Tales from the Traffic Front

So every one has been with a bad driver. Sure, you can talk of your experiences here.

But please do not say you met the worst driver in China or Asia. Don't go on lenghts about how horrible the ride was. The China "vets" have been there and done that. Coming from anywhere except perhaps Italy, we all find the traffic much worse here. We all pay attention to it and at some point we all feel dread, be it doing 120km/h in a bus during a monsoon rain, or with a company driver who nods off on the highway - or just your common "Crazy Chinese Taxi Driver."

I won't be impressed by tales of how bad the traffic is in your home state. I have my tales of awful traffic, and no, you can't top them. Still, every so often a visitor here will want to talk about traffic. On and on. It's such a popular topic, but really, it's been done. My boss and a coworker of mine spring to mind immediately.

I'm not going to share any close calls I've had with my scooter, nor am I going to recount how many similar scooters I have seen stuck under trucks, smashed to bits. If you've been to China, you've seen the like and know what I'm talking of. And if you haven't, you don't need the mental image of a guy laying on the asphalt squirming in pain as onlookers wait for an ambulance. I've avoided any major bumps but I've seen my share.

Traffic. The one topic of which everyone has a top story.

OP out.