Baie mense in SA voel paniekerig oor die toetsie wat ons moet afleg voor jy kan bestuur, maar wat van China??
Ja, as jy met eerste oog-opslag die verkeer bekyk sal jy miskien dink dat NIEMAND het ooit gehoor van die konsep van lisensies hier nie, MAAR dis nie die geval nie, jy moet 'n woeste toets afleg voordat jy die mallemeule op die paaie kan betree en saamspeel.
Net vinnig 'n paar indrukke van die toestand van verkeer in China, eerstens dis spitsverkeer basies 24 uur per dag.
Meeste bestuurders het eers die afgelope 5 jaar begin bestuur, alhoewel dit mag lyk of dit dalk die afgelope 5 minute was.
Daar is blykbaar baie verkeersreëls maar niemand steur hom aan enige een nie.
Die lig is rooi?
So wat?
Jy is teen die verkeerde oprit van die snelweg op?
Geen probleem, jy het mos trurat!
Jy is in die middel van 'n verkeersirkel en besef dis in die verkeerde rigting of iets?
Geen probleem, jy het mos trurat!
Jy ligte werk nie?
Geen probleem, Chinese kan sien in die nag, veral wanneer jy teen 200km per uur jaag op die snelweg.
Kyk, ek het vir jarre motorfiets gery op Taiwan se paaie, kan so ten minste dosyn ongelukkies duidelik onthou, soos die kar wat vriendelik voor my indraai waar ek hoogspoed die bergpas afsnel ...
Of wat van die fokken bus wat dood voor my briek ... dit in 'n tonnel!!
Of die verskeie kere wat ek gesy-klap is ... of toe daai swaar oorhoofse kabel losruk teen 'n mistige bergpad en my teen middernag van my saal af swiep ...
Elk geval, as julle nog belangstel, daar is 1 500 vrae om te bestudeer, en onthou, logika en vorige ondervinding tel NUL!
Hef a loek, die volgende is deur 'n dametjie geskryf wat die toets aange-probeer-vat het, sy het reeds haar OZ-lisensie vir 20 jaar en is 'n dokter, hier is haar ondervinding:
When evading an emergency, the driver should be calm and stick to the principle of
A. Evading people first and objects later
B. Evading vehicles first and objects later
C. Evading vehicles first and people later
D. Evading objects first and people later
Answer: A
When using splints, sticks, or tree branches to keep the unexposed bones in position, it is necessary that these things should
A. Exceed the upper and lower joints of the wound
B. Exceed the lower joint of the wound
C. Exceed the upper joint of the wound
D. Not exceed the upper and lower joint of the wound
Answer: A
(Actually, I got all of the twenty first aid questions wrong, being a doctor and all, because they involved questions about the exact placement of tourniquets along the length of limbs and when to take a poisoned person to get fresh air. I couldn't make sense of a single one.)
When running on a road and encountering pedestrians crossing the road, the motorized vehicle should
A. Honk to urge the pedestrians to go faster
B. Speed up and pass
C. Reduce speed or stop and yield
D. Bypass
Answer: C
The main feature of pedestrians participating on road traffic is
A. They move slowly
B. They like to get together and look on
C. They are not stable
D. They walk around at will and can easily change directions
Answer: D
Painting and pasting signs or advertisements on the motorized vehicles should observe the principle that
A. The painting and pasting can be done at will
B. The painting and pasting are mainly for artistic consideration
C. The painting and pasting should not affect safe driving
D. The painting and pasting should be done according to customer requests
Answer: C
When a head-on collision is unavoidable, the driver should free the steering wheel, raise the leg and lie sideward’s on the right seat at the moment of the head-on collision. This can ensure his body is not stuck by the steering wheel.
Answer: Correct
(Because when I'm faced with an imminent head-on collision, I always have time to let go of the steering wheel, undo my seatbelt, and move across to the passenger seat so that the steering wheel doesn't trap me. On the other hand, sometimes I just stay put and let the airbag do its work …)
After a vehicle falls into water, the wrong method for the driver to rescue himself is to
A. Close the window to prevent water flowing into the vehicle
B. Immediately use hand to open the door
C. Let the water fill up the driver's cab so that the pressure inside and outside is equal
D. Use a large plastic bag to cover the head and tight the neck closely
Answer A (What the? It's CORRECT to suffocate yourself with a plastic bag over your head??)
When motorized vehicles cross each other on a narrow slope, the correct method is to allow___to go first
A. The vehicle going up the slope
B. The vehicle far from the top of the slope
C. The vehicle going down the slope
D. The vehicle going up the slope should go first, if the one going down the slope is halfway on the slope and the one to go up the slope has not begun going up the slope
Answer: A (Um.....huh?)
By now I'd become confused from all the complicated questions, and suspicious of questions that seemed too overtly simple, so in my state of paranoia and second guessing I got even the most basic questions wrong.
The main role of the engine lubrication system is
A. Sealing
B. Cooling
C. Cleaning
D. Lubrication
I answered A, because by now I knew their dirty double-crossing sneaky tricks. Surprisingly, to me at least, the answer was D.
My favorites were the true/false questions, which read just like the Chinese Driving Manual. Certainly, they reflected my experience of being on Shanghai's roads.
A person who drinks alcohol but is not drunk may drive a motorized vehicle.
When driving in windy, rainy, snowy, foggy and other complex weather conditions, the driver should turn on the head light, honk continuously and overtake rapidly if the vehicle in front goes slowly.
When following a vehicle, the following vehicle may use the high beam light.
When driving, the driver may spit to the road or street out of the window.
The driver of a motorized vehicle may drive a police car, a fire engine, a wrecker or an ambulance during the period of probation.
A motorized vehicle may make a U turn on an uphill road.
A motorized vehicle may make a U turn on the ramp of an expressway.
A motorized vehicle may reverse at an intersection.
A motorized vehicle may reverse on a one-way road.
If a motorized vehicle hits a building, a public facility or other facility, the driver may leave the scene right away.
When encountering slow-moving old people crossing the road, the driver may continuously honk to urge them.
A siren may be installed on a motor vehicle according to personal need.
(all false, not that you'd know it. But gee, I've always wanted my own siren).
Ok, laat weet ...
Francois Williams