I think the traffic is ok here. It has good way and bad way as well. The good way is people has the awareness of the traffic rules, in contrast, the rules are confused.
Do you want to experience the real traffic jam? Come to Guangzhou in China at 5p to 9p. It's horrible. Once, it would take me 30 minutes by walking, but actually it took me 2 hours by bus during the getting off duty time. I think people are short of the awareness of the traffic rules or the moral. I am not exaggerating, however, we believe quantity is bigger than quality. Means even the signal is red for the pedestrian, it is still possible to cross by the street if there are enough people accompanied. I could not agree more the traffic laws in America that vehicles must yield to the others, and people abbey the laws. That reduces a large number percentage of the traffic accidents meanwhile it should be the human being.
However, in America, I do not really like the transportation system. The bus time is ridiculers and unsteady. The intermission between two buses is at least 20 minutes, and sometimes it is one hour. If you are late one minute for the bus you want to take, that means you have to wait another one hour for next bus even without the guarantee. If I plan to travel somewhere, I have to follow the schedule of the bus or train first. The worse is there are merely taxis around in the city. You have to call a taxi if you want, and the price is so expensive that as the same price you can get a room in a motel and the food instead. It is hard to happened in China though. The taxis are plenty and available in most of the cities, and the system of the buses are more flexible than the USA. Perhaps that is because most of the Chinese cannot afford private car for themselves yet, and we still rely on the public transportations.
I will get my own car to get around here because I think it is necessary since I cannot use the public transportations to everywhere and anytime, and I have enough patients for the American traffic jam.
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Hi, Tony~
ReplyDeleteWhere is your introduction???
Hi, Tony.
ReplyDeleteIt took 2 hours! It's so terrible!!
I agree with you. Traffic manner is so important. There are many drivers who ignore the traffic rules or the moral. Cars are useful;however, people are killed by cars. When you drive, Take care!!
I do not like the freeway here.....That makes me in trouble.
ReplyDeleteDuring Chinese working peak hours, that is really trouble. But I think the bus is much better than here!
Watch out driving!
I think public transportaion in here is so bad, too.
ReplyDeleteI hope you will get a wonderful car at a reasonable price. When you drive in the future, be careful of rainy days like today because roads are slippery.
ReplyDeleteWhere I lived in China, Nanning Guangxi, the buses were well-organized. I could go anywhere in the city with just one or two buses. But the buses were always so full, so sometimes I had to take the less busy ones and just walk. I didn't mind it, though, because it meant I could explore the city more. I went to some towns and villages near the border with Guangdong, but didn't get to visit Guangzhou.
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