actually, you are right. I have been there 3 months and the collision rates between Toronto and Shenzhen/Beijing are similar (about 1 collision in 2-to-3 days). But the severity of the accients are quite different.
In China, a collision is mostly a fender-bender. In Toronto, you can almost guarantee at least one car is "totalled".
Since there is no concept of the "right of way" in China (you can call that rude in North America), people are much more careful when cutting-off another car or being cut-off. More importantly, insurance and/or litigation does little or no help to the "victim", that means they will incur loss of income if they cannot continue driving. Hence, everyone is much more careful and not go to the extreme just because they have the "right of way".
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Originally Posted by infinitekid2002
i been there too; driving rules are shall we say...optional
and it's weird cause the chinese are super safe drivers over here...its the koreans that are terrible dangerous drivers
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