"Surely the US wouldn't havegutted their incredibly impressive rail network if the replacement wasn't even better, right? It must be incredible!" Chinese government officials, probably
fun fact: there is an alarming amount of people who buy cars they cant afford for chinese new years to impress their family, drive it only for those holidays and let it rot away completely unused for the rest of the time
Nah, i literally found only one source on it and it was this TH-cam channel that literally only posts things about China that are very negative and sensationalized so i wouldn't really believe it
isn't this also a big reason why a majority of car accident videos on the internet is russian dashcam footage? russians are basically able to do the exact same thing
I once worked with a guy who's family moved from China to the US when he was a kid (13 or younger iirc), and he told me that people in China don't actually have driving schools or DMVs. The parents would just have the kid sit in the driver's seat and just teach them basic knowledge. Obviously, this was a culture shock when they were told that the Chinese way wasn't going to work in the US, and that they needed to get a license or get in trouble.
And the US driving tests are a very, very low bar to pass. They are a joke compared to most of the developed and several parts of the developing world. A friend of mine has done the driving tests in the Netherlands, Oman and Arizona. The one in Arizona was a joke compared to the other two.
There's a bridge in NC called the "Can opener bridge" because large trucks keep trying to go under it despite signs and warnings about the low ceiling. It has a whole website dedicated to videos of truckers and RV drivers trying to slip under and fail. It's hilarious.
Yes, 11foot8 has been around on TH-cam for over a decade. Your point is? I think some of the signs they use are clumsy at best. "Overheight nust turn" is not a very clear sign to me. The USA has a lot of poor road signs with a lot of words, and often too many of them and mixed with a lot of other signage. My my country we have a maximum of signs per 100m, as otherwise most drivers will not be able to read them.
It also doesn't help the government corruption takes away any and all real funding for things, meaning nothing is finished before they are open access.
Similar but also different to the USA, there are a lot of funds for housing but government regulations supported by homeowners who don't want their home value reduced make sure nothing is finished as well
@Girlandsilly it's true, after the introduction or reveal that transformers/cybertronians have been here on earth for as long as we have, it starts off in Shanghai, China, where as in Transformers 4, K.S.I moves it's location from USA to Hong Kong
I'm finally understanding why the "Asian/Chinese people can't drive" stereotype exists. As a second generation Asian American I thought it was just xenophobia, and a lot of it is, since my mom is a very responsible driver, but if you just got a car and you have parents who didn't drive and can't help teach you, you probably would be a worse driver; and that's probably how the stereotype was born
If I remember correctly, it's also because the cities are more densely packed, and thus, the few that did drive had to drive like their lives depended on it. Everyone HAS to be the first one at the office. They're gonna drive like it, and it just adds more to the pile.
Ill never forget how the "adult generation" of my childhood reacted to enforcement of dui and dwi. They were appalled that people should be held accountable for it. You had your different groups too "Its only bad if there is a kid in the car" "Just throw their keyes in the forest, they wont find em till they're sober, why arrest?" "Why should it be up to the givernment to not let me do it" And when being on the phone in the car became illegal in my state (NY, there are still states that let you do it like Tennessee) "How can the governent tell me what to do" " only idiots get into a car crash on the phone, not me" And even now with the newer generation "I drive better when im high" You cannot drive when impaired period. I mean you can, but youll die on that hill.
The most chinese way of solving problems is denying that you even have a problem to save face and maybe bribe some local or regional officials into actually doing something
7:10 In China it's considered unpatriotic to publicize ways in which China is worse than other countries. So issues like driving accident rates go unaddressed because no one wants to be the guy to lose favor in the Party to bring it up.
Born in the US, but raised in China. When I was young, there was almost no cars on the road. Currently visiting my family in China and there are TOO many cars. I’m only in my early 20’s, so that tells you how fast they’re processing and how many new people still are to driving in the county. You have to yield to the cars, not the other way around. It’s literally like playing bumper cars, the lines on the road might as well not exist.
On the using devices while driving, i once had a boss that threatened to fire me if i didn't talk to him on the phone while i was out driving during the workday for some work related reason. Specifically, the person would be calling, i'd pull over and answer, they'd ask me where i am because they have instructions, i'd say i'm pulled over here(location) it's fine i'm not driving and they'd get angry because i'm wasting time not driving while this conversation is happening. I'd tell him that he doesn't pay me nearly fuckign enough to risk my life like that, so i WILL ALWAYS pull over if i need to use a phone in that situation.
No matter how much you’re getting paid, this is valid. Despite the US Healthcare System’s attempts, you can’t put a price on life. And of course, the “it’s not legal for you boss to force you to break the law” part. There’s also that.
The biggest issue with U.S drivers is the people. Laws don't exist to them, and most people view speed limit signs as a minimum. On top of that people will just run red lights and stop signs, not even turning ones. Solid ones. Which is a problem when the chance of dying in a car accident is almost 100% when you go over 60mph. If I had a penny for everytime I saw people going 80 on a 55mph road in a single year(I only go out 1x a week) I'd have about $200. Which does also explain why I have seen 15 fatal crashes on the side of the road in that same year. Within a few miles of my house.
@@BeckyNosferatu It was mind numbing when I was watching a video explaining "dangerous intersections in the U.S". Guess why they're dangerous? Over 400 people run the red light in a year. At one intersection. That's not a dangerous intersection, that's a dangerous population. They should have their licenses revoked and cars towed. It would save lives.
