More from the Video

Today in class we continued watching the video "The People's Republic of Capitalism".  The video was talking about all the transportation in China.  Many people say that China has the most dangerous roads for many reasons.  There are so many people in China that they need that many cars on the road.  Also, cars have not been in China for all that long.  Since there has been a little amount of time to learn about cars and how to operate them, most people on the road are just learning to drive no matter what age.  Since there are so many cars and barely any people that actually know how to fully drive them, there are over 400 accidents a day in China.  There is a lot of talk about car insurance in China since there are so many accidents.  Any really bad accidents have the owner and drivers of the cars exchange information to have each other's insurance to pay for the other.  For other accidents like "fender benders", the drivers just get out and the one at fault usually just gives the victim money to fix their car themselves.  If the one at fault does not own up to it and give money, many Chinese citizens get mad.  They are very strict and serious about their cars and car insurance.