Are Chinese drivers really as bad as people think?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ส.ค. 2024
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try driving on the Thai roads as a biker for a few weeks
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I was blown away seeing these cars just STOP right in the middle of the high way..... that's insane.
@Adam Beeson I hope you were joking about that last part...
@Adam Beeson Wow... Do you really think they just leave the wrecks on the road? They get cleaned up right after you fucking imbecile
@Adam Beeson Use your brain next time before posting stupid comments on TH-cam
@@rcmmntsbd4813 You're an ass, calm down dude.
To be fair, anyone can stop in the middle of the highway. U dont know why they are stopping. They could have a mechanical issue, battery dies, tyre popped, run out of gas unknowingly..etc. Anything can happen to anyone. Good drivers react to it and not just run someome over.
In Asia It’s not just the selfishness & short driving experience, it’s a total lack of awareness, poor training and virtually no road law enforcement.
In China, Iiits the law of the Desperado. Every man for himself!! A transparency of the Chinese Government itself. That's why there's a complete lack of Emergency Responders in the Entire Country and EVERYTHING is Military FIRST. FORK EVERYTHING ELSE.
law enforcement is good
Probably consistent reduced visibility too.
@@tonyrandall3146 lol what are you saying exactly?
Yes!!, awareness, positional awareness. They go when they go, doesn't matter what's around them, they just go. But next to that, it's also common sense that they lack.
The two most terrifying combinations on Los Angeles roads are:
American teenagers in Japanese cars, and Chinese housewives in German cars.
From what I've heard, the rich sons of middle eastern leaders are also a big problem in L.A.
😂😂😂😂😂👍
Illegal Mexicans are hell too.
So are old hippies who have flashbacks while driving.
stats (adjusted for population) shows asians are less likely to die in car accidents (
@@MrPhantomFart "adjusted for population"... So in other words, so many Chinese people are TOO POOR to own or be close to cars that they are more likely to die from liver cancer or bubonic plague than a car accident. ~( 'w')/
You hit the nail on the head with this one. I've been driving in China for 15 years, and besides the Chinese inexperienced drivers, their general selfishness makes them completely unpredictable - their attitude on foot or in a car is I'll go where I want, whenever I want! Just try shopping in one of their major markets with the shopping carts with the 4 wheels that all turn in every direction - that's the Chinese society mentality - "The 4 Wheels!"
You should put together a video titled the "The 4 Wheel," and that would explain the Chinese societal issues completely...
More than 700 people are killed in road accidents across China every day.
Stay Awesome and look both ways...
Every day? For fuck's sake.
@@HangingGarden606 no way?!
Michael That number is probably under rated I bet the death can be up to 2000 or more!
@@jia2001
yes, i suspect people killed by CCP members are not counted
Source?
"This is a societal issue"
Truth spoken.
I've also seen and experienced this
Turns in sacrifices the most exposed to expose itself ...
Step by step ...
Paupérisation
In a word :
Impoverishment
That's kind a leadership
Something quite "seems but is not supposed to be what it seems" is starting to buy ruined ones, then listen carefully what's aimed, what's needed, what are the means, how things runs, how they are supposed to run .
Babies that makes babies !
Is that really irony ?
All the developing countries have same societal issue. 😔
yes , the ''issue'' is called the uncivilised phenomenon
The irony of "me first" in a communist country is really something. Love your videos.
Yeah, except that China is communist in name only.
@lucinq`1` ial when you say worship the state I think you mean fascist states like Texas which force women to breed children on command
@lucinq`1` ial ok, incel boomer
@@cutiepie338 dude you probably get picked last in dodgeball
No amount of ideology can subvert Chinese culture.
I love how the white car caused one truck to tip over and the other to almost crash and the white car driver was just like "Aight, Imma head out, lol"
"Did I do that?? Nah...!"
jaraweiat mind blowing
My work here is done!
"i am rich, i can buy your life, so i dont care if i kill you"
thats pretty much what they think.
R.G not really...they do get the rich as well especially if a death occurs. I remember when living in Shanghai a wealthy real estate developer ran into and killed a person. He got death penalty.
10 years ago I was a passenger in a Merc driven by a high level foreigner. We had both had too much. At the police station they took all my money and I was only the passenger. The bloke who was driving got deported within 48 hrs. Job lost and wife with two kids had to go home.
I do like how the put their head in your car with helmet on to see if they can smell alcohol before doing the breath test...only in China.
@Scott Whatever bro CCP isn't a hug club. They eat eachother alive just as everyone else eats eachother. You think the game stops once you're in CCP?
The Chinese have no respect for human life. China leads the world in the number of abortions performed. China is what happens when you have an entire culture without a god. When there is no Christian God mankind becomes God. China needs to accept Jesus Christ to be saved.
@Scott Whatever I would agree abortion is a sign of disrespect for human life
@Scott Whatever I have a birth defect and i am glad i wasn't aborted and I dont feel the quality of my life is at all reduced.
This is the typical Chinese "Me First" mentality.
@Xi the poo No, I don't wonder at all... ;)
I deal with a lot of *mainlanders* who hate the behaviors of the hordes... here in California.
I've had to calm down my doctor (who's from Beijing) after she had to deal with particularly obnoxious people one day.
She was almost in tears, she was so angry, as she told me that one of the reasons why she left China was to get away from the bad behavior...
My wife is from Guangdong, and is less vocal when she gets upset...
@Xi the poo As far as I can tell, the mainland is a rather loose confederation roughly 10 regions, with shifting alliances between the various barons who run them...
All that the Communist Party did was to replace those feudal lords, and temporarily create a bit more of the illusion of solidity while acquiring modern weapons designs.
Absent the Cultural Devolution, Taiwan has managed to develop into a 21st Century culture and society while retaining most of the good aspects of traditional Mandarin society, and slowly diverging from the less desirable aspects.
