Shanghai Traffic

[KPKonliner]

try jakarta,it's twice worse than this

[MadePossible]

That's nothing，if compared with New York City.

[KPKonliner]

@MadePossible new york is nothing compared to jakarta lol

[tutorialconr]

Wo Ai Ni !

[kuoray]

IT's Near Dapuqiao. Traffice in shanghai always like this. People need time to learn how to make the road sequence better.

[k0kett1]

Im goin to shanghai in 5months :P

[FCzueriboy]

schwiiiizer xD

[IIIImarsIIII]

Does anyone recognize Michael Jackson's Black or White music video in the screen from 2.48 to 2.56?

[gewangew]

I love Kareoke in Shanghai. There's a famous one called "Cash Box" and a lot of celebrities go there secretly...

[Crapidiot]

mmmmmmmm i relate i relate

[ens2468]

what is the point

what should I find

[tomhuu]

what's wrong..perfectly normal

[tataeiolevielax]

Not so bad as traffic in Jakarta. No motorbikes between and drivers seemed to use indicator when moving side to side.

[ffxkof]

Fuck,Shanghai Traffic is too Bad!!!

[flyman2089]

That's nothing, if compared with the great "Initial-D Game" on California freeways.

[GaryGarratt]

This don't look too bad, a few cars cutting each other up but on the whole fine. Anyone thinking this is bad should visit India. Now the driving out there is crazy.

[dmc3]

agreed, goto India if you wanna know what crazy driving means

[marleyjay01]

i didnt see what your comment had to do with this video but ok. cool that uv been there

[BTX20021]

too many people, follow the rule then you go nowhere forward.

[lindos]

yeah. i really want to know what it would be like if you got the same population in your city.

[expertmax1]

WOW a TaoBao ad on the bus !! Im going to a trip in beijing and shanghai in april :D

[expertmax1]

上海太好!!

[ryanyk]

haha

i enjoy that

i'm a shanghai man

[chery83]

its only going to get worse guys

[Lenjia]

That is nothing, my wife is from ChongQing China. I have been there 3 times, this is kids stuff compared to this. In ChongQing, the taxi drivers are considered some of the best in the world.

[jessriy]

100% agree!! I am Chongqing man

[fightingtorque]

thing about chinese driving - it looks terrible until you join in, then it quickly starts to make sense, it flows, and it's fun. only thing is, when you go home to the west you keep driving like that, and everyone thinks your'e insane and a complete w**ger. but you just get on with it........... that's fightingtorque!

[nlty2000]

Yes it FLOWS, in the expense of lives! That's only acceptable if you put priority on travel duration over human safety. And since there's more human being than needed in China, this is what they deserve.

Btw, the streets are better than those in most of the Middle East. See my videos for what traffic in Turkey looks like.

[zhouyang]

im in shanghai...all of us drive like we own the road. we will cut u off b/c we think we are better than the person driving behind us. and just like some1 said, bigger car, bigger rights

[scoita]

big deal. hanoi is far worse than that

[knightspy]

as an american i have to agree with VladimirBurn , its kool , no big acciendents have i seen if you expect to have you own values & culture to be expressed by those drivers or people around you to be like in your country , what the heck are you doing in china , to expect western or other values in china is just plain ignorance

[VladimirBurn]

I'm from Russia living in Shanghai. All I can say, that we (foreigners) get only the illusion of a dangerous traffic here in China. But surprisingly it's all cool. I've been with my moped on the streets of Shanghai for 'bout 3 years and I saw very few times somebody got hit. But if somebody gets hit, it's not that bad. And if you doing something wrong on the street, you'll just hear honking or ringing ... they won't curse you or even hit you :)

[kakudmi]

Also, new drivers or not, that's not the point. The best candidate for a good driver is a driver that has no prior experience. Then, government has to impose strict rules for becoming a driving instruction who then in turn makes sure you don't get your license until you're really good and safe on the streets.

But that's just how we do it in Europe.

