Monday, November 17, 2008
Life in the Fast Lane
So my uncle has been visiting the Bay Area from Taiwan for a few months. Anyone who's been to Taiwan, or most any Asian countries for that matter, knows that it requires a great amount of skill to drive and maneuver through the roads, where traffic signs are more suggestions than hard rules. Having sat in my uncle's car, I know my uncle is very good at this. However, while in California, he won't drive on the freeway. I thought that was interesting. Most Californians are used to driving at high speeds on the freeway, with our wide lanes and long commutes. I would say it's much much easier than navigating through narrow streets and avoiding hitting cyclists in Taiwan. But perhaps it is a little daunting to have others zipping by you at 80+ mph when you're used to driving in congested city streets. If the situations were reversed, I would be pretty terrified to drive in Taiwan, but I could probably rack up a lot of points GTA style. And that's pretty much all I have to say on the matter.
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driving on the highway is pretty deceiving. since everyone is driving 70mph and the lanes are so wide and open...it doesn't feel like you're going that fast. this is a boring comment, but i don't care.
i care. try harder next time.
When I took a taxi in Taiwan, the driver was too impatient to wait in the left turn lane so instead he drove into the intersection and waited until the light turned green so he could make his left turn. Haha, ridiculous.
There are highways in Taiwan you know. It makes no sense for him to be scared of our highways.
yeah i dunno.
haha, i've been in a taxi in taiwan where the driver drove on the wrong side of the road because it was faster than having to make a u-turn.
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