Things aren't perfect, and some of the traditional Confucian cultural problems can still be found.
Also, as recently as 25 years ago, I was still witnessing tensions between the families from the Fujien based local culture, and the transplanted mainlanders - called "The Mandarins" - who tended to have higher status and better political connections within the KMT.
Let's not even discuss the native Taiwanese, who tend to still live in reservations that resemble the American Indian reservations.
I am hearing that years of improvements in the overall situation are slowly percolating down the societal ladder to these groups, and people have gotten rather fed up with the mainland in general.
Much as with the Hongkongers, the younger people on Taiwan really feel no particular affinity with the PRC, and just want the two countries to go their separate ways.
Also on the plus side, Taipei has maintained generally good relations with the US and Japan.
@33Ddg209Ret7 yup it's ME ME ME ME ... "first" implies other people were considered.
It's funny that China is completely, 'Me First,' for America has become the, 'me me me, ' selfish greedy culture of narcissism. I guess China copy America and then took it to an extreme new level believing it's fresh new democracy of liberty being delivered to the people.
It's an Asian middle eastern thing. As a whole, it an entitled human nature thing.
Like the narrator said, "it's a respect thing..."
My Chinese teacher told that often times when drivers hit pedestrials with cars they just hit them again until the pedestrial dies, since the cost of killing someone is lower than paying for their health care.
oof, explains a video I saw though of a 5-6 yo kid walking in front of a car and the guy driving over it, then backing up and driving over it again
any explanation why the corpse was eft laying in the middle of the street for another few hours with people passing by on mass?
@@viorp5267 If I saw a corpse in the middle of the highway day or night, I'd be horrified and think about it every time I drive
@@viorp5267 I've watched that video and that was a genuine accident.. Though the phenomenon does exist, it's not in any way common, but still terrifying.
No, if you injure someone, you will sentenced to jail. If you intentionally kill someone, it is a death penalty in China. Yes, China has death penalty. I've heard in news several times that China sentenced a college student who killed the victim after a car accident to death. Your Chinese teacher is an idiot, or maybe from one hundred years ago.
@@christinablossom8242 maybe because those were just college students not rich people with influence, money and power. I still believe her more than a random person who has seen few news articles tho.
Complete lack of respect and total selfishness.
Most Chinese are ignorant rather than selfish, they are only being able to affrod a car in recent years, they don't even know they were wrong when driving like a maniac. That's why the Benz driver stared at serpentza as if they were in the right. Most car drivers don't even know motorcycles are also classified as a motor vehicle and is just as legimate to drive in the main lane as a car. They would horn motorcyclist to get out of the way as if the highway it's for car only.
@@noaddiction3194 i would say they are both ignorant and selfish
Within 15 years from horse carriages and bicycles
to motor vehicles. Probably without any theoretical
knowledge and training. What can we expect here?
Exactly! Nothing. This are pirates.
@@noaddiction3194 No, they are selfish. 23 years of experiences showed me.
But they have a complete and total lack of respect for anything and everything in their lives, it’s not only confined to driving. I understand they haven’t been driving that long which is exactly why they should be some of the best and safest drivers in the world cause they’ve had almost one hundred years of us doing it right and wrong in the US to learn from and build their systems and education off of but instead they put a CCP (Chinese Crash Permit) in every box of cereal and fortune cookies for a month and whallah, you’ve suddenly been issued a drivers license valid as long as your alive!!!
It’s a fricken joke!!!! China’s leaders want everyone in the world to think and view them as a super power and these idiots can’t even fricken drive!! Hell, most of them have a hard enough time on their child’s moped, and they expect the US and Russia and Germany and the U.K. to actually take them seriously about ANYTHING?????????? LOL 😂, that’s a bigger joke than Hillary trying to run for President............ again!! Lol 😂
And the white car that caused the two trucks to wreck shows just how truly selfish ALL Chinese really are, after the trucks were stopped and nobody else was gonna hit them, then off we go!! Doesn’t matter if they caused anyone in the trucks to get hurt, the driver of the car was fine and the car still had gas so off we go and we will let someone else worry about the cleanup!!! The exact same way the Chinese viewed the China flu getting out and trying to kill the rest of the world so yes, I’m a bit pissed off at the sorry ass fucr’s!! The Chinese can’t even have a wet dream without screwing it up!!!!!! But all of that’s cool, karma is a bitch and billions of Chinese will not survive 2020 because the selfish wannabe ruler is gonna get 3/4’s of the population washed out to sea when all these dams start collapsing next month. Let’s see if they can build some tofu arks in record time like they do all of their housing and dams. Everything made in China crumbles soon after you start using it, they have established a long track record of all of that stuff, but this time it’s gonna cost yourselves your lives, your country, etc, all out of a lack of respect and being selfish to the bone!!! Was it worth it guys??
3:12 casually leaves like nothing happened
what a piece of shit
ikr I laughed at that part what a dick move
I hope someone finds him using that footage and takes away his ability to drive or walk properly ever again.
The irony is, driving so selfishly seems to prove even less efficient.
Americans do worse
Gabri gabriele not even close. We in the US have idiots on the road, but people tend to follow the rules, and our police do a fair job of enforcement. Trying to compare us to the insanity on the roads in several Asian nations is ridiculous. Try comparing us to our peers, Europe, Canada, Britain, Australia for examples.
@@gabrigabriele1650 not even in developing countries drivers bring their cars to a complete stop in the middle of a highway
Ture.
As my driver ed teacher taught me: “Drive like everyone is out to get you.”
Defensive driving is best driving.
You fixed a car by yourself by just watching YT tutorials, that's badass.
in canada : how u make a chinese blind?
answer: put him behind a windshiled
Or a piece of dental floss
No hand-eye coordination. Chinese drivers are stellar compared to Thai drivers... 30-33,000 killed annually on Thai Roads.
