Comments on: How many drivers in China? http://www.chinacartimes.com/2008/04/08/how-many-drivers-in-china/ Explaining the Chinese Car Industry Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:17:35 +0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: gabe http://www.chinacartimes.com/2008/04/08/how-many-drivers-in-china/comment-page-1/#comment-215574 gabe Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:09:06 +0000 http://www.chinacartimes.com/2008/04/08/how-many-drivers-in-china/#comment-215574 By western standards, a good driver is one who obeys the rules of the road, which includes posted signs, lights, and yields to approaching emergency vehicles and pedestrians. So probably there are very few good drivers per capita. This is not to say the west doesn't have its terrible drivers, but driving a personal vehicle is sort of a new concept for the masses in China. When you suddenly put millions of first generation drivers behind the wheel and turn them loose, they are bound to go through some growing pains that western drivers already have experience with. So its all totally relative. By western standards, a good driver is one who obeys the rules of the road, which includes posted signs, lights, and yields to approaching emergency vehicles and pedestrians.

So probably there are very few good drivers per capita.
This is not to say the west doesn’t have its terrible drivers, but driving a personal vehicle is sort of a new concept for the masses in China. When you suddenly put millions of first generation drivers behind the wheel and turn them loose, they are bound to go through some growing pains that western drivers already have experience with. So its all totally relative.

]]> By: abigail http://www.chinacartimes.com/2008/04/08/how-many-drivers-in-china/comment-page-1/#comment-151140 abigail Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:31:35 +0000 http://www.chinacartimes.com/2008/04/08/how-many-drivers-in-china/#comment-151140 Hi Ash, I'd like to quote/site some of the information that you gave in this post, but I can't find it on gasgoo.com. Can you send me the link to the article on gasgoo.com? Thanks! Abigail Hi Ash,

I’d like to quote/site some of the information that you gave in this post, but I can’t find it on gasgoo.com. Can you send me the link to the article on gasgoo.com? Thanks!

Abigail

]]> By: Ash http://www.chinacartimes.com/2008/04/08/how-many-drivers-in-china/comment-page-1/#comment-40544 Ash Wed, 09 Apr 2008 11:15:35 +0000 http://www.chinacartimes.com/2008/04/08/how-many-drivers-in-china/#comment-40544 :O Naughty boy! :O

Naughty boy!

]]> By: Ash http://www.chinacartimes.com/2008/04/08/how-many-drivers-in-china/comment-page-1/#comment-40542 Ash Wed, 09 Apr 2008 11:12:28 +0000 http://www.chinacartimes.com/2008/04/08/how-many-drivers-in-china/#comment-40542 How many times did you crash again? How many times did you crash again?

]]> By: Paul Stowe http://www.chinacartimes.com/2008/04/08/how-many-drivers-in-china/comment-page-1/#comment-40534 Paul Stowe Wed, 09 Apr 2008 10:53:14 +0000 http://www.chinacartimes.com/2008/04/08/how-many-drivers-in-china/#comment-40534 Guess it depends what you mean by "Good" - 3 years of driving around China, and I'm still alive - does that count? Guess it depends what you mean by “Good” – 3 years of driving around China, and I’m still alive – does that count?

]]> By: Slade http://www.chinacartimes.com/2008/04/08/how-many-drivers-in-china/comment-page-1/#comment-40530 Slade Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:55:53 +0000 http://www.chinacartimes.com/2008/04/08/how-many-drivers-in-china/#comment-40530 Hey, I'm pretty good. Five years and not a scratch. . And, if you count my former scootering life then it's eight years!! . I really should get a license. Hey, I’m pretty good. Five years and not a scratch.
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And, if you count my former scootering life then it’s eight years!!
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I really should get a license.

]]> By: Mememe http://www.chinacartimes.com/2008/04/08/how-many-drivers-in-china/comment-page-1/#comment-40211 Mememe Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:44:50 +0000 http://www.chinacartimes.com/2008/04/08/how-many-drivers-in-china/#comment-40211 rofl good one. rofl good one.

]]> By: Nick in Shanghai http://www.chinacartimes.com/2008/04/08/how-many-drivers-in-china/comment-page-1/#comment-39810 Nick in Shanghai Tue, 08 Apr 2008 08:35:10 +0000 http://www.chinacartimes.com/2008/04/08/how-many-drivers-in-china/#comment-39810 One.......me :D One…….me :D

]]> By: Ash http://www.chinacartimes.com/2008/04/08/how-many-drivers-in-china/comment-page-1/#comment-39767 Ash Tue, 08 Apr 2008 07:35:15 +0000 http://www.chinacartimes.com/2008/04/08/how-many-drivers-in-china/#comment-39767 Everyone who doesnt have WJ, Jing, Hai, Kong, Jun or any white plate in general? Everyone who doesnt have WJ, Jing, Hai, Kong, Jun or any white plate in general?

]]> By: Pete http://www.chinacartimes.com/2008/04/08/how-many-drivers-in-china/comment-page-1/#comment-39749 Pete Tue, 08 Apr 2008 07:04:27 +0000 http://www.chinacartimes.com/2008/04/08/how-many-drivers-in-china/#comment-39749 Do we have any statistics on the number of <i>good</i> drivers there are in China? Do we have any statistics on the number of good drivers there are in China?

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