Taiwan’s “traffic chaos” has puzzled many foreigners. Recently, a netizen shared that when he was chatting with a Japanese girl, the other party was confused by the fact that “Taiwanese do not have a good sense of right of way without jumping in line”, and said “It’s hard to imagine that Taiwan can have these characteristics at the same time.” Netizens also discussed the real cause of the traffic chaos.
A netizen on PTTpost, said that he chatted with a Japanese girl who came to Taiwan to study a few days ago and found that she was “confused about Taiwan’s moral values.” In the eyes of the Japanese, Taiwanese usually don’t jump in line, have a gentle and humane personality, but when they get on the road, the traffic is extremely chaotic. Behaviors such as violating stops, running red lights, and being rude to pedestrians are frequently reported in foreign media, which also makes Taiwan “pedestrian hell”. ” title. The Japanese girl said that “it’s hard to imagine that the same country has these characteristics at the same time”, which also made the original PO feel embarrassed, “I don’t know how to explain this phenomenon.”
As soon as the post came out, it caused discussions among netizens. Most netizens mentioned that it was actually because Taiwanesetoo save faceif you jump in line, you will be put on the Internet for a “public trial” and even beaten on the spot; while driving or cycling, your face is mostly covered, and your true nature is easy to show at this time, “Because the heat insulation paper is very dark in color, your face is not covered. If you are seen, you dare to do bad things”, “You will be beaten for jumping in line, you know what it is for you to hit people with four wheels”, “It’s embarrassing to be recognized for jumping in line, no one will recognize you when you ride a car”, “You will be beaten for jumping in line , It’s someone else who died by running a red light.” “When you can see your face, you keep order. Taiwanese people are very afraid of losing face.”
Seeing how Japanese girls feel about Taiwanese people, some bitter people complained about the part of “not jumping in the queue”, “There are still some who jump in the queue, a big ticket for pretending to be fine and not watching the line of movement in the queue”, “Which parallel time and space is it not to jump in the queue” , “Don’t jump in the queue? People often jump in the queue, unzip the super-expansion and so on”, “Some aunts and uncles of the older generation still like to jump in the queue”, “Have you met Holiday himself? Taiwanese people jump in the queue is terrible”, “You Go to the vegetable market and try it out, my aunt jumped in line like crazy”; some people joked that Taiwanese may have “road rage” and their temperament will change as soon as they touch the steering wheel. A standard person”, “It is when driving that the nature is revealed, bullying others”, “Hold the steering wheel and transform into a half-orc”, “Just like Honda at the Oolong Police Station (anime), the personality changes when you get in the car” , “On the MRT, behave like a shepherd dog, and drive like a Chihuahua.”
However, many netizens return to the basics, and the problem may be becauseThe driver’s license is too easy to test, the road planning is poor, and the relevant laws and regulations are not perfectAnd other issues, brewing Taiwan’s traffic chaos, “Because the driver’s license is easy to test, the government does not care about the road as a parking lot”, “The result of poor road planning”, “I always talk about making progress like foreign countries, but the road regulations are super backward”, “Observe the traffic rules and you will be killed”, “Human kindness means not obeying the law”, “Because the driver’s license test is also very humane, you can pass it casually”, “Taiwan’s traffic is bad because of passers-by, regulations, and license exams. , Is bad for issuing tickets”, “Taiwan’s driver’s license test is too easy, and few people really know the traffic rules. Those who drive and ride indiscriminately do not know that they are wrong, but think that they are good at driving.”
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