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Old May 8, 2014 | 04:40 AM
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Seems more effective than what we have here
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crazy but it works ?!
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'cause everyone knows the rules - Big one rules the road. The small guys have to wait.
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'cause everyone knows the rules - Big one rules the road. The small guys have to wait.
that's what we call a pecking order
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^ more importantly, the Africans learn from the jungle rules - even lions do not try to cross the paths of an Elephant. Only in the USA, does the small guy try to cross the road in front a City bus coming down the road in the name of right of way.

http://framesofnature.com/blog/2013/...ons-serengeti/
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^ Fun read

I went to Beijing once and noted that it goes: Car > Bike > Person where in the States it's Person > Bike > Car
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Originally Posted by hoovey2411
^ fun read

i went to beijing once and noted that it goes: Car > bike > person where in the states it's person > bike > car
as it damn well should be.
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Insurance companies nightmare.
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Old May 8, 2014 | 12:15 PM
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In Third-World countries, police often direct traffic at intersections. But it seems obvious that no traffic cop in his or her right mind would want to stand in the middle of that one.
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Haha it's a free-for-all over there.

Over there:
It's every man for himself with no rules at all.......while saying ****** you to the rest of the road
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Haha it's a free-for-all over there.
Even with it being a free-for-all, though, I didn't see a single car, cyclist, or pedestrian get hit in that time-exposed video.
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Even with it being a free-for-all, though, I didn't see a single car, cyclist, or pedestrian get hit in that time-exposed video.
Yeah that's interesting.

Me thinks that the drivers there employ really hardcore and extreme defensive driving whilst utilizing this principle:

A major principle in defensive driving:
Assume that ALL other drivers out there are idiots
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Old May 9, 2014 | 06:05 AM
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Originally Posted by is350x909
Insurance companies nightmare.
You think those cars are insured?
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Old May 9, 2014 | 09:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Blackraven
Haha it's a free-for-all over there.

Over there:
It's every man for himself with no rules at all.......while saying ****** you to the rest of the road
From my experience as a pedestrian in your neck of the woods...it's not too different where you are
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