Bottom Line: Asians love driving straight 'n fast. Until they can't.
Sounds like you're a fellow Vancouverite
Mainland Chinese tourists are a big problem on the roads in Oz. They have huge difficulty grasping the fact that they must drive on the left side of the road in a country with RHD cars, and are often involved in horrendous head-on collisions.
For Oz, he means Australia.
Had that experience recently with an Asian women driving on the wrong side of the road up here in Nthn NSW. I pulled over & stopped as I hard no idea what the hell she was going to do. The fool was completely oblivious to the situation & just kept on driving!
Try renting a car in China on your Aussie license ..Hertz will tell you that you can’t legally drive in China yet that’s 100% false
@@farnthboythese events would've brought out the irrationality in me & I'd end up making sure those fools would end up making certain that it was the last day/time that they pulled such a level of arrogance again
Thank you so much for your insight on this subject. It truly explains the problem here in New Zealand. We have many Chinese folks who've moved here to live & chose the largest populated area of Auckland area. Our public transport system is not that fantastic so most people have to drive a car simply to just get anywhere. It's become legendary the terrifying, downright dangerous driving (no) skills shown by so many Chinese folks who just simply buy a car & begin to drive, often not even bothering to get a license!.... Frustratingly if you make any complaint or bring attention to a near miss etc you are more likely vilified and accused of being a racist than having your concern listened to!.. (too bad if you and your family were nearly killed in whatever situation). There's also a massive problem with Chinese folks who arrive at the Auckland Airport as a tourist, pickup a rental vehicle and proceed to explore the entire country with zero ability or understanding of roadsigns, speed limits the correct side to drive on etc etc. There have been many headon fatal crashes as result, the NZ tax payer picks up all the medical costs of the at blame tourist too, it's a ridiculous system that was intended to prevent anyone having an accident from having to sue. Even more stupid is that nothing is being done about it!
From my experience, and the experience of many other Australian road users, in popular tourist areas in Victoria (Australia), such as The Great Ocean Road and Phillip Island, Chinese drivers are indescribably bad drivers to the point of being frightening.
Your comment about their societal selfishness and misguided use of perceived status is completely correct.
It has nothing to do with lack of knowledge and/or experience.
Stopping on a two lane main road without any attempt to pull over to the side to get out and take photos is a blatant display of entitlement and total disregard for the safety every road user including themselves.
For the safety of all road user Australia should not allow Chinese tourists to drive on Australian roads unless they have and Australian driving license.
Perhaps large on-the-spot fines or impounding the vehicle for breaking road rules and dangerous driving might help in relaying the fact that their poor driving behaviour will not be tolerated outside of their home country.
Agree totally. The police are still chasing the speeding fines of my EX wife's uncle (Chinese) who used our address and didn't pay any of his speeding fines on the Great Ocean Road.
Love how that small white car at 3:20 casually drives away after causing three trucks to crash
i really wanna see the truck slam right through the car tho lmao
Sorry ass people are everywhere.
Love? For real!?
I lived in China for 3 years and would NEVER drive there !!!
juan tomas CCP doesn't respect their people, so most of them do not respect each other.
It sounds worse than the Philippines which is bad enough! We get lots of Chinese drivers in Seattle and it quite obvious sometimes..
@@mylesgray3470 I've never been to the Philippines but your most likely right !
juan tomas In the Philippines, most divers give way whenever it’s possible for them to do so.
@@mylesgray3470 that's good.
If they can’t be orderly in a que, how would they be orderly drivers?? I have seen a correlation in each country.
I was at a shitty Best Western in Northern California. A huge bus of Chinese tourist had been there and when I went for continental breakfast it was just a mass of humanity down there. I couldn't even leave through the front...lol they dont know how lines work.
Mainlanders only walk in straight lines when they are formed up in ranks to march somewhere... I've heard people half jokingly say that only demons move in straight lines...
Another aspect about walking in China is that you are responsible for not walking into the person in front of you, no matter what they do... this obviously is not always possible at vehicular speeds, but the culture needs to change to accept mechanical transportation realities.
@@chemech Funny you should mention that. I live in a very large western style' country where there are a large number of (predominantly mainland) Chinese. One day I decided that when I would walk down a busy sidewalk I would NOT move when a Chinese person would walk towards me. It was interesting as I noticed they were somewhat surprised and taken aback that *I* didn't move. Seriously folks... try this and see what happens. 9/10 Chinese people have NO intention of moving for a mere westerner... after all being Chinese they are far superior it would seem. I regret that the opposite is far more the case.
@@TheOmnipresent12 They won't move for other Chinese people either.
It can be quite amusing in a somewhat perverse fashion to watch the contortions as a person carrying a fully laden tray of food contorts themselves in order to squeeze past someone who is inconsiderately(to our way of thinking) blocking the inadequate aisle between tables at a food court in a Chinese shopping area.
It was explained to me that our Western concept of asking the immovable person to move by saying "Excuse me!" was considered to be the height of rudeness by traditional Chinese culture... and the Chinese immigrant would be clueless why the arrogant barbarian was barking at them in some incomprehensible gibberish rather than speaking - or preferably not saying anything - in the civilized tongue.
I tried to explain that "Excuse me" is quite a bit more civilized than "Move your stupid arse!!!" which is the fully justified command... the then young lady kind of stared at me blankly... in shock that Americans were so *rude*...
Since then, over the last ~30 years I have noticed that people from Taiwan and Hong Kong have adopted a more Western view of the concept of right or way, but the mainlanders have not...