@@LycanFerret It seems that here, no one can figure out a 4-way stop. The amount of times I've seen people just ignore the stop all together is just shocking, to say the least.
@@BeckyNosferatuofficial reason why US has (almost)no roundabouts is that most drivers don't know how to react when intersection doesn't have traffic lights.
God, imagine my eyes when I see someone mention "Yeah, the speed limit signs are viewed as the minimum speed to drive in". That's not true and they are the "MAXIMUM" amount of speed you should have, or at least target or stay "CLOSE" to the number before you get pulled over for speeding or driving too slow in traffic.
There’s also an interesting thing in the culture of the PRC where the concept of “fate” is taken *waaayy* too strongly, so the idea is “if I die while driving, then that’s just my fate”, and thus actually trying to be as safe as you can as a driver is often just completely disregarded.
Probably my favorite video on China. Was expectant of racism or thinly veiled racism. This was actually brilliantly made, comedic, and I loved it. Subbed. Wanted to add Chinese people have insane public transit systems, so the need for cars is just simply not a need as much as a status symbol.
Something that has to be mentioned is NOBODY INDICATES. Not even official taxis! The only ones who seem to understand it are the bus drivers. It doesn't help that they also copied the driving laws from the U.S. (e.g. turning right on a red signal) which makes crossing the street a real life crossy road game.
I think part of the reason so many more crash Videos are coming out of china is just how much more surveillance there is. If US streets, or, god forbid, Russian streets had an equal amount of surveillance, we'd be seeing alot more.
I don't like to be the "Well, actually..." guy, but Russian car crash videos have been incredibly common for well over a decade on the internet, specifically because their cars are required to have dashcams. Because of that, there's just an astronomically higher chance to catching an accident as it happens on footage, and since it's easily accessible (as opposed to street surveillance cameras), tons of such videos made it to the internet and created the "Russian drivers" memes.
@@Horvath_Gabor Dashcams have never been mandatory in Russia. Saying this as a Russian myself. They became common in the 2000s as a way for drivers to prove their innocence in case of a crash, or if they get pulled over by the police. The corrupt traffic police, and insurance scams (which were common at the time) were a large driving force. And to this day there are still situations where it's very hard (if not possible) to prove your innocence without a dashcam.
Regular chinese people werent allowed to buy their own car until 1992 or so, so the oldest "normal guy" chinese driver is probably in their 60s at the most. And in 1992, cars were very expensive for the average chinese person, they only started to be obtainable in the early 2000s or so.
Another aspect to keep in mind is the reluctance to help others. In China people are very suspicious of others and often suspect strangers of trying to scam them if they strike up random conversation. If an american gets into an accident, other americans will generally stop and try to save the person. In China people will drive past wrecks and pretend not to notice because they don't want to risk getting sued or scammed. The cultural revolution has managed to change human behavior, and chinese people are trained not to help people who are persecuted by the government.
I remember when I learned that having your phone out in the car is basically the equivalent of drunk driving, because of that reduced reaction time. People die more because you're not supposed to defend yourself- so that makes it WORSE.
I was born in Vietnam and traveling to the US and driving in the city here was like lowering the difficulty and anxiety levels, you drive in Vietnam (especially in a car) expect to be swarmed by motorcycles and mopeds in rural areas because I’m sure for every car there’s 20 bikes
In aviation we have something called the Swiss cheese model. It is a model to show how/ why accidents happen. essescly it's almost never a big issue that causes accidents its always smaller issues that line up purfectly. The more little issues the more likely the holes will line up and people will get hurt.
Because IT IS. , like literally it's in the middle of nowhere why a speed limit? The Autobahn is sour ended by a forest and much more traffic and barely any accidents there
Honestly I think the answer to a lot of traffic-related issues in large countries like China/US is a lack of motorbike adoption due to perceptions that riding one is inherently more dangerous or carries a higher lethality rate, when said dangers and lethalities are typically the result of _other vehicles_ being a hazard and/or reckless driving. Place on top of that the market trend that cars should have as little driver feedback as reasonable to push a 'luxury' ride makes it a lot more difficult for new drivers to understand the handling of their own car. Motorbikes, beyond obviously being a lot smaller and as such less prone to congestion, impress on someone a keen sense of speed, surroundings, road feel, and yaw rate, which is very important for _any_ kind of driving, let alone adverse conditions. Learn on two before you drive on four, I say.
I thought that this was going to be just some racist point of view, but the argument that everyone is just new to driving is actually very valid. Add that to new big infrastructures and high amount of surveillance cams, you got #1 liveleak traffic accident contributions
chicago is A DAMN GOOD EXAMPLE like deadass there are so many exits on one highway we took the wrong one and the detour cost us 45 FUCKING MINUTES. fuck the dan ryan
honestly the car drivers are not the main issue, it's the moped drivers you need to watch out for because for some reason it feels like half of all moped drivers are just constantly on some kind of substance
It's the same issue with city and highway cyclists in the west. They're either a pedestrian or a vehicle depending on how the rider sees fit several times within the span of seconds so that they remain the victim no matter what. I see videos of big PRC intersections and you have galaxy brains on mopeds swarming from the walkways and cutting through the intersections and back onto the road EN MASSE, traffic lights be damned
@@CharlieFoxtrot >city builds bike lanes to make transportation easier >cars and trucks park and block bike lanes >bikers get annoyed and drive into traffic >car drivers blame bikers for swerving into traffic from a car in the bike lane
When I was in China, nothing annoyed me more than watching people drive. No concept of lane discipline or right of way. Taxi drivers watch videos on their phones half the time. Random cars stop in the middle of the road for no reason. And anytime I brought it up, everyone just acted like I was stupid for caring about the rules of the road. Meanwhile in the US, people lose their shit if I sit at a green light for 2 seconds
They should support more urbanism. I know they do trains, but they really don't do much else, also they don't have any “third places” but part of that is to stop/discourage protests.
