Mother on December 03, 2010, 12:51:32 AM
the speed of almost all of those crashes would indicate a severe lack of driver's education
I kept thinking this...I could probably walk faster than some of those vehicles
Quote from: IZ on December 02, 2010, 09:57:39 PM
The clip of the driver making a left turn and slowly running over the guy standing the in the road?! WTF?? ???
THIS!!!! ??? That was amazing.
For most of this video I just sat there shaking my head.
Quote from: Mother on December 03, 2010, 12:51:32 AM
the speed of almost all of those crashes would indicate a severe lack of driver's education
as well as pedestrian education for that matter
blows my mind
half of those ppl on bikes are looking to one side as they sail thru the intersection.
HELLO?? (NI HAO??) look both ways, you dumb make the beast with two backss.
Quote from: djrashonal on December 02, 2010, 09:15:20 PM
Saw this post on a tech blog....crazy chinese!
I have a really bad scar on my generator from some crazy Persian!
[evil]
That giant pink van hitting those people was crazy!! You even saw the people sprawl out after it rammed them
Quote from: rgramjet on December 03, 2010, 05:11:12 AM
I have a really bad scar on my generator from some crazy Persian!
[evil]
I have conveniently forgotten the specifics surrounding this incident....thought i have to say, generators shouldnt be left in the middle of a driveway, just sayin
I believe this video was posted ealier. The reason I'm not calling a derby is because I don't want to look for that thread since it degraded into some pretty bigoted comments.
Quote from: duccarlos on December 03, 2010, 03:41:46 PM
I believe this video was posted ealier. The reason I'm not calling a derby is because I don't want to look for that thread since it degraded into some pretty bigoted comments.
You are correct Sir. ;)
Quote from: duccarlos on December 03, 2010, 03:41:46 PM
I believe this video was posted ealier. The reason I'm not calling a derby is because I don't want to look for that thread since it degraded into some pretty bigoted comments.
sorry, i searched through before posting, and i couldnt find it. but good call on not draggin it up. It's not meant to be mean or degrading, just eye opening.....there may be some comments, but i think they're meant in a stereotypical teasing way, not in a "i hate you and you're people" way......
Quote from: djrashonal on December 03, 2010, 03:53:41 PM
sorry, i searched through before posting, and i couldnt find it. but good call on not draggin it up. It's not meant to be mean or degrading, just eye opening.....there may be some comments, but i think they're meant in a stereotypical teasing way, not in a "i hate you and you're people" way......
I completely understand. I made a comment on that thread thinking it was the stereotypical teasing, but soon after my post it went down hill. I banned myself for the weekend for opening the door.
amazing how slow most of the accidents were. They almost looked staged.
mitt
Quote from: mitt on December 03, 2010, 04:12:46 PM
amazing how slow most of the accidents were. They almost looked staged.
mitt
Not really staged, but as if they were playing "chicken."
Maybe the Chinese government doesn't require any kind of driver training or licensing. You know, as another form of population control. :D
After saing WTF several times while watching the clip (my husband and I), he commented: "Maybe they're too short to see over the steering wheel".
Saying goodbye this morning when he rides to work:
Me: "Ride safe, hun."
Him: "You, too, ride safe, too , tonight. Remember there are lots of Chinese out there."
(I'm Chinese, so, I'm allowed to tell this, no? ;D).
Quote from: Mother on December 03, 2010, 12:51:32 AM
the speed of almost all of those crashes would indicate a severe lack of driver's education
as well as pedestrian education for that matter
It's a country stepping into the modern world. They just don't have the instincts we do. Not yet anyway. Looking back when the car made its first appearances in the states I'm sure it was the same deer in the headlights "What the hell is that horseless thing coming directly at me?" moments.
And when they start getting the Ambulance Chasers on TV and into the courtrooms, then they've REALLY become a modern society. [laugh]
Quote from: gojira on December 04, 2010, 10:49:29 AM
And when they start getting the Ambulance Chasers on TV and into the courtrooms, then they've REALLY become a modern society. [laugh]
Snap!
There were a lot of accidents like this in the US 100 years ago, too. China's expanding economy is affording people things like cars for the first time. There are so many new roads and new drivers, and not the education/safety devices we're accustomed to. Imagine if everyone in the US drove like a 16 year-old kid with a cell phone in one hand and the radio controls in the other. That's China.
I'm in Suzho China right now for business and the streets are CRAZY. I can't believe that I've only seen 1 minor accident. I'm afraid for my life every time I get in a car. I can't see the video since they ban youtube here, but I can imagine. There's is proliferation of electric scooters here that don't stop for anything and you can't hear them!! Ninjas!!
Quote from: desmopr on December 04, 2010, 04:12:34 PM
I'm in Suzho China right now for business and the streets are CRAZY. I can't believe that I've only seen 1 minor accident. I'm afraid for my life every time I get in a car. I can't see the video since they ban youtube here, but I can imagine. There's is proliferation of electric scooters here that don't stop for anything and you can't hear them!! Ninjas!!
over 1/2 the accidents in the video involve a 2 wheel vehicle also - either a bicycle or scooter or both.
mitt
Quote from: mitt on December 04, 2010, 06:44:19 PM
over 1/2 the accidents in the video involve a 2 wheel vehicle also - either a bicycle or scooter or both.
mitt
It's like vehicle porn!
Bicycle on scooter, moto on scooter, moto on bicycle, scooter on scooter, bicycle on bicycle, moto on moto......the possibilities are vast!
rule 34 in full effect
(http://images.encyclopediadramatica.com/images/3/30/1194679739296.jpg (http://images.encyclopediadramatica.com/images/3/30/1194679739296.jpg))
Quote from: redxblack on December 05, 2010, 10:54:27 AM
rule 34 in full effect
(http://images.encyclopediadramatica.com/images/3/30/1194679739296.jpg (http://images.encyclopediadramatica.com/images/3/30/1194679739296.jpg))
I like rule #9