[MuddiModeltFuerKIK]

Well, the drivers in this video did NOT pay regard to the red traffic light (20th second). Why!?

[onlyonecai]

@MuddiModeltFuerKIK I dare them not to obey the traffic light in Shanghai. Their driver license would get suspended in no time. In the video, the red light lit AFTER the car passed stop white line which means the car is OK to keep going according to Chinese traffic regulations.

As for cars vs people, what do you expect in a city with 20mil population and 5mil vehicles? You could spent a day just to cross the city with "proper" way of driving.

[XuFeiinChina]

北京机动车达3000000了

[guojibu]

Europeans often fail to understand there is no rule stipulating cars must wait for pedestrians to cross the zebra lane first in China. It is to the contrary.

[AMRCKS]

hey!!its not about if you have rules or not!! its education! for the pedestrians, its like when you open the door and its a woman behind you , i let the woman go first!!

[guojibu]

The rule in China's traffic is actually larger vehicles take priority before smaller vehicles, which also enjoy priority before pedestrians. Chinese are new drivers moreover.

[inkfish85]

bushit, u let the woman go first, that's ur culture, if u wanna judge a thing, just put in the right environment,u think thats called educated, thats western culture!!! not global culture

[zydoofka]

Oh yeah? I am european, I came to Shanghai one year ago and I can not get used the culture of driving here. Rule is simple. The bigger vehicle the more rights you have. JUNGLE

[kailai74]

heh! I have lived in Shanghai for the last 4 years and trying to cross the street with the traffic like this is crazy!  But, that is shanghai for you; the worst drivers in china! Cultural thing really...SH people are sometimes quite arrogant & selfish, so they drive the same way!

[TheRealBootyman]

I've been to China 5 times, to the cities of Shenzhen (twice), Lanzhou (once), Shanghai (3 times), Beijing (once) and to Guilin (once). My wife is from Shanghai. I've been to New York, Houston and Los Angeles. The traffic in Shanghai is far worse than any U.S. city and the driving is "without rules". It's crazy. This video is good, but does not truly show the chaos and true craziness and amount of traffic in Shanghai........

[jazcalvert]

Thnx for the vid. I'll have to lear how to read chnese characters to get around easily.

I though I would see more bikes around...

[Minimax04]

Looks like a bread and butter busy city to me...don't see what the big deal is about the vid :s

[blackbirth90]

mer ghört doch do nit öppe Schwiizer rede, oder? ;)

[arroy624]

why everyone find this clip so amazing? it's like bread and butter here in china. wake up and stop smelling u.s. dollars.

[LiangHuBBB]

thats my chinatown: lianghu.chapso. de

[pillowpoopit]

nuffin special...i take a taxi everyday...live wit it pplz

[knightspy]

trainluvr (2 weeks ago) marked as spam

In New York City I had a Chinese (looking) driver try to bang me out of my lane on the Whitestone Bridge because I would not slow down to let him in, and his family was in the car (a nice condition one). Now I understand why. Your film does not inspire me to trek to China. that will be your loss, china is a fun place, just let the locals drive

[sanghening]

Yes, I agree truly with some of your remarks. But just should be flexible. Anyway, don't be so mean about such a fantastic metropolis in China. Everytime a taxi driver being so skillful just for saving your time and money. Otherwise we can pass time as we like, why not? There is no one that should be blamed as nothing can really be perfect anywhere.

[sanghening]

Yes, I agree truly with some of your remarks. But just should be flexible. Anyway, don't be so mean about such a fantastic metropolis in China. Everytime a taxi driver being so skillful just for saving your time and money. Otherwise we can pass time as we like, why not? There is no one that should be blamed as nothing can really be perfect anywhere.

[sanghening]

Yes, I agree truly with some of your remarks. But just should be flexible. Anyway, don't be so mean about such a fantastic metropolis in China. Everytime a taxi driver being so skillful just for saving your time and money. Otherwise we can pass time as we like, why not? There is no one that should be blamed as nothing can really be perfect anywhere.

