China is the largest automobile market in the world and local roads crisscrossing hundreds of millions of vehicles. Development of motoring but accompany unprecedented challenges. China's troubled air pollution, the colossal traffic jams, but also the aggressiveness of drivers. On China's roads die each year more than 200 thousand people.
When the Chinese discovered the car (or, if they gave way to own it), it was love at first sight. Then it all went like clockwork, there was a large Chinese car fever. Own spin the wheel and stepping on the brake (it less so) wanted everyone. China, which is a very shy of materialism, the paradise of bicycles in an instant into a promised land vehicle.
Have at least five years of the Middle Kingdom's largest producer of passenger cars in the world. And also the largest automobile market. Last year there were sold over eighteen million new cars, bringing the total number of Chinese roads crisscrossing nearly 300 million (of which more than a third privately owned).
The car rolled on all sides so long and so fast that the mass passion for four-wheeled pets become a problem. The Chinese were faced with the fact that the automotive also has its darker side. It is not just toxic exhaust emissions from the engines or a record crowd (for example, a giant column that paralyzed road G 110 at Beijing, drove up to eleven days).
Aggression drivers:
It turns out that the problem became even Chinese drivers. Cars, uncritical invocation of that in the rapidly developing China has become a status symbol, their owners soon "tamed" and began an unprecedented way to influence the behavior of a large part of drivers.
A man in everyday life typical cool one, behind the wheel changes furious, recklessly risking a madman. Let pass, it does not! Does this mean loss of face - from the environment, their loved ones from oneself. Depending on China's roads also appears. A bit like Russian roulette.
While in China twenty-eight million annually issue a brand new license. New drivers as it often came with the idea that the road will compensate for the lack of freedom in everyday life.
"We are preparing for the long downtime in traffic jams, we remind them that they must be calm and patient," he told CNN server Keng Kuei-zhi, driving instructor from Beijing, where the monthly report on driving course 10,000 people.
Millions traffic offenses
They're good advice is better than gold, the trouble is that Chinese drivers are governed by them can not afford. As a result, both the World Health Organization estimates that unsafe Chinese roads each year are killed well over 200,000 people. Since the beginning of 2012 until April this year, the police registers about 104 million traffic violations. Often resulting from inexperience behind the wheel or excessive aggression.
Last week, China shocked the camera recording a chase of two cars on a highway near the city of Chengdu in the southwest of the country. The man who chased a woman behind the wheel of the Mercedes, he finally overtook and forced to stop. She wrenched her out of the car, knocked to the ground and beat her headlong into. Neslitoval, even when he tearfully begged.
However, after being released footage from a mobile camera car oppressor, public opinion sided with his party. It resulted from the decision that the driver shortly before the persecution missed the highway exit and swerved at the last moment, just the way that it did not cause the accident chain. Social networks subsequently broke national debate.
Also, authorities are beginning to realize that it is high time to start doing something unflattering statistics. Preparing a number of measures - traffic regulations and toughen penalties for infractions introduce compulsory psychological testing and special awareness campaigns.
So far, however, it seems that in the real world of Chinese motorists fighting for a piece of space ruled by the law of the jungle. And the accompanying fear, chaos and danger.
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