@@porcelaincrown Urbanism generally refers to designing urban areas in a way that makes the more efficient transportation modes more appealing. Rather than what a lot of places try to do by widening roads to try and accommodate more and more cars. And in the process making those other transportation modes less practical and more dangerous, so more people end up needing to drive.
To add to this: china will often take shortcuts in building anything. So if you’re driving down a mountain and hit a barrier, it might not stop you from going off the road. Not to mention the safety standards they have in building their cars.
2:04 true. It’s silly to ask people to speed (go faster than they normally would) while also asking them not to speed, especially on empty roads. I get it for merging though because the slower the merge the easier it is. There’s one merge near me that has the road go 45m and it's so easy.
As for Russia, I'd say it's on par with North America, if not better in some aspects. Driving has significantly improved since the 2000s (which is when dashcams started becoming popular). Certain regions (such as Dagestan) still have poor driving cultures though.
Those infotainment screens are why I want an older car, it's so ironic that for years distracted driving was seen as something that should never happen but now we have a giant screen that can't be turned off in your field of view just for the back-up camera.
Fact: Online maps in China like Amap, Tencent map and Baidu map are super detailed on road signs at certain points and warns the driver when over speeding and points out speed cameras since there's no highway polices (emergency police cars only). Also, the maps show the exact time and direction of traffic lights indicating live on your fuking phone. This honestly blew my mind away when I first visited Guangzhou. Also, I assure you that lots of accidents happen because of young drivers with less than 3 years of experience. Online maps now show how much experience the driver needs to drive on a certain road
2:50 Seattle resident here. I can confirm that driving off of this thing is well.. impossible at times. It's a damn near suprise how the city hasn't closed this down yet given the number of times people have nearly slammed into that wall at mach Jesus coming off the freeway. Now you may say "well they should have plenty of time to slow down right?" Well thats not a bad thought if you where outside of Seattle. However that isn't the case here. You only have about.. id recon 600ft to slow from 60 to 25. So unless you slam on the breaks, you ain't stopping
As an european that use the metric system and that always smash on the brake in video games, it look enough time if you are a maniac professional brake checker like me
2:03 OTR driver here that long stretch of Wyoming is brutal but I'd say California is worse because we have to drive drive 55 throughout the whole state
Bruh. You guys are complaining about having to drive slow. 55 mph is not slow. That's 88 kmh. That's nearly highway speed where I live. My entire country would be about 60 mph.
@@kiwigaming09 on some highways you can go up to 80 or even 90 so it is relatively slow. Also consider that you're going 55 on multiple hour-long stretches of nothingness.
@@kiwigaming09 my guy, we have a lot of states that are bigger than entire countries. Texas alone has 2.8x more square miles than the UK, there's a reason an 85mph interstate exists there
US also has a crazy overpopulation issue in many states, can't handle the metropolitization in rural areas where the infrastructure keeps getting changed thanks to transplants moving into states at a rapid pace and usually refuses to give adequate driver training especially to those who just moved to the US from another country. Take that into account and you'll see why driving in the US has gotten so bad.
I’ve heard in denser places like Russia and China (NYC too, tbh), the threat of others trying to ram into your car and claim an insurance check out of it is rather high, hence the need to record everything yourself.
Omg family guy was right. Joke goes something like this Asian lady: How much time to let everyone know I'm going into another lane? None. Okay. Good luck everyone else. Goes across the freeway causing multiple accidents*
china, you do NOT want our infrastructure. i mean it's already terrible over there, but i had a bit of faith they could at least get transportation right...
I am glad to live in Omaha. Like I have never realized how small the city is compared to other cities. Also Ty for acknowledging the existence of Nebraska.
in my 2012 ford fusion, most of the features of my entertainment system will refuse to work while the car is in gear. equalization, making new presets, settings and stuff.
Cut corners in construction, no regulatory oversight and weak or ignored traffic laws. The perfect recipe for dangerous roads. I've never been to China, but I have been to Korea, Thailand and Vietnam. Korea was the only place I felt safe driving.
@@Ex0t1cButt_ers ....Just realized that i mispelled it, and yes, the believe in fate. It is a holdover from ancient china that Mao tried to exterminate, but he was unsuccessful
You hit a nail on the head: THEY NEED MORE NARROW ROADS AND LESS STROADS!!! These megacities could get some amazing subway lines built, since there's virtually no one there now. A lot of the stroads could get converted into bus only lanes, and they could put in dedicated bike lanes, too.
That's a bad idea. For the over 660 large cities (city with million+ residents, and a dozen of them have 10million+), the only way to curb traffic jam is using broad street ways at the density of regular narrow roads. (And building subways. But due to the issues with the state railway corporation, and the central finical beau is prohibiting new subway lines in "small cities(in Chinese context that refers to cities below 2.5 million people)" and limiting subway investment in larger cities, many are relying on broader and more roads and more buses.