[sanghening]

Yes, I agree truly with some of your remarks. But just should be flexible. Anyway, don't be so mean about such a fantastic metropolis in China. Everytime a taxi driver being so skillful just for saving your time and money. Otherwise we can pass time as we like, why not? There is no one that should be blamed as nothing can really be perfect anywhere.

[robinkitty]

i was in an accident just yesterday involving a taxi and a van! traffic here is just plain bad, and not every driver is alert! but it is still a nice place to live. we just put up with the hellish nightmare that is traffic!

[trainluvr]

In New York City I had a Chinese (looking) driver try to bang me out of my lane on the Whitestone Bridge because I would not slow down to let him in, and his family was in the car (a nice condition one). Now I understand why. Your film does not inspire me to trek to China.

[mikeswrx02]

Dont forget, bad drivers are in every country and any nationality.

[yxiuy]

in melbourne, some dumb white lady hit my car. how do you explain that? PS: I dun intent to travel to US AT ALL

[wshhren]

中国人都以为在上海马路上就能捡到黄金.其实连泥巴都捡不到.

[Hartman98372]

they are banning people for these chain messages now.

[mikeswrx02]

why and who said? it freedom of language used. u also see alot of other foreign language on youtube. so u recon it should also be banned? dont speak for yourself.

[robinkitty]

i think he/she meant the chain letter post, not the person writing in a foreign language.

[mikeswrx02]

In china, there are so,so,so much traffic but hardly gets blocked cuz drivers are alert all the time and used every bit of the road. UK drivers are too careful so it blocks up all the time. I think most of u would agree with me. Also in china if u cross the road and see a car heading your way just stop. They wont hit you, they will swirve around u. Trust me, they are good drivers.

[muffdriver69]

Yep, that's very true. Especially for a bus driver they have to be. They are carrying passengers. Although I do get the occasional accidents. Accidents do happen.

[candymintz]

Refreshing to see a movie without any fat ass people in it? great job putting this vid on YT...

[ShanghaiKit]

You would be crazy to drive in Shanghai if you're not from there, is my opinion. But the traffic thing... it's part of the Shanghai charm. Everybody almost gets 'run over' when they first arrive. As was I. Rite of passage. LOL.

[Obbyto]

I don't see the car touching the woman. But I must agree it's chaotic! I blame it on the low level of driving-education in China.

[l00n3ytun3zrul3z]

y the fuck do we wanna she fucking traffic ffs some kind of retards

[rmurali]

That Girl, Well. Well, Come to India and stay for a while..You will instantly realise God exists

[iazh]

i expected more based on other people's stories and the lengthy description of this video. 3.5 out of 4 minutes of this video is just boring crap that needs to be cut. you could have left like maybe the last 30 seconds to prove your point. the rest is irrelevant crap. i can't believe 60,000 people viewed this boring shit.

[nigmar]

Looks to me like they drive as poorly as they do here in the states. In shanghai its just all chinamen.

[folanm]

I'm currenly living in Shanghai, and this video doesn't capture how frustrating it is, for a westerner to drive here. Either they have very different rules of the road or as in my opinion, most people don't know them. They weave upbelievably from lane to lane. Most of the millions for electric motorbikes never us their lights at night, drive straight through intersection, and you can't hear them coming. Also, a lot of them drive on the pavement, to avoid having to drive on the street.

[candymintz]

so what is the accident rate per year? any worse than the idiot drivers in the USA?

[andrew3656]

so um...what was so bad about that. i just wasted 4 min of my life watching a car drive around

[Xibee]

I want to go! even with the traffic.... Thanks for letting me feel like I'm seeing it too.

[dailo]

need more driver education. china's economy is booming, more ppl will buy cars and own cars. but they need to increase driver and road user driving education.

[JDsoN210]

very crouded, ive herd shanghai is madness.

[chenmengshi]

hey! thats my friend's house1!!

[rudeboyjohn]

Shit, I work in New York City and Long Island EVERYDAY and literally have to sit in HOURS worth of traffic on the George Washington Bridge and on the Cross Bronx Express. The Cross Bronx Express makes this look like a pleasant Sunday drive.

