The driving in China never ceases to amaze me....it is an everyday adventure to get from one place to the next....first since every taxi is a manual you would think that they could drive this lovely stick shift car better than I can but nnnnnnnnnnooooooooooo that is not the truth....the jolting that takes place while these taxi drivers are driving amazes me....secondly I mean the weaving and bobbing and honking at everything that could possibly move is just great.
The buses however are the true adventure. I thought in Shanghai the bus drivers were aggressive but here an Nanjing I think it is their goal to hit someone. Sometimes I when people are walking I have seen them blow their horn and then speed up...craziness....Rules are not applicable to the bus drivers. They cut people off like crazy...and sometimes their starting in stopping is enough to send you just about flying off your seat. Yesterday apparently it was too much to ask the bus driver to come to a full stop when I was getting of the bus he could only come to a slow roll while me and my work partner jumped off the bus. This morning I had to laugh because my lead footed bus driver was honking at people as soon as the light turned green and so impatient and then all of a sudden decided right before my bus stop he decided to follow all rules and become patient....there was no one coming and only one car in front of us...he could have taken a right hand on red turn but chose to sit patiently at the light and then when it turned green waited patiently for the car to start...I don't understand the rules why was this the moment after the crazy driving to suddenly become a law abiding driver and practice patience. at least they like to keep it interesting!
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