Welcome to China! Please enjoy your ride! :)

Apparently this is normal over there.
siftbotsays...

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uberzipsays...

Yup, that's Tianjin. Even though its the 3rd or 4th biggest city in China it's still considered a bit "country" so yea the driving is pretty crazy compared to Beijing (which still has plenty of craziness). Even though they don't drive as fast there the cars do drive plenty fast on the freeway and you see plenty of accidents there. However, because it is so crazy people are typically on the look out and will go around you if you are going the wrong way or walking across the street. The worst thing that you can't see from this video is that the cab drivers don't let you wear seat belts. Seeing as they are never used you'll get a nice black stripe across your cloths if you do try to use them because they are so dirty.

gharksays...

I got a sleeper bus from Guangzhou to Yangshuo a few years ago when I was visiting, the few times I dared look out the window I saw some pretty scary stuff, trucks would be overtaking buses that were overtaking cars.... on blind corners... at night. It was crazy.

Mazexsays...

The meter isn't down so I guess they agreed on a price before hand, and then he took the wrong turn, and so would of lost money if he'd kept going that way. Because there's no off ramps for a long time on some highways, they might of ended up in some other city. You get more crazy rides in china than this sometimes, especially when the driver wants to get home for dinner. I've had drivers speed down the wrong way at top speed then jack knife it in between a line of traffic to get past the queue.

9547bissays...

>> ^uberzip:

The worst thing that you can't see from this video is that the cab drivers don't let you wear seat belts.


I concur. I was in China one month ago, and made the mistake of flying to Beijing from Zhuhai instead of from Hong Kong to save a few bucks (hint: don't do that). This meant a number of miles to and from the hotel by taxi. Ho boy. Also, they're not "on the fast lane". Every lane is the fast lane in China.

There's a positive side to that however (if you survive): after 45 minutes of safety-belt-less crazy taxi drive, where trucks can outspeed you, and where all cars overtake each others on the left or on the right constantly while bikers drive in the opposite direction on the emergency lane...When you arrive at the airport and your plane takes off, you realize something. You've been cured from flight fright. For ever.

zorsays...

I took dozens taxi cab rides while in China last year and returned alive despite our driver's best efforts. If you resign yourself to your horrible fate ahead of time nothing that happens will shock or even concern you. In fact, it can be rather entertaining. The only thing that really got us talking were the Jersey barriers placed parallel to traffic without any sort of crash protection. I guess they saw them in the USA but how to place them safely didn't translate. If you were to hit one like that on the end you'd be a goner.

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