[FraterSatyr]

Come driving in Zurich. :-P

[laowai]

I was living in Shanghai and I have a car and drive everyday. It is no problem. You just need to be smart and know the roads. For example NEVER take YanAn tunnel during rush hour. Your better off driving the extra distance to the FuXing. No Problems.

[eoewllen]

its not so bad actually from ur video.coz in some peak time will be more terrible!!

bt i dont think some traffic in european are better.coz im in ireland now.i cant understand that in the motorway,they have traffic jam!! even there is no traffic accident!

[klihopkins]

I don't see what's so bad about the traffic. A little more swerving between lanes than i'm used to, but the speeds are lower than say Chicago

[hannub]

Asian traffic is hard to understand for us Europeans, but I was driving in Taipeh and it seemed worse than what I saw on your video

[Birtz3]

Volkswagen Santana rules the streets of Shanghai! They have been producing this car for over 20 years.

[Ekat]

... seeing modern and tall building, and many taxi rides on VolksWagen, we thought we were in Germany...

[yuyushun]

the traffic in shanghai is big project.

for the tranffice need carry about 5million peopele.

but in fact,the bus of shanghai is so crowd.

the bus is full ,but the ticket sellers still ask the people get on the bus.and also shouted:"still have space.get on the bus quickly!"

[moseskiiza]

Its very orderly, you should see traffic in latin america.. its a mess.

[johnh23]

There are 700 million peasants living in China who don't live quite at all like this.

[prrichgaby]

volkswagen must be making a fortune there! Look at all the modern VW's

[dee8817]

They have so many tunnels and traffic lights crowded together

[ameriano]

maan tath s a big mess imagine a cab driver :)

[billybob828]

the world needs to address the problem population crisis. We cnt have these m.class ppl buying more cars... why do these ppl breed so much> whats wrong with them

[russiacourt]

What is the point of this video? It looks just like urban traffic in any major city.

[yanboa]

Actually it's not "cars vs. pedestrians"... it's simply "every man for himself", with no concept of priority...

As for the others' disgusting, ignorant comments, you start by going there, experiencing it by yourself, FIRST, THEN you maybe will have a right to say something. But otherwise, STFU.

[JesusProductions]

... he did go there... its his video isnt it?

[yanboa]

Yeah, but who knows how long he stayed? Who knows how much he's been exposed to it, and even, what he saw or understood of it ? Sooooo... Anyways, I'm living here in Shanghai right now, and I do stand by my point. Not saying the traffic is good, FAR from it. But I still think it's simply that it's every man for himself and "nothing personal" in traffic here.

[iLuandiMu]

I love Shanghai. It's the greatest. From Shopping to food to the people, if you don't know what you're talking about then dont say anything. Stereotypical comments such as wheres the rickshaw will not be tolerated. Thank you and have a great day.

[kinghenry98]

"Makes Guantanamo Bay look like a summer camp". LOL!

[Seremela22]

im going there this summer thanks for the heads up

[digitalson]

Another shade of Communist Gray. Why not film human rights violations in China? Makes Guantanamo Bay look like a summer camp. And don't get me started on the Olympics. Let's party like it's 1936.

[cshe2142]

I love Shanghai

[thomasfuckingwhaling]

what the fuck do u expect its a big ass city its not that bad

[e53e54]

Where are you going??

[Vilnius90]

can some one film chines police car with siren or ambulance,fire truck !! i never saw chines rescue

[lacrobert]

where are the rickshaws

[m4rs12]

why they have so many "wake up stripes" on the street?

[sayshellz]

If you think Shanghai's bad then you obviously haven't been to other cities/provinces. Other parts of China are far worse.

[hotaudi]

what are u talking about, who says China is worse, I have been stayed in many country around the world. I dont think China is worse than the rest, in contrast, I do think China has the potentiality to be one of the best county in the world.

