The safest place in China

在中国，最安全的地方是在公共汽车上。如果你走路的话，每个开车人无所谓。他们开车很快。我觉得开车人觉得他们比走路人好。如果你在公共汽车，一个车不可以打你。我们很高兴在中国没有车。

The safest place to be in China is on a bus. If you are walking - no one stops for you. Bikes don't stop. Cars don't stop. This is the opposite of what happens in Canada.

To cross the street you need to spot a gap and make a run for it. Or you can get enough people together that you can force cars to stop. This rarely works as you need a LOT of people. Sometimes they will honk but usually they will pretend you aren't there at all and just expect you to move.

I think I've seen hundreds of cases where people have nearly been hit or fully run over by busses, taxis, cars and bicycles. But no incidents.

It seems to be madness but beneath it all there is some kind of order (I'm starting to get a feel for it). It's extremely dangerous and chaotic. But somehow it works. People get where they need to go quickly.

I still can't help but think that with some order it would be more efficient and a little safer. Then again maybe I'm wrong.