China Traffic. Could you drive in china? Must see
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- If you are planning on going to China and thinking of driving there this video will give you an idea of what to expect.
This video was shot in China in a town in Cangnan county. November 2013.
it is a small, by Chinese standards, town, so there is no traffic lights on intersections like this one.
Every time i go to china i am in the state of shock and owe from the way they drive!
You can see that no-one backed down, they only move forward no matter how dense the gridlock is. Even a police car was calmly pushing through the gridlock. They enter the intersection full speed and proceed until about an inch from crushing into another car or biker.
In any american city driving like that would cause a lot of road rage, but for Chinese this is a routine affair, nothing special and nothing to worry about...
I never saw anyone getting upset, yelling or flipping an equivalent of a "bird".
NEWS: 2014 - November. This video was featured in a Japanese TV program.
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You just have to be a Chinese to drive in China. Srsly, I went to China to visit my relatives and almost have a heart attack driving in there, and my relatives was like: "just be more Chinese, and then you will know how to drive". I tried, and it worked! The problem is as soon as I got back to Toronto, I got 3 tickets in one month.
Now, I am all back to my "Canadian Mode". I guess it will take another 3 month of driving in China to get back to "Chinese Mode".
I recommend spending some time in Quebec before going and after coming back, as a sort of warm-up/cool down to driving like a complete nutcase.
+jimmyjamesWang You got to drive like a pirck to get into your "chinese mode" of driving.
Ryley Hayes 😂
Hahaha 😂 this comment is so funny
To make it easier, they should just wire the horn so it goes off every time you hit the gas.
+Bill Bingham
Great idea!
i think you should patent that
:)
+Bill Bingham no such thing as a patent in china.
To make it easier, they should just wire the horn so it goes off every time you hit the brake.
Every time they hit the brakes.
I cant understand why , just a traffic light will do
This should be turned into a 24/7 livestream
I agree! Would be entertaining to watch lol
2 years old message.
I'm just wondering if this is Vietnam because they're famous for not having traffic lights.
@@finlaystech 😀👌
This would bring great cortisol for those who have job interviews to prepare for or speeches in front of large crowds.
100
Everyone has the right away in China.
Right OF way
XD
I noticed some of them are actually using their blinkers and couldn't help but laugh lol
Zach Pilgram: Their system certainly seems very bizarre compared to Western countries that’s for sure. But I have to say it gets people through the intersection and there were no accidents, so the little things they do may seem extreme, funny, and fucked up in our eyes but for them it obviously works and that’s probably all that matters!
@@tannawannavannabittannawan7138 bruh I saw an old lady get fkn deleted to death by a bus in Beijing and none of the people walking by called the bao an guys or an ambulance or nothing
ice cold
@@SFVYachtClubover there if the person lives, you the guilty person have to pay their medical bills for life so theres a culture of not helping and hoping if you hurt anyone they really perma-deleted 💀
The horns help move traffic along, obviously.
Average Joe 🚙🎺
4 years old message.
I'm just wondering if this is Vietnam because they're famous for not having traffic lights.
condorX2 this is china
Are you serious?????
Where the fuck are the stop signs or the red lights??
They forgot to copy those.
If there is a stop sign, no one obeys it.
Yo Momma This video was in a town. China only has traffic lights in the city. There's no stop sign in the entire country. Because no one obey signs. Some people don't even obey traffic lights.
Yo Momma ikr
it's in a developing country, so road infrastructure is often poor
They indeed need some traffic lights there.
This intersection works, but can you imagine living in an apartment in the city ( honk, honk, honk, honk, honk ) day and night. Dear Lord.
Yeah that would definitely be a tough spot to live in for sure!
who the fuck needs traffic lights?
Their is no traffic police to guide them
+Alex Truong you don't need traffic police if there are stop lights.
gold aria stop lights are useless mostly traffic police are more useful
Haha!!
Seems like less crashes with this system too. But it'll never work in Europe and the West with some of the citizens the holier than thou attitude towards their townsfolk.
Yes we indian can drive there.... 😂🤣
Yea that traffic jam is nothing idk why they r stuck there we could have drove past 15 times
i think i understand the honking now. people ohnk to let the cars around them know okay i'm going now lmao
Not only can I drive in China but I do regularly now. I have a Chinese drivers license (took me 5 tries). My wife is Chinese and now when we go there we rent a car just like here. The traffic looks crazy but I actually prefer to drive there over here because we waste sooooo much time at stop lights and stop signs here (wasting fuel I might add). As you see in the video an uncontrolled intersection is just entered slowly and you wiggle your way through. It actually works very well and no one gets angry (for the most part the horn honking is just the way they announce their position).
