Coming back here has made me realize how insane the drivers are in Hong Kong. It takes as much guts to walk down the street as it does to drive, back there. The people with cars are amazing at maneuvers, and there’s a lot of forcing into lines since people will generally not let someone in (although it’s much, much worse in China). I think I understand the basis behind the entire bad Chinese driver stereotype; since the cost of owning a car is very high (gas prices are three times as expensive than they are here, parking is pricey and not even a guaranteed spot), people never learn how to drive until they leave Hong Kong. However, at this point, they’re too old to really become good at driving, and follow the more aggressive rules of the road they grew up with.