Comments on: Beijing Traffic Police Getting Tough

By: motorbike ramp

motorbike ramp — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:54:33 +0000

[…] last incident took place Monday, …http://www.northumberlandtoday.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=960277Beijing Traffic Police Getting ToughBeijing Traffic Police Getting Tough Posted by: Chris in China, Life, motorbike I had my first […]

By: beijing 2008

beijing 2008 — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:28:03 +0000

Beijing will be hot in 2008!

By: Turtlewind

Turtlewind — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 05:01:37 +0000

the “like you” wasn’t supposed to be taken seriously, but rereading my comment I guess that didn’t come across so well in writing. My apologies.

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 03:12:57 +0000

Thanks for the personal jab, Turtlewind. I’m not sure how I make life worse for everyone, but, your opinion, however flawed it might be, is yours and I respect that.

I 100% agree with you and support the “normalization” of the traffic violations policies, and what have you. The gov needs to crack down on bad drivers. I drive a motorcycle (legally registered, etc.) but I think the gov’s view on motorcycles is a bit dumb. Why can’t a motorcycle be allowed on a ring road? I drive at the same speeds as the rest of the traffic…

On a serious note, thanks for pointing out that the NPC meeting is going on these two weeks, I had forgotten.

By: Turtlewind

Turtlewind — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 03:04:09 +0000

These two weeks are the National People’s Congress; they always like to crack down on things at this time of year to impress the various provincial bureaucrats coming to Beijing. It’s probably not a sign of a wider change in enforcement, although from a personal point of view I wish it was - one of the things I hate most about China is the terrible traffic discipline, so I’d love to see them start giving out proper punishments to people like you who make life worse for everyone.

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 03:00:39 +0000

By the way, i wasn’t able to get to the traffic bureau on Friday like we discussed (Ray) due to a hold up at my local police station. I’m working on the story - hope to get it up soon.

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 02:59:48 +0000

Ray, I know. I never condone braking traffic laws. That’s not to say, however, I haven’t broken them in the past.

By: Ray

Ray — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 02:56:20 +0000

That is the way it should be.

By: melanie gao

melanie gao — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 13:25:19 +0000

That’s a great story, thanks! I’m glad you got off without a ticket. I’ve started driving recently and I’m dreading the day the police pull me over. Even though I have a Chinese driver’s license I don’t really understand all the traffic rules so I won’t really be playing dumb, I really will be ignorant…