This is already being done. If you live in China you'd know bike lanes are actually very common. Quite a few medium-sized cities are opting to replace car lanes with dedicated tram / BRT lanes. It doesn't make sense to narrow Chinese "stroads" further because their surrounding population density is 10-20x the American stroads'.
2:54 there is clear signage at this exit the whole way telling you to slow down to 25mph. people are ignorant and oblivious thats how these accidents happen
@@anomalousanimates me when I believe a different source than the one used in a video, which doesn’t actually matter because the number is practically the same anyway.
Even death toll grew because of cheap cars that fail its safety feature and cutting corners to make a buck and the worst part they are trying to sell it into the international market with junk cars 💀
What i don't tolerateis the automakers that put infotainment systems in their cars but don't include a gps navigation system. What's the purpose of that big screen in the middle of the dashboard if it's not gonna show a navigation map?
I like how China is trying to emulate America's roads. And copying all the mistakes too.
LMAO
That is the point of copying
You copy because You think is good and not because You actually know if is good or not just like in Homeworks at School
"Surely the US wouldn't havegutted their incredibly impressive rail network if the replacement wasn't even better, right? It must be incredible!"
Chinese government officials, probably
Pendulum mentioned?
@@justsomeguy5628 expect china is also simultaneously building a highspeed rail network 100000x better then the US (its almost done too)
China overtaking Russia for wild dashcam videos
In my opinion, and based on my experience with dashcams, nothing will ever top the Russian man who got jumped by a bunch of mascots.
@@redundantfridge9764 I remember that vid, it was wild 💀
@@redundantfridge9764 wasn't that fake?
russians are learning how to drive finally...
As more stuff from the Great Firewall makes it through, we’ll definitely be seeing more of this
fun fact: there is an alarming amount of people who buy cars they cant afford for chinese new years to impress their family, drive it only for those holidays and let it rot away completely unused for the rest of the time
just rent it lmao
Nah, i literally found only one source on it and it was this TH-cam channel that literally only posts things about China that are very negative and sensationalized so i wouldn't really believe it
@@mrroger-t6myeah fr
In many cases it's not due to economy issue. But taking public transport or a bike is more convenient in many cities.
they actually rent it...
In China you can "purchase" a driver's license. No written or road test is necessary. Maybe this is the main reason for the high amounts of accidents.
Cartoon levels of corruption strike again!
“alright, i’m gonna need to see your license and registration.”
“i don’t have a license.”
“lmao poor”
god that game is so p2w
isn't this also a big reason why a majority of car accident videos on the internet is russian dashcam footage? russians are basically able to do the exact same thing
@@jonathanwezgray1756i swear the devs really need to get up and patch that economic nightmare, the f2p's can't even get anywhere
I once worked with a guy who's family moved from China to the US when he was a kid (13 or younger iirc), and he told me that people in China don't actually have driving schools or DMVs. The parents would just have the kid sit in the driver's seat and just teach them basic knowledge. Obviously, this was a culture shock when they were told that the Chinese way wasn't going to work in the US, and that they needed to get a license or get in trouble.
And the US driving tests are a very, very low bar to pass.
They are a joke compared to most of the developed and several parts of the developing world.
A friend of mine has done the driving tests in the Netherlands, Oman and Arizona. The one in Arizona was a joke compared to the other two.
This is same in Taiwan. We don't have road test before 2016. So my dad let me drive in the deep mountain and riverside without a licence.
That should be at least 20 years ago. There're already driving schools when I was a kid.
@@rogerwilco2 I heard the driving test in Finland is also incredibly hard
@@lobsterbisque7567germany too
There's a bridge in NC called the "Can opener bridge" because large trucks keep trying to go under it despite signs and warnings about the low ceiling. It has a whole website dedicated to videos of truckers and RV drivers trying to slip under and fail. It's hilarious.
Incase anyone is wondering, it is called 11foot8
11ft8 also has a youtube channel! it's incredibly entertaining.
He already made a video about it on spat
Yes, 11foot8 has been around on TH-cam for over a decade. Your point is?
I think some of the signs they use are clumsy at best. "Overheight nust turn" is not a very clear sign to me.
The USA has a lot of poor road signs with a lot of words, and often too many of them and mixed with a lot of other signage.
My my country we have a maximum of signs per 100m, as otherwise most drivers will not be able to read them.
Hilarious enough 90% of those drivers an Indian immigrants who can’t read or do not care.
It also doesn't help the government corruption takes away any and all real funding for things, meaning nothing is finished before they are open access.
Just like CoD
Similar but also different to the USA, there are a lot of funds for housing but government regulations supported by homeowners who don't want their home value reduced make sure nothing is finished as well
[citation needed]
@@ME-xc1st In the US we just have the Auto Industry lobbying the government and making things worse for everyone
Cap, most government r corrupt tbf, the Chinese government is doing good rn
Guys, which country is most of Transformers 4 set in again?
Hong Kong.
