Is there enough room on Beijing’s streets for the increasing number of cars and the incredible amount of construction equipment shuttling around the city? Given the manner in which people drive around here, I’d say no. See photo for details.
In case you’re curious whether that bus ever got past the wreckage, the pedestrians standing in the street eventually did coax the bus into squeaking past the truck. Meanwhile, a 2 block line of cars behind the wreckage proceeded to bang on their horns to express their frustration.
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July 6th, 2006 at 10:36 pm
[...] I saw a second Beijing car accident yesterday. It was a near identical situation to a car accident I wrote about a month ago, but with a taxi substituted for that accident’s cement truck. If I were to draw a conclusion from these two accidents, it would be that drivers need to pay more attention when merging and turning. And though these accidents don’t look terribly hazardous, the lack of attention on the part of the driver that they highlight ought to make those of us on bicycles really nervous. [...]