> In China, if you hit a pedestrian with a car, it is your fault no matter what.
I didn't know that, and you wouldn't guess by the way the Chinese drive. It was amazing to see little kids sitting, unrestrained, on the back platforms of delivery trikes, in the middle of the usual jam of cars and busses. I've seen a cyclist get knocked over by a car in Beijing, but traffic was creeping along, so no harm to the rider or bike. Drivers in China drive insanely close to cyclists. If anyone in America drove that close to my back tire I'd assume they were actively trying to kill me.
I wonder what the casualty rate per mile is in China. I was shocked to find that hundreds of cyclists are killed in the US each year despite the very low rate of bicycle usage outside of recreation.
I didn't know that, and you wouldn't guess by the way the Chinese drive. It was amazing to see little kids sitting, unrestrained, on the back platforms of delivery trikes, in the middle of the usual jam of cars and busses. I've seen a cyclist get knocked over by a car in Beijing, but traffic was creeping along, so no harm to the rider or bike. Drivers in China drive insanely close to cyclists. If anyone in America drove that close to my back tire I'd assume they were actively trying to kill me.
I wonder what the casualty rate per mile is in China. I was shocked to find that hundreds of cyclists are killed in the US each year despite the very low rate of bicycle usage outside of recreation.