Originally Posted by
Taiwaned
On Friday, I went to my last driving lesson. As jib71 suggested, I got an ex-police trainer. (This school has two ex-police driving instructors.)
Told him about this thread.
He laughed. Then he said, "You can be as skillful as Andretti but everybody else on the road are not then you become the danger on the road"
For example, he said "It is illegal to ride your bicycle on the sidewalk but everybody does it. In fact, since drivers are not used to bicycles sharing the road and riders ride like idiots on the road, it is a cause of many accidents"
"So if you are not sure, just drive slowly and make eye contact with the other drivers."
This kind of sums up Japan for me.
I think the "make eye contact" applies to Taiwan too so should be used to it! I just wonder can bikes in Japan be any worse than motorbikes (scooters) in Taiwan?? In Taipei as you know they are often more scooters than cars on the road, which is the biggest problem for me (being American ex pat driver in Taiwan), so was thinking also renting a car in Japan (Sapporo), but thinking can not be worse than Taiwan.