China has built an elevated bus that travels above car traffic

Re:China has built an elevated bus that travels above car tr... by TeMPOraL on Wednesday August 03, 2016 @02:54AM (#12216122)

(a) Cars do obey traffic lights most of the time, at least in Shenzhen as of November/December 2015, when I was living there.

And the GP's point (c) is spot on:

> c.) scooters are everywhere. and they ignore lights/lane

To elaborate - scooters and electric rickshaws basically ignore traffic laws altogether. Driving against traffic is basically their value proposition; that's what you use them for if you're brave enough to drive one / be driven in it. I've both been driven in one against traffic on the main road, and seen them passing us by, going in the wrong direction, when I was going to work by a cab.

Basically, traffic in (Shenzhen,) China looks scary and chaotic at first, but one can get used to it.

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Re:China has built an elevated bus that travels above car tr... by seanmcdirmid on Wednesday August 03, 2016 @03:04AM (#12216165)

And Shenzhen is considered good compared to Beijing, which is basically a 3rd tier city dressed up as a first as far as these things go.

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