The first thing one notices when arriving in the large cities, Taipei and Taichung for example, is the sheer number of scooters zipping around cars and pedestrians, using up all the parking, in terraces as well as streets. Take all the bicycles in Amsterdam and convert them to scooters and you have some idea of the numbers. I guess scooter madness is typical of Asian and Southeast Asian countries, but this was the first we experienced it.
First is a video I made from the car one evening. In the background are comments about relaxing the next day at the ballgame. How wrong I was as I'll post later.
Below is a YouTube link to a Taipei television report. Apparently this madness occurs every morning at rush hour.
https://youtu.be/TESofgEefHY?feature=shared
At intersections there are pedestrian lanes and scooter rectangles in front of the auto traffic. On one freeway, I noted three car lanes and two protected scooter lanes. The whole scooter thing is well integrated into Taiwanese traffic culture. Quite mindblowing if you've never experienced it before.
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