Forum trend: Seven false stereotypes about the Chinese

7. Chinese people can't drive

When I visited China at 11 years of age, there was barely a car on the road. They were filled with hundreds, if not thousands, of bicycles. Some 12 years later, the streets of Beijing have definitely changed. My husband, Leif, and I are some of the few bikers left on the road. It is true that, at some level, Beijing drivers are young and maybe less experienced than your typical American driver.

My question is who are really the more crazy drivers? The Chinese who don’t let their kids drive until they're 18? Or the Americans who allow their kids to start driving at the crazy age of 15 or 16? On another note, it is fairly rare to see a car on the streets of Beijing after 10 or 11 at night. This certainly eliminates a level of drunk and overtired driving. Perhaps there aren’t the same enforced laws of the road in China as in America, but there is certainly an ebb and flow that works wonders in this city.

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