Transformers 2 is more in mainland china than 4
Hong Kong
@@RSODcrazy take
@Girlandsilly it's true, after the introduction or reveal that transformers/cybertronians have been here on earth for as long as we have, it starts off in Shanghai, China, where as in Transformers 4, K.S.I moves it's location from USA to Hong Kong
I'm finally understanding why the "Asian/Chinese people can't drive" stereotype exists. As a second generation Asian American I thought it was just xenophobia, and a lot of it is, since my mom is a very responsible driver, but if you just got a car and you have parents who didn't drive and can't help teach you, you probably would be a worse driver; and that's probably how the stereotype was born
If I remember correctly, it's also because the cities are more densely packed, and thus, the few that did drive had to drive like their lives depended on it. Everyone HAS to be the first one at the office. They're gonna drive like it, and it just adds more to the pile.
@mutonfuton what's the Asian equivalent of Stacy?
@@longiusaescius2537 I don't know which use of Stacy you mean, if you can be a bit more specific in meaning?
@@mutonfuton they're an incel, trying to bait you into harmful reductions of women + asian women specifically. it's not worth replying to them.
yeah that sounds about right.
Ill never forget how the "adult generation" of my childhood reacted to enforcement of dui and dwi. They were appalled that people should be held accountable for it. You had your different groups too
"Its only bad if there is a kid in the car"
"Just throw their keyes in the forest, they wont find em till they're sober, why arrest?"
"Why should it be up to the givernment to not let me do it"
And when being on the phone in the car became illegal in my state (NY, there are still states that let you do it like Tennessee)
"How can the governent tell me what to do"
" only idiots get into a car crash on the phone, not me"
And even now with the newer generation
"I drive better when im high"
You cannot drive when impaired period. I mean you can, but youll die on that hill.
The most chinese way of solving problems is denying that you even have a problem to save face and maybe bribe some local or regional officials into actually doing something
[citation needed]
That's the most USA way of solving problems, minus the part were they blame China for da problem
Nah that's Japan
7:10 In China it's considered unpatriotic to publicize ways in which China is worse than other countries. So issues like driving accident rates go unaddressed because no one wants to be the guy to lose favor in the Party to bring it up.
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@@techissus7449 can't links aren't allowed on youtube.
maybe search his stuff up?
@@techissus7449 bot
It's ironic because criticism of your country is part of being patriotic.
Born in the US, but raised in China. When I was young, there was almost no cars on the road. Currently visiting my family in China and there are TOO many cars. I’m only in my early 20’s, so that tells you how fast they’re processing and how many new people still are to driving in the county. You have to yield to the cars, not the other way around. It’s literally like playing bumper cars, the lines on the road might as well not exist.
On the using devices while driving, i once had a boss that threatened to fire me if i didn't talk to him on the phone while i was out driving during the workday for some work related reason.
Specifically, the person would be calling, i'd pull over and answer, they'd ask me where i am because they have instructions, i'd say i'm pulled over here(location) it's fine i'm not driving and they'd get angry because i'm wasting time not driving while this conversation is happening. I'd tell him that he doesn't pay me nearly fuckign enough to risk my life like that, so i WILL ALWAYS pull over if i need to use a phone in that situation.
Good on you. If the dumbass thinks risking your life is more important than the job, I'd have walked, right there.
Was that boss ever canned?
@@GlareanLiebertine no idea, left soon after that
No matter how much you’re getting paid, this is valid. Despite the US Healthcare System’s attempts, you can’t put a price on life. And of course, the “it’s not legal for you boss to force you to break the law” part. There’s also that.
The biggest issue with U.S drivers is the people. Laws don't exist to them, and most people view speed limit signs as a minimum. On top of that people will just run red lights and stop signs, not even turning ones. Solid ones. Which is a problem when the chance of dying in a car accident is almost 100% when you go over 60mph. If I had a penny for everytime I saw people going 80 on a 55mph road in a single year(I only go out 1x a week) I'd have about $200. Which does also explain why I have seen 15 fatal crashes on the side of the road in that same year. Within a few miles of my house.
God, I had to explain to my grandmother that the 'Turn lane' wasn't an optional thing. It is a "must use turn lane when one is present" type of thing.
@@BeckyNosferatu It was mind numbing when I was watching a video explaining "dangerous intersections in the U.S". Guess why they're dangerous? Over 400 people run the red light in a year. At one intersection. That's not a dangerous intersection, that's a dangerous population. They should have their licenses revoked and cars towed. It would save lives.
@@LycanFerret It seems that here, no one can figure out a 4-way stop. The amount of times I've seen people just ignore the stop all together is just shocking, to say the least.
@@BeckyNosferatuofficial reason why US has (almost)no roundabouts is that most drivers don't know how to react when intersection doesn't have traffic lights.
God, imagine my eyes when I see someone mention "Yeah, the speed limit signs are viewed as the minimum speed to drive in". That's not true and they are the "MAXIMUM" amount of speed you should have, or at least target or stay "CLOSE" to the number before you get pulled over for speeding or driving too slow in traffic.
you know Chinese social media addiction is bad when its a more prominent threat than drugs💀
Social media is designed to have addictiveness of pharmaceuticals
There’s also an interesting thing in the culture of the PRC where the concept of “fate” is taken *waaayy* too strongly, so the idea is “if I die while driving, then that’s just my fate”, and thus actually trying to be as safe as you can as a driver is often just completely disregarded.
"Jesus take the wheel" ahh behaviour
isn't that just the US but instead of God it's fate
@@zubinzuro take what you’re thinking and multiply it by several million degrees for the PRC
Don't forget, they will have zero issues with reversing back over a downed pedestrian just to avoid paying the victim for life
Probably my favorite video on China. Was expectant of racism or thinly veiled racism. This was actually brilliantly made, comedic, and I loved it. Subbed. Wanted to add Chinese people have insane public transit systems, so the need for cars is just simply not a need as much as a status symbol.