@@chemech A lot of perspective in that answer. I really appreciate you adding that. The (Chinese) behaviour with respect to the matter just seems to have so much potential for upsetting each party involved... 'bloody minded' as the Aussies' say. Maybe they just enjoy having some reason to trigger an argument. Reminds me of a saying I heard some time ago... 'some people aren't happy unless they've got something to be unhappy about'. Of course it's an contradiction in terms but I'm sure most get the point.
Doesn't seem a lot of effort goes into keeping the peace amongst others in (communist) China. It doesn't always work but many times I've seen a 'westerner' politely say to another... 'excuse me'... and the other one instantly respondes... 'oh... sorry about that'. It all ends with a smile and no harm done. Much classier than those who seem to search out reasons to create an argument IMO. Though it is safe to say that westerners also have similar disagreeable types of people. Offensive behaviour is by no means exclusive the The (communist) Chinese. But I'd bet that we are more honest & capable though of admitting to our... 'trashy types'.
The most dangerous driver you can ever see on the road....old Asian woman.
Indian drivers say: Put your foot on the brakes....
And YOUNG.
@@skylinez4793 Asian women should open their eyes when driving... Oh wait, they can't! HAHA
@@skylinez4793 You mad yellow boy?
I'd say the worse is taxi driver, it feels like a rollercoaster ride
Seeing the driving style in China, I am reminded of what it was like as someone from mainland USA (rural Texas no less) trying to drive in Puerto Rico - notably in the San Juan metro area where I was stationed in the mid-1990's. When I first got there during orientation we were told that if we drove there on a daily basis that we had a 90+ percent chance of being in at least one traffic accident. It would be pouring down rain with visibility down to less than 50 meters and on a 3 lane (3 lanes each way) divided highway there would often be 5 lanes wide of cars doing 110-130kph (70-80mph) - and in this same situation where in a all-wheel drive 1st Gen Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX (one of the best handling cars of it's day) I was only comfortable driving 80-90kph (50-55mph) at most. If they wanted to merge into your lane, oftentimes they would forcibly do so to the point that if you didn't stop to let them merge they would hit you. Another problem there was many locals would try to drive far faster than their cars (at the time mostly Hyundai Elantras, Toyota Tercels, and Mitsubishi Mirages) could safely do. One of the worst accidents I saw was an Elantra that passed me on the highway doing 160+ kph ( I didn't think they would even go that fast) that wound up overturning and subsequently impaling the passenger compartment on a length of guardrail. Many there were surprised that I drove as cautiously as I did given where I was from and their perception of our wide open roads here in Texas - especially considering I was in my early 20's at the time and had a decently fast and good handling sports car. I had to remind them that while many of the roads here in Texas are wide open country roads, they are often full of unexpected hazards - sudden spots of poor road quality (bumpy, dips, turns that were banked wrong), wildlife such as deer and wild hogs that posed strike hazards, or the all too common trash/debris suddenly flying out of the bed of a pickup truck ahead of you and that is why even on those roads you had to be careful. In the San Juan area this even extended into criminal activity - during that same orientation we were told by the PSP (the State Police/Highway Patrol there) that in the San Juan metro area when approaching a light signaled intersection (red/yellow/green light) not to come to a full stop - to instead slow down as we approached the intersection and scan for crossing traffic and proceed if it was clear and to only slow down as little as needed to let the crossing car pass. This was because of the high risk of carjackings in the metro area.
Could have wrote this comment myself. I've been to PR. No signaling. Everyone speeds, cuts people off. Car jackings.
1 idea per paragraph, blank line between paragraphs makes it much easier to read.
My older sister moved to CA and was warned the drivers were crazy. She didn't have any problems.
Younger sister moved with husband to U.S Air Force Base in Republic of Panama, also told Panamanian drivers are crazy. She didn't have any problems either.
We grew up in Detroit!
@@veramae4098 Maybe they were just shitty drivers in their element. 😂
I see a business opportunity here for battering ram car accessories.
That's not whats meant when people in the west talk about defensive driving though. You've gone a bit too "Machine translation" there.
He says its illegal to modify cars in China...
Cool as Cucumber just pay a bribe and you’ll be fine
I was thinking... long spikes.
obsolete professor I was wondering how much it would cost to up armor maybe at Toyota Highlander or something like that.
I'm from Germany and traveled to China last year, and I was shocked how chaotic they drive there
I have never seen Americans do this because most of them are experienced drivers, and Im from the UK
I am from UK i went to Ecuador last year, only locals drive there, because you need to be local to know how to drive there, road laws doesnt exist there.
Try driving in manila , cars here play hot potato
@@T0mat0_S0upnah there are some dumb drivers in America too ngl
My husband would love to chat with you about cars. He’s a car restoration guru as well. But on the Chinese driver topic, I’m with you. I’m deathly afraid of my parents’ driving; to this day I’ve never put my children in their car. And we live in the US. I have relatives in China that boast the “skill” of the Chinese driver and how much better they are than US drivers. They even say Chinese drivers don’t need rules because they are such superior drivers. WOW. I fear for my life when I cross the streets in China. Thank goodness you made it. It’s frankly amazing. Law of probability states that at some point someone in China will bang up their expense car....and no, it won’t be bad luck, but lack of respect and intelligence.
If thats what they think that Mainland Chinese drivers "don’t need rules because they are such superior drivers" are just plain arrogant and freaking selfish they think they own the road and that they can drive however they like.
Great video! Reminded me of the time in Xi'an when a couple of my friends and I were coming back from seeing the Terracotta Warriors experienced something very similar to what you showed in this video. A guy on a motorbike came to a dead stop on the highway in the middle lane right in front of our car. Thankfully, our driver stopped in time to avoid hitting the bike and rider who would have been a bloody bone jam on the tarmac otherwise, but we got slammed in the rear by another car. Everyone was fine, just shocked at the experience and the stupidity. It makes me wonder how many people lost their lives due to this kind of nonsensical selfish behavior in China.
