How they drive and park
There is plenty space ahead but she parks with the tail on the single lane road
On this trip, I get to know a few more friends and relatives and even travelled with a few of them. Two of them drove the rental car – later I found out that this was new to them. By no mean to put anyone down but the way they drive and park are less than ideal, once was downright dangerous: parking on the middle of a highway, looking for which way to go. For reason I didn’t quite understand that the GPS wasn’t working and my Google map was useless in China. “Please just take the exit and we can figure it out once we’re off the road.”
I don’t think they’re meant or rude people, just have less common sense or courtesy to others. This is how they park. The drivers are about 60 years old and were educated by the top universities in China.
This video shows an old man with a big bag on a busy 4 lanes street (two on each side) trying to stop a car. After a prolonged moment, a black sedan stopped. First the passenger came out then the driver. Both are women. She opened the truck for the big bag. (After putting in the bag, the man gets into the truck too … ). The video is praising the driver for helping. But I see more: she puts herself and many fellow motorist in danger by stopping, and parts rather far from the curb, which means her car is very close to the dotted line.
Common sense and courtesy … is that too difficult to have?!?
