Beijing Traffic Jam

You've probably left a concert and been stuck in traffic so awful it took you hours to get out, and maybe when you were just leaving there was no one to direct the flow of traffic. Compounded by the fact that the shirt you just bought starts to look like a rip off since you probably paid about 30 dollars for something you could have ordered custom made and much better quality; you might start to get upset. More frustrating yet is that nobody really observes the rules of the road on a grass field when more often than not there's still a hundred drunk sheep and no shepherd. Think of how frustrated you were. Or how far back you left your car on the highway at the first last Phish concert and how little of that show you actually enjoyed because you actually left your car unattended in the company of presumably thousands of drug addicts who might not realize that they still can't fly. But they probably tried to.

That's what driving in China is like more less. But a lot more crowded. They have lines on the road and signs indicating speed limits and dangers, but really it's every driver for themselves. Driving is just an extension of proper self cultivation so if you get into an accident it's probably because you weren't paying attention. If you think traffic is bad in New York, or LA, or DC, think again. I've seen my cab driver turn a three lane highway into a four lane highway and I've seen congestion circumvented by drivers using the sidewalk. That's generally against the law, but more people seem to think they can get away with it there. I can't imagine what would happen after being stuck there for nine days but I can imagine paying for a bottled water what I might pay for a small cup of beer at Yankees' stadium. Check out the source article at Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/23/china-traffic-jam-enters-_n_690742.html