{"id":5774,"date":"2011-04-21T16:03:50","date_gmt":"2011-04-21T16:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=5774"},"modified":"2011-04-21T16:03:50","modified_gmt":"2011-04-21T16:03:50","slug":"driver-training-chinese-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=5774","title":{"rendered":"Driver Training &#8211; Chinese Style"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>First of all, there was this story in the Los Angeles Times &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/business\/la-fi-china-crash-20110421,0,4473565.story\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reporting how new drivers in China <\/a>were being shown actual footage and photos of real accidents to shock them into being careful on the roads.<\/p>\n<p>Zheng Hao watched a video titled &#8220;Care About Life: Follow the Traffic Rules&#8221;&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>They were assaulted by 30 minutes of gruesome footage showing crushed cyclists, pedestrians flung into the air like rag dolls, charred human remains and victims&#8217; families grieving hysterically.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The women in the class were sobbing afterward,&#8221; said Zheng, 21. &#8220;Even the guys were disturbed.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Compare this with those videos the DSA releases and it&#8217;s like comparing a Disney cartoon to a David Cronenberg horror movie. But I&#8217;m not knocking it &#8211; if it works, why hold back?<\/p>\n<p>Then came this next story &#8211; actually from China (CCTV)\u00a0&#8211; about <del>new, tougher drink driving laws<\/del>. They&#8217;re not approved yet, but if they are possible punishments include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>permanent licence revocation<\/li>\n<li>higher fines<\/li>\n<li>imprisonment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>At present, a convicted drink driver gets 15 days in prison and a 3-6 month ban. The story appears to say that current laws will revoke the licence permanently if someone is caught twice in a year.<\/p>\n<p>The proposed amendment\u00a0would see first time offenders have their licences revoked, and they wouldn&#8217;t be able to apply for a new license for\u00a05 years. The fine would be tripled from the present figure to about \u00a3190 (I guess there is a cost of living factor &#8211; a mechanic would only earn about \u00a380 a month &#8211; so it is a massive fine when you think about it).<\/p>\n<p>The life ban would come into play if a serious accident resulted.<\/p>\n<p>Good on the Chinese. Both the UK and the USA could learn from this.<\/p>\n<p>(Going back to the original story, the shock videos have become macabre entertainment for the West).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First of all, there was this story in the Los Angeles Times &#8211; reporting how new drivers in China were being shown actual footage and photos of real accidents to shock them into being careful on the roads. 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