ThetrafficinTaiwancanonlybedescribedaschaotic.
Aninterestingphenomenomisthatmostintersectionshaveaseriesofwhitelinespaintedontheroaditself,paralleltothekerb,andextendingfromonesideoftheroadtotheother.Theylooksuspiciouslylikethelineswe’dcallapedestriancrossing,onlytheymustmeansomethingelse.Probablysomethinglike’objectsbiggerandmadeofmoremetalhaverightofway’.
Whenwelearnhowtodrive,wearetoldtoleaveatleast2-3carlengthsbetweenusandthecarinfront.Noneofushavebeenangelicaboutthis,butinTaiwanthiswouldmean2-3carsfromthenextlanewouldcutin,aswellas2-3ofthecarsridinginbetweenlanes.
Thisisbadenough,butifyouhappentobeinthemiddlelaneofthree,thiswouldmeanthat8-12carswouldbejostlingintothespots.
Andthenthere’sthescooters...
It’sactuallyreallyquitesimple-thelawsofphysicshavebeenwaivedsothatthelawsoftrafficcanbewaivedaccordingly.Thismeansthatwhen9-12cars,plusacoupleofdozenscootersconvergeonasinglelane,theygetawaywithitbecausethereisananomolythatallowsmultiplematerialobjectstooccupythesamepointinthespace-timecontinuum.