Driving in a city in rental car, a vehicle you aren't used to, is one of THE MOST stressful things ever.
Something that has to be mentioned is NOBODY INDICATES. Not even official taxis! The only ones who seem to understand it are the bus drivers.
It doesn't help that they also copied the driving laws from the U.S. (e.g. turning right on a red signal) which makes crossing the street a real life crossy road game.
Drunk driving being the lowest statistic for car crashes is absolutely insane
China has a 50 lane high way that merges into 3 lanes. That is not a joke. It has 50 lanes that merge into 3 lanes within less than 10 feet.
i am sorry but isn't that just stupid, 50 lanes IN THREE BLOODY LANES.
That's literally not real where did you even get that info from
it’s 3 lanes that widen to 26 for toll booths and then narrow down to 3 again
its called a toll booth
@@opticalfoxxo8369 chinese G4 Expressway has a 50 lane booth that condenses into a 4 (or 3? cant tell) lane
Bad driving = 10000000+ credit
I wish I could heart this comment cuz it actually made me laugh! Thanks, man!
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I think part of the reason so many more crash Videos are coming out of china is just how much more surveillance there is. If US streets, or, god forbid, Russian streets had an equal amount of surveillance, we'd be seeing alot more.
What is a freeway? I just know the Chineseway 🇨🇳🇨🇳
Russian streets have cameras on every corner and fees are automatically filled if you break a law
And i ended up finding another comment from you, good evening
I don't like to be the "Well, actually..." guy, but Russian car crash videos have been incredibly common for well over a decade on the internet, specifically because their cars are required to have dashcams. Because of that, there's just an astronomically higher chance to catching an accident as it happens on footage, and since it's easily accessible (as opposed to street surveillance cameras), tons of such videos made it to the internet and created the "Russian drivers" memes.
@@Horvath_Gabor Dashcams have never been mandatory in Russia. Saying this as a Russian myself.
They became common in the 2000s as a way for drivers to prove their innocence in case of a crash, or if they get pulled over by the police. The corrupt traffic police, and insurance scams (which were common at the time) were a large driving force. And to this day there are still situations where it's very hard (if not possible) to prove your innocence without a dashcam.
0:17 is the red area supposed to be China? Because last time I checked Taiwan, North Korea and Afghanistan were all independent.
No, they even say the names of the red country’s 😊
he doesnt want to be put on a list
@@Jpoxferd oh my bad I didn't notice...
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China has loads of electric cars too, and it is so easy to creep up to 90 without even realising it when you've got no engine noise to tell you.
Regular chinese people werent allowed to buy their own car until 1992 or so, so the oldest "normal guy" chinese driver is probably in their 60s at the most. And in 1992, cars were very expensive for the average chinese person, they only started to be obtainable in the early 2000s or so.
Another aspect to keep in mind is the reluctance to help others. In China people are very suspicious of others and often suspect strangers of trying to scam them if they strike up random conversation. If an american gets into an accident, other americans will generally stop and try to save the person. In China people will drive past wrecks and pretend not to notice because they don't want to risk getting sued or scammed. The cultural revolution has managed to change human behavior, and chinese people are trained not to help people who are persecuted by the government.
The part about Americans helping other Americans is a lie lol
They just pull out their phone and record it while pogging
Wait till he hears about the Chinese cars spontaneously combusting
He is gonna “explode.”
_(obligatory tesla joke here)_
I remember when I learned that having your phone out in the car is basically the equivalent of drunk driving, because of that reduced reaction time. People die more because you're not supposed to defend yourself- so that makes it WORSE.
I was born in Vietnam and traveling to the US and driving in the city here was like lowering the difficulty and anxiety levels, you drive in Vietnam (especially in a car) expect to be swarmed by motorcycles and mopeds in rural areas because I’m sure for every car there’s 20 bikes
In aviation we have something called the Swiss cheese model. It is a model to show how/ why accidents happen. essescly it's almost never a big issue that causes accidents its always smaller issues that line up purfectly. The more little issues the more likely the holes will line up and people will get hurt.
2:10 that sounded personal
Because IT IS. , like literally it's in the middle of nowhere why a speed limit?
The Autobahn is sour ended by a forest and much more traffic and barely any accidents there
I drive there everyone was going 80 or over
I HATE that exit in Portland. Fear for my life every time I use it.
its almost as if controlling everything people do leads to them not knowing how to deal with unpredictable and new situations
4:22 Perfect time to post this image
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Honestly I think the answer to a lot of traffic-related issues in large countries like China/US is a lack of motorbike adoption due to perceptions that riding one is inherently more dangerous or carries a higher lethality rate, when said dangers and lethalities are typically the result of _other vehicles_ being a hazard and/or reckless driving. Place on top of that the market trend that cars should have as little driver feedback as reasonable to push a 'luxury' ride makes it a lot more difficult for new drivers to understand the handling of their own car.
Motorbikes, beyond obviously being a lot smaller and as such less prone to congestion, impress on someone a keen sense of speed, surroundings, road feel, and yaw rate, which is very important for _any_ kind of driving, let alone adverse conditions. Learn on two before you drive on four, I say.