I've been to China so often I've lost track of how many times I've been there. What's totally amazing is given the craziness of the traffic, I've seen very few accidents.
nah....at least 3 per day in Shenzhen tho~
All that honking... In some parts of the US where we have very strict driving laws; just using your horn is considered rude and aggressive and can get you shot and killed/hurt. All this honking is insane.
Late reply, but in Asia, honking = "I am here, driving here, look out!"
Currently driving on China highways, and as a piece of advice: there are no rules, expect the unexpected and practice defensive driving. Said the latter, you can stick to your civilized rules, drive at the correct speed, and keep in your track and they won't bother you ( of course after they overtake you, they will get into your path....perhaps trying to demonstrate dominance or the real way they learn how to drive in Mario carts)
what is amazing is there is no accident happening, and the the traffic is still running smoothly.
My mom went to China, she said that the city bus she was riding around eventually just pushed its way into oncoming traffic and vehicles would just go around the bus lol. Nuts.
This is where we need to send new student drivers for training.
someone put some traffic lights pleeaase! haha
There's no structure or direction. Everyone's just going when the feel like it.
Now just add a couple dozen motorcycles and people navigating their way in between the cars and you pretty much have your average intersection in India.
this is just a busy cross intersection without proper signal lights, installed traffic lighting unit will resolve this issue
"Survival of the fittest" applied to driving....
So inefficient.
Because it's unsafe. Motorized vehicles are not toys, and right of way should not be taken for granted. With right of way every single driver is on the same page, thus makes traffic flow safe and consistent.
+Marco Gianfrancesco That's because for the most part it is correct all of the time, atleast in europe. th-cam.com/video/zv9FQZ7kgqU/w-d-xo.html
Marco Gianfrancesco because of 4:50 where no one could move, and because sure theyre moving but slow as hell. lights would expedite all of that
Inefficient chaos...that the Chinese have learned to handle pretty well in terms of not running into each other as they inefficiently manage to get from point A to B. Curious what full self driving would look like on that same road with the same # of cars.....
I had no idea China had this many smart cars.
Because we don't have stop signs back there, so...it's gonna be a chaos if traffic light is not there.
The amount of anxiety that this video gave me.
This is literally a 4 way stop. Could they just put out a stop sign and follow the "first come first go" rules?
Больше всего восхищают невозмутимые пешеходы, велосипедисты и мотоциклисты! А вообще это уникальная особенность восточной нации! Повторить не пытайтесь опасно для жизни!
Battle Royale - The Intersection
Imagine stalling your car
I'm from China, this can't be more accurate, driving in China is like in the ring with Mike Tyson.
Which side of the road you drive on is how you feel that day.
Does an intersection in china fit in one of your vocal booths?
Having driven in China, I find that lane discipline on motorways is dreadful. It is very common for people to hog the middle or outside lane (lane 2 or 3) at well below the speed limit rather than keeping to the right when not overtaking. I frequently had to undertake people because of this. Lorry drivers are among the worst and frequently have defective lights at night.
Just imagine a Chinese Nascar Circuit...
It looks like Chinese traffic is ancient Chinese philosophy in action. Because China has been a crowded place for thousands of years, with three or four generations often living under one (small) roof, there's been a great emphasis on respect, accommodation, and avoidance of conflict. Even the Chinese classic "The Art of War" teaches that a good general wins with a minimum of bloodshed and destruction, and without alienating the populace of the conquered territory.
"ALMOST CRASH" all the time
a simple 4-way stop sign would do wonders. Obviously they can't do lights because of the congestion, but knowing what do at a 4-way would help a lot.
Aquila Latin no such a thing.
much more efficient than 4-way stop sign in america. china #1 fan!
I like to drive that’s how it is in Philippines 🇵🇭 I drive like that that way!!! It’s ok people walk through the moving cars so they can get to the other side so what it’s not dangerous!!!
WOW really?!
not even close to india
Is India's that bad?
At 1:47 you start to hear the bus that comes into the bottom of the shot, leaning on his horn well before he reaches the intersection.
Why do u like to choose a street without traffic light?
What does 8+ minutes of footage of an intersection in china have to do with vocal booth to go?
Hi Ryan, good question. We recently visited China and was amazed at this traffic and noise from the city streets. We've had requests for soundproofing curtains and other products to block this exact type of noise from hotels and apartments. Just research. Thanks for asking.
Literally the worst... I never seen such disregard for other people more than chinese
they can at least add a traffic police so that he can guide the traffic through so it runs smoothly.
An Intersection with no signals ... No roundabout ...Sounds like fantastic recipe for road chaos !
All the people in the taxis and buses have the same mentality, which is: “Fuck this”
A traffic light would be most beneficial at this intersection.
