You think New York is crazy...check out Beijing, China...rules of the road are definitely not obeyed...I've had close encounters with "Death" disguised as buses, cars, taxis, bikes, and even people. Though the road may have lanes, it is pretty much an open racetrack with a couple of traffic lights (which serve no useful purpose) here and there. Fortunately, the people here are SOMEWHAT cautious. Basically, they just try not to run over you. Oh by the way, I'm a foreigner on a bike; we travel in packs and stay in packs so that we don't get run over; it's a way of life. If you read about the bike, you know how dangerous my life is on the road...but I deal with it and I try to take public transportation as much as possible (specifically a
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