After months of good manners, Shanghai motorists shows their leapord spots again. What? For those who have no idea what's going on, Shanghai roads are always filled with road bashing and angry horns until the Shanghai government decide to imply laws down on June 1 2007 to stop the angry motorists from using their horns readily.
Violators who keep beeping their horns will be fine up to 200 yuan (bah), and thats for 4 wheel vehicles. Two wheels can get away with a ticket of 5 - 50 yuan -.-
Traffic police were stationed everywhere around the city to curb the usage of angry horns. It seemed to worked well for a couple of months. But as the situations get better and the security checks toned down, the horns are back again! Traffic polices decided to have a new round of combat with the daily users of the roads soon.
A famous rumour of a chinese caught spitting and fined 5 yuan only had 10 yuan when fined. As there was no change given by the police in action, the one caught decided to spit one more time to make up the extra 5 yuan.
Looks like the city will ever need Traffic police around to catch the law breakers. No cane, no pain.
photograph by Justin O'Connor
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