Do you accept credit card then?

I have fond memmories of sprinting ALL THE TIME!!! across wide roads of Shanghai as the bloody green light ticker is ticking too fast and the huge masses of pple crossing the street blantantly even though its a red light and even when there are traffic volunteers with whistles in the middle of the road!!!! This will take time, as my dad says, all chinese pple are hard to govern.

Fearsome, but toothless

Shanghai’s pedestrians and cyclists are having their first brushes with a new squad of traffic police. The officers dart around on motorbikes and shout into headset microphones at anyone breaking traffic laws. This rather entertaining show is part of a city-wide campaign to crack down on road violations, ease congestion and increase road safety (382 pedestrians and cyclists were killed last year).

On-the-spot fines range from Rmb10 ($1.25) to Rmb50, and are levied for such crimes as running red lights, ferrying passengers on the back of a bicycle and cycling against traffic. But attempts to collect the fines are proving all but impossible: 90% of offenders claim they do not have any cash.