They drive as well as they queue in lines.
CHRONICALLY self absorbed. Common courtesy to others is a non-issue.
Jesus mate I think I would be fine driving in China after driving on the roads in Melbourne, we have many Chinese drivers on the and oh my god they are appalling. I had one accident in 20 years guess who it was, what is a rear vision mirror they have no need for one they never look or merging onto freeways, indicator pulling out in front of you... I rate them the worst in the world... Safe driving bud
well it depends on where and how they learn to drive so it's not about the race thats behind the wheel
i was born in hong kong and grew up in belgium and i haven't crash a single time in 15 years
@@Frodokeuh either had i until one hit me... Bud I see them every day they are appalling
@@MrFourseven i'm not defending them but the reason why they're appalling and bad in driving have nothing to do with their race
i would have crash like million times if it's true what you're saying because technically i'm "chinese" but i didn't and i must say i'm above average drivers around where i live
@@Frodokeuh
yeah you might not have crashed a "single time" , but the more relevant question is:
how many accidents have you caused?
@@ursodermatt8809 zero, and don't be ridiculous i live here almost my entire life and drive to work every single day i know whats up
and as i said i live in belgium and i learn to drive here so stop the nonsense :s
Mannnn those stopped cars in the middle of the highway 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️... Love the 68’ Corvette, congrats it looks awesome!👍🏽
I love it when someone fixes up a vintage car. It brings them back to life.
I can't believe you're willing to ride a motorcycle in China that takes some BALLS.
Now that he has a baby, he definitely think twice
He is not riding his motorcycle on busy roads
same if you live in Vietnam.
Its not dying in an accident, the scary thing is you might survive.
2:52 "Ooh, a roll-over and a jack-knife. Cool. I'll just go out this exit, nothing interesting to see"
😡😠🤬
Indeed. Just an average day on the Chinese highways ... The idiot who caused those 2 drivers to lose control of their vehicles just looks at them and thinks ... "Ah well, I didn't die, so not my problem! I'll just drive off and leave them to it."
It only took me like five minutes in China to realize this. DON'T DRIVE HERE!
I work in Irvine, CA which is mostly Asian people and Asian students. I cannot emphasize enough how accurate this is. They are seriously in their own world most of the time. They’ll go 10 mph under the speed limit in the fast lane, cut you off just to poke, and will go to a dead stop just so they won’t miss their turn. It’s quite mission just getting to and from work everyday.
Oh, interesting. So you think this is more of a genetic thing than just cultural? I'm really glad you're not a blatant racecist ;)
I am a Chinese citizen. I am quite used to driving in USA. However, when I go back home, I don't dare to drive :( I have to ride in my dad's car because I know nothing about how to survive in the Chinese traffic.
Miles Young I’m sure you suck as a driver here in the US as well.
Brett Vogel
Lmao chillax don’t generalize,
not all are bad but certainly not all are good
Very good to hear of your honest opinion/observation given you yourself are Chinese Miles... so tell me... do you think there will ever be a day when the Chinese (mainlanders) will become more conscientious and courteous to others?
Sometimes I like to imagine (or hope) the newer/younger generations might be better...
That last is the same reason I refuse to drive in China. We're taught in an environment where the actions of other drivers are reasonably predictable. We drive fast, but you generally know what we'll do next. I can't predict it there.
Anyway, my first time in Shenyang taught me not to fear death. Fate would determine my time. Nothing I could modify. I've come close to being wiped out by a bus racing across a pedestrian crossing without batting an eye.
This was fine until I went back with my pregnant wife. (I taught her to drive in Australia. She won't consider driving in her home city) and my father in law picked us up from the station one night.
In addition to the belief that if he steered slowly he had more time to react that I had to break in my wife (don't try to look for logic in that. If you can see it, you've got bigger problems. I'm not talking about driving slowly, I'm talking about steering slowly) he did stuff like kept his lights turned off in case he dazzled someone.
That was the first time I'd been afraid in a car since my first visit there. It was the last time. But it shows who's on the road.
NB: this doesn't count driving from the blue mountains to Sydney at night. Danger in that case was hitting kangaroos or wombats that were wandering over the road. Ended up going at 50 kph until I started to hit actual towns. Would have felt incredibly guilty if I hit one of those.
TheOmnipresent12 I’m mainlanders and when I practice on road in order to get the German license, I was always told that why did I care so much about those pedestrians who’s waiting the lights. I was over conscious cos in China some of pedestrians cross the street wherever and whenever they want.
As a Chinese I hate to say you are so truth.
I live in a city in Canada where there are many asians. I've noticed that reaction times are slower and with much more hesitation than the norm. Once you notice it, you can't help but see it.
Ah, a fellow vancouverite
Its very obvious. You need only 5min. in China to notice.
I just love listening to you talk Winston, doesn't matter the topic. thanks man for the amazing content over the years
short answer: hell yes, they are bad drivers.
They’re first generation drivers. 30/40 years ago, they rode bicycles and buffaloes.
No respect for others, no value of life, just 'me, me, me'. They'll actually stop and take pictures of dead people on the road.
@@AmigaA-or2hj Correct! And ate fuckin donkeys!
@@liza6162 Hey there fido, calm down, you can stop barking at things you don't understand. If you have a culture that fights each other for scraps of wealth, they are not going to have a high respect for human life. Since you're clearly too stupid to understand this, I recommend going back to "The View", or maybe Play-Doh, it's more your speed.
@Somebodyoncetoldtheworldisgonnarollme Ihatemycat or stole iPhones then sold opium.
thank you for addressing such an issue. I'm Saudi Arabian and the driving situation is even worse here. I've always been puzzled by such behavior, and it seems that it's not only here that such issues persist. I've been to multiple life threatening situations mainly caused by the sheer ignorance of other drivers, and I've witnessed numerous such situations. Thanks for discussing this apparently pandemic issue.