[sayshellz]

I did NOT say China's traffic is the worst. I said IF IF IF you think Shanghai is bad, the other provinces/cities are worse than Shanghai - I DID NOT SAY CHINA'S TRAFFIC IS THE WORST.

[melanaudalat78]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v­=7Jki4Ha94DM

[wot321]

Well this city is twice to three times the size of NYC and the flows pretty well for a city of such size. London is not even half the size and is atrocious for traffic. They aredoing something right in Shanghai.

[Barney83]

This looked like the outskirts of Manhattan in a way- you know the areas where the tall buildings get sparce, and the houses intertwine. But, in downtown NYC, cars are less than an inch apart during rush hour by the tunnels. I liked the neon signs (whatever they said), the big TV-type screen on the building, and the hoops-designs going into the tunnels. I agree with legalxchech.

[pacoelvago]

traffic looks very orderly to me. much better than paris.

[legalxchech]

traffic moves much smoother and faster in shanghai than any stateside i've ever been too. plus there's no road rage. we're a bunch of whiny babies when it comes to stuff like that. survival of the fittest. i like the mentality of "if you're too stupid and you get hurt then it's your fault" dumbass.

[cpxiexie]

Xangai, but could be any big city in the world. Xiè Xiè nimen dou!

[AstarothCY]

Why the hell did I just watch this whole video? Noone banged a car against any pedestrians, or even against any cars... fuck this.

[sakai17]

Omg i would hate to live in China man! They cant drive for crap i feel so bad for that girl not one of them yielded for her! Then they try to do this in America wtf!

[Zergcerebrates]

Different society have different rules. In the States pedestrians first but in China vehicles first. Theres just too many people in China if you let one pedestrian cross hundreds will follow therefore its wise for pedestrians to watch for cars instead of the other way around.

[da12641]

It should be that way in Los Angeles too. Car first, pedestrian second. Too many assholes in LA, one of them needs to get run over by a bus with metal spikes on the tires.

[Belxos]

note: I can't see any rude or offensive things in the video.

[Belxos]

What so bad about the traffic?

I can see any rude or offensive things in the video.

[TICO777]

glad not to living in shanhai.omg....

[TICO777]

hell

[captaindk]

This is what happens when a country has way too many people.

[davidon]

@bullshitproductions

ich sag schweizer :D

hört sich chhhh an ;)

und das "R" wird auch anders betont :D

und natürlich das "Sorry" ist sehr schweizerisch ;)

[bullshitproductions]

its the same as in india... such a big population, people dont give a fuck about a human life, that is why they dont show any effort to bring any order into the traffic

[bullshitproductions]

du alter schweizer oder österreicher!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Mrwinkeljr]

omfg all of you shut up chinese people suck at driveng. thay swich lanse every five seconds and thay dont have any fucking traffic lights i mean come on if you have that many fucking people in one place wouldent it be a good idea to have some fucking order. There all over the streets like there lost and retarted or something and i know there smart and all but when it comes to driving there fucking tards.

[back2level9]

hahahahahaa

[1mtk]

you're one to talk. learn english first then talk smack about other ethnicities.

[nathango]

Ekat you're exagerrating, its because pedestrians want to take opportunity of the crowd to cross. Drivers need to think of a counter-offensive.

[Maxpower4]

But china also has one fifth the world population

[captaindk]

It's all because Chinese people are smart and skillful, I rarely see them getting into accident. Plus, it's such a big country with much larger population than USA, and the accident rates are not even as bad as the USA. They have total control over the cars, they drive like how they walk. But just never hit each other.

[nemasen]

Wrong, that is bullshit and you know it. China has the highest auto deathrates of all countries. They seriously need to enforce traffic laws.

[sspe26]

Last year 100000 people died in traffic accidents in China - the highest per capita in the world!!! Chinese control the cars, but don't give a damn about the others on the road... and there's so many of those others hehe.

[rayraysorlo]

I hope you are being sarcastic. I'm Chinese and I hear about accidents in China all the time. You wouldn't believe how some of these accidents even happen.