So today I flag down a taxi. Taxi stops in the middle of what was a relatively narrow side street. A bus, behind this taxi, naturally cannot pass. But the bus driver obviously knows what's going on. He see's me walking to the cab. He know's it's my intention to get in the cab. And he knows it's the cab drivers intention to wait while I get in.

So why is it that in a situation like this, when this bus driver has no hope in hell of getting past - why is it that he resorts to leaning on the horn, and annoying the beejesus out of everyone within earshot? For those of you who have been in China, how many times have you been in a traffic jam, where the majority of drivers blow their horns pointlessly, despite the fact that traffic is at a standstill? It's baffling.

I had to pause for a moment before I got in the cab, and just give this guy my version of the care-bear-death-stare. To which he reply's with a frantic waving "hurry-it-up-already-stupid-laowai" motion of the hand. To which I reply with a finger to my lips "shussshhh" motion. It wasn't until he stopped that I got in the cab.

But as soon as I sat in the passenger seat, what does he do but start again!

Why are drivers here so horn crazy? (or horny, if you have an immature mind like my own).

Here's my theory. They're just not interpreting the road signs properly (see picture below).



Now, I don't know about you guys, but that kinda looks like a trumpet to me. If ya glance at it quick enough, and miss that round bit, that is... I mean, maybe... just maybe... Is it possible that the Chinese are misinterpreting this as a "No Trumpets" sign?

Naw that's just silly...

But then again, where have all the trumpet players gone?



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