Yeah, I've watched the videos from there of guys doing sandal surfing from their cars and changing tires on a titled car. But I thought the other drivers, from what I could see, were following the rules. That was until I saw one incident where they were street racing and someone drove into a crowd of people who were there watching. I think they executed the driver who did that, not sure about the other drivers racing.
Have things improved at all?
Hey I would love to meet you one day. My parents are from Tibet and I was born in India and now I live in U.S. I'm glad you're in U.S. free Tibet
Really well done video...
I spent 3 months riding to the 4 corners of INDIA...after that ride, standing in the airport, I was glad to be alive...
@@robbyz512 there are rules, but most people are too busy to follow them, and that's very dangerous and disappointing
> blocking that guy
What I’d want to do. Would I, though? If I was in a car I’d honk at him going by, not sure I’d have the fighting spirit to block him on a motorcycle though. My adrenaline would be high, Serpentza sounded calm. Yay for his being a ‘strong reciprocator’, willing to punish someone for breaking the rules even at his own cost.
If they didn’t see Winston’s camera recording their license plate, no doubt they woulda just driven into him to push him outta their way
Endless respect for doing this. The change you want to see in the world starts with you. I believe Winston truly believes this! You can't change a nation, but you can change yourself, thus affecting the people around you positively as well.. hopefully.
That blocking worked out (Thank God!), but consider that as luck for both sides for not getting rammed. Block while you can, but also keep an eye on your rear view mirror. It would be better to be more communicative - honking, hand gestures, sign language, shouting. Best yet, give 'em a piece of mind in their own language.
Considering cars as a status symbol in China, those stopping after overshooting an exit must be thinking in their heads: This car is my status, and no one will touch my symbol...literally. Until...BAM...BOOM !!!
The white man's burden :(
Answer: YES, Asians in general.Lanes are suggestion, turnsignals just decoration.
I wouldn't say Asians in general. It Chinese specifically.
@@Scientists_dont_lie What do you think about Thailand, Malaysia, Laos, Burma, Cambodia, Vietnam, Indonesia, ... all the same. Put them on a EU highway and they have a accident in less than one minute.
No turnsignals, slow driving in the fast lane for km's, drive in 2 lanes at the same time, overtake over a full line, ... i see it daily and constantly. No feeling at all, they just don't care.
@@Scientists_dont_lie all of Asia except for Japan so yeah
@@corneilcorneil you can add South Korea on the list. They cannot drive at all.
@Diptangshu Ganguli yeah but the roads in India is far worse than these chinese streets. They have a bit of an excuse.
I SWEAR on the LIVES OF MY FUTURE GRANDCHILDREN , I was driving near Downtown LA at the factory district in Heavy traffic. Then I see an Asian mid twenty year old dude driving on the wrong side of the road in my lane.Dude expected all of us to move around him.. Lol wtf... It’s not a mere stereotype. The vast majority of close calls I had were because of Bad Asian Drivers. Some Asian girls need a booster seat too better see the road but that’s another story.
It's poor Asian countries. Japanese and Asian Americans don't drive crazy...
Love your videos, Winston. I learn allot watching them. Very entertaining!!
Stereotypes exist for a reason. It's not there's a group of writers sitting in a room, inventing stereotypes; stereotypes are created from people making the same observations over and over again. ¬_¬
9:18 - So, no winter tires in China? 🤔
This indeed is a little weird to me as Dutchman. We also have very strict legislation regarding this topic (I wouldn't be surprised if the Chinese just copied our legislation here), but these laws simply aren't enforced until safety (and security) becomes an issue. Changes can be made to cars officially, but that is a bureaucratic nightmare.
I think they mean enthusiast mods like tune-ups, body kits, decals, etc. Tires are an important safety item and even if you don't use winter tires, you would eventually replace tires anyway due to wear or flats.
Of course appropriate tire type will be exempt from the no-mods rule.
(But speaking of, Winston drove the Corvette through snowy mountains on those very wide summer tires. It's not like he isn't seeking 'adventure', haha.)
stereotypes such as black people loving watermelon are stupid and sound invented if you ask,imagine if people started saying white people love "random food"
Not all stereotypes are real. Just because some people do a thing, doesn't mean that all people of particular group does it. Some stereotypes are more or less true, but definitely not all.
I love that Winston's little Chinese car had a "Churchill" logo on the dash.
First of all, I lived in China for over 20 years because I couldn't afford a car, I didn't even have a Chinese driver's license, and I'm very thankful I didn't learn to adapt to that style of car driving. Later immigrant lived in the United States for more than a year, I learned to drive and passed the car and motorcycle driver's license, I usually observe how people drive, yeld, and stop signs that I have never seen in my life. American car culture has taught me respect for the right of the way, respect for other drivers, and freedom.
In China, they think it is safe to go slow. They have to step on the brakes to slow down at traffic lights, and it is not a problem to affect others by driving. They are very selfish. The Chinese driver's license considers reversing, parking on the side, and more skills. But there is no teaching about awareness, the right of the road. The most important thing is the driver's license test, no shoulder check is required for lane changes.
Many people in this country are very rich, and all of them have high-end German cars, especially in Shanghai. But Shanghai prohibits motorcycles from going on all kinds of roads, and the right of way for motorcycles larger than 250cc is about 60,000 US dollars.
I speak very directly, in my opinion there like HELL.