I thought that this was going to be just some racist point of view, but the argument that everyone is just new to driving is actually very valid. Add that to new big infrastructures and high amount of surveillance cams, you got #1 liveleak traffic accident contributions
Recklessness and no driving education.
chicago is A DAMN GOOD EXAMPLE like deadass there are so many exits on one highway we took the wrong one and the detour cost us 45 FUCKING MINUTES. fuck the dan ryan
This Video has given me an addiction of watching Chinese Dashcam videos
the best ones are the ones you can't watch on youtube
honestly the car drivers are not the main issue, it's the moped drivers you need to watch out for because for some reason it feels like half of all moped drivers are just constantly on some kind of substance
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Most normal people are just idiots so naturally most drivers are gonna suck. Half of them don’t have any hand eye coordination sober.
It's the same issue with city and highway cyclists in the west. They're either a pedestrian or a vehicle depending on how the rider sees fit several times within the span of seconds so that they remain the victim no matter what. I see videos of big PRC intersections and you have galaxy brains on mopeds swarming from the walkways and cutting through the intersections and back onto the road EN MASSE, traffic lights be damned
@@CharlieFoxtrot
>city builds bike lanes to make transportation easier
>cars and trucks park and block bike lanes
>bikers get annoyed and drive into traffic
>car drivers blame bikers for swerving into traffic from a car in the bike lane
cannot tell you the amount of times I've almost been hit by a car as a pedestrian growing up in shanghai.
WHY ARE YOU YELLING AT ME
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1:45 nearly made choke on my lunch break, 💀😭
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When I was in China, nothing annoyed me more than watching people drive. No concept of lane discipline or right of way. Taxi drivers watch videos on their phones half the time. Random cars stop in the middle of the road for no reason. And anytime I brought it up, everyone just acted like I was stupid for caring about the rules of the road.
Meanwhile in the US, people lose their shit if I sit at a green light for 2 seconds
People definitely "fiddle it" during "carplay"
They should support more urbanism. I know they do trains, but they really don't do much else, also they don't have any “third places” but part of that is to stop/discourage protests.
How American, lol.
Major cities have subway systems
China is not urban?? EXCUSE ME??
@@porcelaincrown Urbanism generally refers to designing urban areas in a way that makes the more efficient transportation modes more appealing.
Rather than what a lot of places try to do by widening roads to try and accommodate more and more cars. And in the process making those other transportation modes less practical and more dangerous, so more people end up needing to drive.
What are you basing your claims on? Nothing about this comment is true other than China having trains.
My dad installed some Chinese touch screen 'radio' in his truck and you can literally watch netflix on it while you're driving lmao
Oh boy that's safe.
To add to this: china will often take shortcuts in building anything. So if you’re driving down a mountain and hit a barrier, it might not stop you from going off the road. Not to mention the safety standards they have in building their cars.
I moved from New England to the southeast a few years ago, NOBODY here uses their blinkers & every corner is a career turn. Drives me nuts!
As always tackling the critical issues ;) keep up the good work.
2:04 true. It’s silly to ask people to speed (go faster than they normally would) while also asking them not to speed, especially on empty roads. I get it for merging though because the slower the merge the easier it is. There’s one merge near me that has the road go 45m and it's so easy.
I’m pretty sure America didn't used to have speed limits either.
China , Russia and India. The trio of "you need balls to drive on the roads"
“ROAD. IS. ROAD.”
As for Russia, I'd say it's on par with North America, if not better in some aspects. Driving has significantly improved since the 2000s (which is when dashcams started becoming popular). Certain regions (such as Dagestan) still have poor driving cultures though.
Those infotainment screens are why I want an older car, it's so ironic that for years distracted driving was seen as something that should never happen but now we have a giant screen that can't be turned off in your field of view just for the back-up camera.
3:32 I’m sorry IS THAT AN F1 CAR?!
Yeep. It is.
Czechia bro
@@labilniimbecil could be poland
Where is my weekly recaps
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7:49 hilarious 😂
Fact: Online maps in China like Amap, Tencent map and Baidu map are super detailed on road signs at certain points and warns the driver when over speeding and points out speed cameras since there's no highway polices (emergency police cars only). Also, the maps show the exact time and direction of traffic lights indicating live on your fuking phone. This honestly blew my mind away when I first visited Guangzhou. Also, I assure you that lots of accidents happen because of young drivers with less than 3 years of experience. Online maps now show how much experience the driver needs to drive on a certain road
So is Yandex Maps in Russia. They've recently started showing road markings too.
Next video: Why China sucks
That'd be a ten hour long video just for the government, then another ten hours for the people and everything else
"How much signal do i need to cut 8 lane? None. I turn now, good luck everybody else."
Perfect timing after Jack Dingleberry crashed his McLaren
Let's be honest, any nation that invents a motorsport has to be at least somewhat decent at driving (fast). raise hell praise dale and all that.
2:50 Seattle resident here. I can confirm that driving off of this thing is well.. impossible at times. It's a damn near suprise how the city hasn't closed this down yet given the number of times people have nearly slammed into that wall at mach Jesus coming off the freeway. Now you may say "well they should have plenty of time to slow down right?" Well thats not a bad thought if you where outside of Seattle. However that isn't the case here. You only have about.. id recon 600ft to slow from 60 to 25. So unless you slam on the breaks, you ain't stopping
As an european that use the metric system and that always smash on the brake in video games, it look enough time if you are a maniac professional brake checker like me
1:17 “what the fuck?!” ~me after seeing that footage wondering why did they do that?
gas GAS *GAS*
2:03 OTR driver here that long stretch of Wyoming is brutal but I'd say California is worse because we have to drive drive 55 throughout the whole state
Of course california is worse, it's california.