They don't need traffic lights. A roundabout works better and without electricity
That is pretty mild. Must have been filmed at a quiet time of the day.
Wow w this looks like some 3rd tier city of india
where are the light signals?why they don't have them
third world country and the rule of stronger. that's the reason why they are always third world.
Am I watching a Demolition Derby !
I lived in Mumbai for 2 years, this looks like a breeze.
They need a freaking stop sign.
This would give me so much anxiety
Gee, this just means that car ownership has grown faster than traffic light installation. Its a temporary and local problem - I bet this intersection has traffic lights by the time I write this.
I live in China. Trust me when I say....what you see here is ABSOLUTELY normal. Nobody ever stops. Nobody 'yields' or 'gives way' (because that is seen as LOOSING FACE). Everybody cuts in / blocks you / changes lanes / forces their way in front. It's CHAOS! They think nothing of changing from left lane, cut across 3 lanes of traffic to turn right and visa-versa. Never indicate!
2 wheeled vehicles are COMPLETELY ignored as if they don't exist. Cars will just cut them up and treat them with contempt. AND....with more and more cars being sol..... it's getting WORSE.
But the thing is.....the people 'teaching' them to drive are themselves TERRIBLE!
It is certainly crazy! Stay safe out there driving in that mess.
It is terrible
Makes me glad I live in the USA
Traffic is definitely different over here.
@@Vocalboothtogo I really think China is a nice place I just couldn't drive there
This explains why I so f'in hate Costco...
If it wasnt for the Chinese letter I would've thought it was Miami.
China : Im best in traffic
India : Hold my road 😎
They drive better in China than they do in the US.🚘
It’s like that one game where you have to take out the parked car lol
Real life board game rush hour
that police vehicle after 6:00 didn't give a shit at all lol
+Jeffery Jin yeah true.
It's like driving in New York mixed with India
I think I'll walk. Wait! That can be dangerous too!
That was how they are driving the motor bikes.
THEY NEED TRAFFIC LIGHTS! or a nice polite traffic cop directing traffic. 👍🏻😃
And divider lines on the road.
it seems safer to drive there. You will have more caution
Me as a german: TF ARE THEY DOING
This is no traffic.... Everyone moving steadily
I've never been so mazes by traffic
Why arent there any traffic control lights and crosswalks!!! This is insane
Did you see any accidents occur in this video??Obviously, control lights and crosswalks aren't needed(although there ARE crosswalks in this video - you just need to open your EYES). This type of driving may be the social norm in China. Social norms are more stronger than ANY traffic sign(s) and device(s). Are you American by any chance? This is a honest question and my humble opinion as I write this alone in Vegas.
@@Ether1501 yes i see the crosswalks, I'm Canadian btw. Way too many close calls, especially for people on bikes. Yould figure a developed area like this in China would have traffic lights. Id never ride anything on two wheels there.
this proves that traffic lights are overrated
See, these uncontrolled intersections work if everyone is used to them and knows how to drive assertively without causing a collision. Problems arise when someone who is used to this kind of free-for-all driving is in a region where traffic laws _are_ obeyed, and does something that the other drivers aren't prepared for. Same goes the other way around-put any American driver on roads like these and they would either freeze up or t-bone another car.
alright, everybody at the same time
*but be careful*
WTF it's better compare to my hometown Jakarta. OMG this traffic are nothing
They spent all money on weapons, no traffic lights
Here just needs a traffic light. That is the problem of the government.
You know why this doesn’t happen here in New York? It’s because we have traffic lights.
it's similar to 1980's Korean driving culture.
I bet this is more efficient than with traffic lights.
U r crazy
Debunked. Taxi drove back by 10inches at 5:00
Those poor horns
No wonder the West think Chinese are bad driver. Just total different style of driving, honk were totally different use.
No traffic light signals. Every man for himself. Now you know why they don't have guns or insurance.
"Good luck everybody else."
no traffic lights ? yikes
Why no traffic lights?
车流量不大的地方没有，如果车流量大会增加红绿灯
These people drive insane here in America. And there is a country of all these people driving.
Shit !
I rode a scooter for 5 years in Nanning,not too bad,it is the idiot people that waLk out in front if you that you need to watch out for
When you think this is bad enough, go to northeastern provinces in China and it gets 10x worse.
Go to any countries in Western Africa and it gets 100x worse.
Go to Bangladesh and it gets 1000x worse.
This is absolutely ridiculous. The fact that they don't have any traffic lights or a simple round about is IDIOTIC! No wonder the Chinese are such bad drivers over here in Melbourne Australia 😏
Cuz traffic lights are too mainstream?