Loved this one! Had a very honest and informative tone. I'm living in Hangzhou now and I can back up everything you say in this video, as I'm sure many others can too. People are selfish, even waiting in a queue people will cut in at train station ticket counters. Not all people here are like this, just a lot. You can't miss it unless you turn a blind eye. Keep it up my friend. You and C-Milk mean a whole hell of a lot to a lot of people. Cheers
Is there a more daunting sight on the road than an elderly Asian person being in the car in front
I hate the stupid smile they have after they almost hit you. Los Angeles is full of idiots that can't drive and the Chinese seem to be the ones saying here hold my beer.
@@DJ-xx6fb there are a couple other types that aren't foreign
Seeing them in front while in China
and so often in the passing lane doing 10 clicks below the posted speed limit. OMFG.
Any you know that even if you explained it to them they wouldn't understand the logic.
Such frivolity would cause them to have a brain haemorrhage... they'd have a stroke if you tried to explain the more subtle layers of being courteous to others, especially if there was no money in it for them.
The fact is elderly any person will be a daunting sight on the road. I have driven in some Asian countries Japan, South Korea, Singapore and Malaysia. The drivers there are all Asian, well skilled and well behaved. Of course occasionally there are a few bad apples. Same to say only some whites are arrogant
It's not just the Driving, they have no respect and are totally selfish in everything
In a nutshell
True story. Im peruvian and on time flying back to see my parents i met a chinese peruvian who told me she was returning from china after visiting family. She told me she did not like chinese culture anymore. People behave rudely. She was accustomed to peruvian culture.
Omg did that dude at 3:19 flee the scene. Chinese drivers are a nightmare here in Australia 🇦🇺 also.
Devon 000 liberals love globalism. Wait till China buys Canada and Australia
he didn't flee, he simply didn't care.
All the work you've done & you still have spare time to rebuild your car, ur're Amazing !
I was in Shanghai just on a 2 night transit. Everyone in it for themselves, no consideration for other people. That was exactly the impression I got from 2 days there... concerning everything.
This is one of your best videos. Unbiased and truthful. No hatred. No discrimination. Just facts.
as a chinese, i have to accept that What serpentza said is truth, it's painful, i think it also needs long time to become good.
2:10 Imagine how unbelievably insulted they must have felt - Mercedes drivers being told what to do by a foreigner on a bike. 😄 _"Yes, police? I spotted a Hell's Angels member being a rowdy on the road!"_
Fantastic video and social commentary ... as always. I'm based in Hong Kong and I really appreciate your channel.
2:52 And she's proudly never been in an accident in her life. She's _caused_ 251 deaths, but never been in an accident herself.
I live in Thailand with the highest death rate on the roads per head. You have to drive defensively and think that everyone else on teh road is cluless and dumb unfortunately. I cannot be bothered to drive above 120 kms (74 mph) in Thailand while when I used to drive in Germany in the 90's I used to reach the speed limiter at 250 kmph (155 mph) a lot of the time.
Thai drivers are possibly the worst in the world. Arrogant, selfish, and lack in common sense. No fucks given for pedestrians because pedestrians are obviously less of a human since they can't afford a vehicle (Thai logic).
@@jun.oshima I think Thais are more skilled driving on the road than Chinese as they have had cars much longer but they drive more aggressively and don't care about speeding as speed limits are not enforced by the police.
Thai's are world champions at bad driving compared to the chinese. You can't argue with the death stats. They beat China hands down by a huge margin ! Both atrocious but in general, from my experience living in both, Thais drive faster and refuse to use the brakes. I don't know the chinese driving test but the thai one is a joke in a parking lot, and only about 40% bother with a licence. Years of observation lead me to the conclusion they learn to ride mopeds from a early age by trial and error, and graduate to cars with the exactly the same style and unbelievable habits. China is lucky they don't have many thais there !
Another thing I realized once I started driving in the United States is that, American roads and traffic lights are designed and planned far better than those in China. Makes so much more sense here and so much more efficient. Chinese like to boast about their infrastructures, but the way I see it, they just used too much of their resources scrutinizing people, instead of making life easier.
Exactly. The highway/road system here in the US is way better than most of the world, except other western countries. But our roads still suck.
Wow! I’m a big fan of The Corvette Ben! Had no idea you were buds!!
Brilliant , very thorough, and informative. Love your insight, and real life experience.
Excellent work again man! :) Amazing seeing behind the facade.
as much as I hate saying this, this is nowhere even remotely close to the dangers in Indian roads.
You don't have to say it as we all know it!
Russian roads are pretty dangerous too.
No no no!! Hes not saying china is the worst. He's talking about why it's bad
India doesn't have the developed infastructure as china does.
Look at the roads. Put all the Indians on China roads,
The driving will improve.
HOWEVER! Put all the Chinese in Indian roads.
They will get WORSE!
That's one of the reasons why we HongKongers are still fighting til this day even tho there is no hope.
INDIA: We drive like shit
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CHINA: Hold My Beer 🍻
Nothing and I mean nothing like hammering down the open rode in a Corvette .
@1 2 WTF where that come from, seek help dude.
@1 2 I think I'll stick to cars ..thanks
I misspelled road ..lol. Duh
@1 2 you should try a '69 Chevy Chevelle SS class, it's better than poison.
@@eleven99 you're right in your mind only...not in the real world.
When the driving licence exam is a mario kart contest ^^'
"Stay Awesome China" brought me here, subscribed, thank you for your great content winston 😄
I thought all Asians where smart till I saw an Chinese person drive.
the worst driver in the world
Second - This channel is both educational and entertaining. Luv it!!!
As a Boomer, my interest in China didn't materialize until about 15 years ago. These days though, China, its people, politics, culture, norms, mores and etc. are quite topical. I learn alot from this channel. Great job Winston!
When you are driving in a high road at 120km hour, and the other car in front of you just stoped.
No problem at all, you were driving like a westerner, you simply foresaw what you could do if there was a problem ahead of you.