Bruh. You guys are complaining about having to drive slow. 55 mph is not slow. That's 88 kmh. That's nearly highway speed where I live. My entire country would be about 60 mph.
@@kiwigaming09 on some highways you can go up to 80 or even 90 so it is relatively slow. Also consider that you're going 55 on multiple hour-long stretches of nothingness.
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my guy, we have a lot of states that are bigger than entire countries. Texas alone has 2.8x more square miles than the UK, there's a reason an 85mph interstate exists there
US also has a crazy overpopulation issue in many states, can't handle the metropolitization in rural areas where the infrastructure keeps getting changed thanks to transplants moving into states at a rapid pace and usually refuses to give adequate driver training especially to those who just moved to the US from another country. Take that into account and you'll see why driving in the US has gotten so bad.
As a US citizen, this is surprising. We aren’t the number 1 in something terrible?
0:40 who gave bro the pass 🤨
His hat
He said mega
are you deaf?
@@starcheater1061r/wooooosh
Mega, dummy.
Socialism had always prioritized public transit and walkability over the personal automobile. They are being dangerously ambitious.
I’ve heard in denser places like Russia and China (NYC too, tbh), the threat of others trying to ram into your car and claim an insurance check out of it is rather high, hence the need to record everything yourself.
Omg family guy was right. Joke goes something like this
Asian lady: How much time to let everyone know I'm going into another lane? None. Okay. Good luck everyone else.
Goes across the freeway causing multiple accidents*
6:20 bro was scolding his kids
China is becoming Mario Kart in real life.
china, you do NOT want our infrastructure. i mean it's already terrible over there, but i had a bit of faith they could at least get transportation right...
Watching China dashcams is pure cinema
Since you are doing the most populated countries, PLEASE do India next. It's absolutely HORRIBLE with the driving here, and the honking is crazy.
And they say China is living in the future with their technology
I'm starting to think the stereotype isn't just a stereotype.
as a Chinese American, I still feel the second hand embarrassment with these drivers
Well TIL that most of china's populace didn't have cars like ten years ago
I am glad to live in Omaha. Like I have never realized how small the city is compared to other cities. Also Ty for acknowledging the existence of Nebraska.
Asian drivers. They are either amazing or terrible. There is no in between.
in my 2012 ford fusion, most of the features of my entertainment system will refuse to work while the car is in gear. equalization, making new presets, settings and stuff.
dayum you talk fast, i need to put this on 0.75
The "driving in" is doing some HEAVY lifting on that title right there
most people in Wyoming take the speed limit as a suggestion anyways
Remind me To never Go To Wyoming
Cut corners in construction, no regulatory oversight and weak or ignored traffic laws. The perfect recipe for dangerous roads. I've never been to China, but I have been to Korea, Thailand and Vietnam. Korea was the only place I felt safe driving.
The main problem is the chinese belief in fate. In other words, they refuse to commit to safety because if they die, that is fate.
Fate?
@@Ex0t1cButt_ers ....Just realized that i mispelled it, and yes, the believe in fate. It is a holdover from ancient china that Mao tried to exterminate, but he was unsuccessful
Spatz’ whole tangent about generational knowledge about driving really makes me thing he did quite a bit of research for this video.
0:49 why you said “nothing” like that😭🙏
You hit a nail on the head: THEY NEED MORE NARROW ROADS AND LESS STROADS!!!
These megacities could get some amazing subway lines built, since there's virtually no one there now. A lot of the stroads could get converted into bus only lanes, and they could put in dedicated bike lanes, too.
That's a bad idea. For the over 660 large cities (city with million+ residents, and a dozen of them have 10million+), the only way to curb traffic jam is using broad street ways at the density of regular narrow roads. (And building subways. But due to the issues with the state railway corporation, and the central finical beau is prohibiting new subway lines in "small cities(in Chinese context that refers to cities below 2.5 million people)" and limiting subway investment in larger cities, many are relying on broader and more roads and more buses.
This is already being done. If you live in China you'd know bike lanes are actually very common. Quite a few medium-sized cities are opting to replace car lanes with dedicated tram / BRT lanes. It doesn't make sense to narrow Chinese "stroads" further because their surrounding population density is 10-20x the American stroads'.
Not you name dropping my city, Omaha
2:54 there is clear signage at this exit the whole way telling you to slow down to 25mph. people are ignorant and oblivious thats how these accidents happen
0:22 bruh no it's one out of every five. Still not much better though
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me when i can't fact check without being called a nerd:
@@anomalousanimates my source is that I made up meme
@@anomalousanimates me when I believe a different source than the one used in a video, which doesn’t actually matter because the number is practically the same anyway.
Even death toll grew because of cheap cars that fail its safety feature and cutting corners to make a buck and the worst part they are trying to sell it into the international market with junk cars 💀
China fighting overpopulation with cars 😅
My dad’s in China has been driving since 2006
Good evening
What i don't tolerateis the automakers that put infotainment systems in their cars but don't include a gps navigation system. What's the purpose of that big screen in the middle of the dashboard if it's not gonna show a navigation map?
that's every chinese ev
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