noisebeam
07-04-06, 02:06 PM
I found this to be an engaging and depressing story. It documents a 1000mi 'self-driving tour' that a Beijing auto enthusiast club takes over a holiday.
A few notable quotes:
"His style of driving helped me understand better why China, with 2.6 percent of the world's vehicles, had 21 percent of its road fatalities"
"Trying to ease traffic and cut down on accidents, Shanghai had even banned bicycles from many main streets" (it does say 'had', can it be verified this is still true?)
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/magazine/
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/02/magazine/02china.html (this will take you directly to the article and may direct you to register, when I originally clicked on the article in the link to the magazine home page above, I didn't need to register to read it)
Al
A few notable quotes:
"His style of driving helped me understand better why China, with 2.6 percent of the world's vehicles, had 21 percent of its road fatalities"
"Trying to ease traffic and cut down on accidents, Shanghai had even banned bicycles from many main streets" (it does say 'had', can it be verified this is still true?)
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/magazine/
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/02/magazine/02china.html (this will take you directly to the article and may direct you to register, when I originally clicked on the article in the link to the magazine home page above, I didn't need to register to read it)
Al