Your vette is GORGEOUS!! Congratulations! As a follower of yours I am thrilled you are in America and hope you stay😎❗
I’m an American expat that has been driving in Shanghai for 4 years. I agree with much of your perspective ... specifically on selfishness. To the point that I believe the quality of driving would improve drastically overnight if China regulated window tinting like much of the USA does. This way, not having selfish and bad drivers hide behind their fully darkened windows would expose them literally to their actions... and play upon their cultural obsession with saving face. Exposing and embarrassing these drivers would immediately encourage obeying driving laws and the rules of the road.
Courtesy of the road; a wonderful quality to steward and abide by when it comes to safety and staying alive on the road. Selfishness and the lack of courtesy to others is a sign of ignorance. Glad you and yours made it out safe.
70% of ppl on this planet will never know how to drive.
Nice bro!
My cousin restored a 72 corvette just like yours! What a wonderful hobby!
In America car drivers are very selfish, showing no respect for other people, in that they blast noise into people's homes using their vehicle. Mainly this is from modified exhaust systems and sound systems with "subwoofers". This deliberate behavior is a violation of property rights and is a form of harassment/bullying.
Driving in China is terrifying I have never seen so many accidents.
@Pub Comrad I'm seeing so many Chinese all around me where I live in the states and they don't care of others using public spaces. I was walking in a crosswalk a few days ago and a Chinese lady driving a new Porsche SUV almost killed me. She was turning left and I had a walk light. She was acting in selfishness and I gave her a loud chewing out. People that lack empathy and respecting basic rights of others need a loud earful and possibly worse when the situation warrants it. They just waltz into our country and do as they please purchasing houses with all this new money so the housing market is becoming too expensive and traffic so dangerous and polluting.
@Chang I don't live out of my mum's basement for she's been dead for 6 years now. You god damned right I have a chip on my shoulder for I'm tired of being bullied by my fellow citizens as well as being almost killed by Chinese immigrants like the one I mentioned in a new Porsche SUV. Do you expect me to just tolerate this nonsense? She caused a loss of face by failing to yield in her left turn while I was walking through the crosswalk with a walk light. Excuse me, this is my country and you're going to follow our laws and cultural customs just as you expect Americans to do in China. If you can't act appropriately and behave like a responsible adult, then you need to go back home to China.
"You get your car and it opens up the world for you." *shows montage of him drinking beer*
*drinking beer in new locations
Corvette ZR-1
A man of culture.
I lived in Zhengzhou for 2 years (2010 - 12) where the driving is particularly bad. One time, I went to Xiamen on the coast for about a week and I noticed that driving was rather better there than in Zhengzhou. It took me a while to figure out why but when I came back, I noticed that traffic control on the roads in Zhengzhou is very bad. It's not uncommon in Zhengzghou for there to be a big intersection with only 1 or 2 traffic lights each way and almost no line markings. By contrast in Xiamen (what I saw of it that is) the road line marking seemed quite good. In Zhengzhou, cars go everywhere because there was no clear guidance as to where they should be. Xiamen on the other hand was more like Singapore or Hong Kong - fairly orderly. So I blame the road engineering for at least some of the problem. In Zhengzhou, there seems to be an emphasis on building new roads not on getting what there is to work properly. As a civil engineer myself, I can see that there is potential for massive improvements which would get the traffic moving much quicker and much safer. Building elevated freeways is glamorous. Making what you've got work is un-appreciated and un-glamorous. Chinese engineers should go learn some lessons from Japan.
Have to say, I feel privileged living in Norway, as far as traffic safety comes. We're not just a western country, we are *the* safest one to drive in, as far as drivers are concerned.
Scandinavia is the best at everything pretty much.
@@MirrorRealityHD Except suicide, gender-based violence and alcoholism...
It's not just China. I've been to Thailand more times than I care to remember and I've seen things that make your hair stand on end. Drivers who shoot through intersections just beeping their horn to tell other drivers they're coming through (what if someone else is doing exactly the same thing, I always think). Crazy. I want to talk about Vietnam but I'm too PTSD'ed to do so.
Yes that's true. I just spent a month in Bali, and it's same situation there when it comes to driving. Dreadful!
Vietnam would have to have the worst drivers in the world. The same selfish me first attitude as the mainland chinese.
Crossing the road is a challenge in China, still don't understand how it works, cars and bikes coming from all directions even when the green walking sign comes on!
One word Selfishness, hit the nail on the head.
The only thing slightly good about Chinese traffic is that they have relatively new infrastructures, mostly in good condition. No potholes, etc.
They come here to Boston and do the same thing, i've seen the stop on the highway for my exit on a regular basis! Not even an exaggeration!
I watch Corvette Ben all the time , he is a great restorer of Vetts , while I was in a cab in China the driver made a U turn in the middle of a 4 lane main street ! Really shocked me how they drive there !
That review video of your little Chinese car is the whole reason I stumbled upon your channel years ago!
We have plenty of this going on in California.
Indeed! Kommiefornia is so full of Turd-World Shithole immigrants that the Turd-World driving experience is brought to you.
Thanks to our Muslim-Marxist, the DMV now hands out a license to every illegal criminal that wants one.
Foreigners typically from Asian countries are to blame. They cause accidents and traffic in the fast lane. Completely clueless and sometimes they end up getting themselves killed.
@SkinnyThicc Legend Muh big FEELZ!
Everyone is NOT an "immigrant." Some of us were born HERE, NOT anchor babies, either before or after a nation was formed.
When someone stops in front of you suddenly on a freeway, it's better to slam into the car (if you can't stop fast enough) then to try to drive around it in high speed because you are going to lose control doing high speed turn. Slamming into it gives you the best chance of survival
Just be sure to have a good lawyer and car insurance so you don’t end up having to pay for there injuries
Had no idea you guys were doing car stuff as well, I have sooooo much to watch now!