Comments on: Emergency Fundraiser BBQ for Xiao Hua http://www.ryan-mclaughlin.com/blog/farrago/emergency-fundraiser-bbq-for-xiao-hua/ I'm a dad, designer, China expat and blogger Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:41:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ryan http://www.ryan-mclaughlin.com/blog/farrago/emergency-fundraiser-bbq-for-xiao-hua/#comment-25476 Ryan Sat, 05 Jul 2008 02:17:31 +0000 http://www.thehumanaught.com/blog/?p=813#comment-25476 @From Toronto: China certainly has no exclusivity when it comes to hit and runs, nor asshole drivers. However I think the big difference between China and Canada would be the differences in repercussions to the driver. A person in Canada is less likely to flee the scene of an accident because they have more legal protection and isolation from the victim. In China, you hit someone and they die, that person's life is evaluated largely based on class and a price is set for remunerations to the family (ie. people from the countryside are worth less than people in the city). If they don't die you might be paying their medical bills for the rest of your life, and if you operate a crappy little 3-wheel taxi (which hit Xiao Hua) I'm guessing you don't have insurance or finances to cover either option. The system makes doing the right thing harder to do, and so I'm certain there's many more cases in China where drivers flee from the scene of an accident when they know they are at fault. @From Toronto: China certainly has no exclusivity when it comes to hit and runs, nor asshole drivers.

However I think the big difference between China and Canada would be the differences in repercussions to the driver. A person in Canada is less likely to flee the scene of an accident because they have more legal protection and isolation from the victim.

In China, you hit someone and they die, that person’s life is evaluated largely based on class and a price is set for remunerations to the family (ie. people from the countryside are worth less than people in the city).

If they don’t die you might be paying their medical bills for the rest of your life, and if you operate a crappy little 3-wheel taxi (which hit Xiao Hua) I’m guessing you don’t have insurance or finances to cover either option.

The system makes doing the right thing harder to do, and so I’m certain there’s many more cases in China where drivers flee from the scene of an accident when they know they are at fault.

]]> By: From Toronto http://www.ryan-mclaughlin.com/blog/farrago/emergency-fundraiser-bbq-for-xiao-hua/#comment-25475 From Toronto Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:00:56 +0000 http://www.thehumanaught.com/blog/?p=813#comment-25475 This kind of accidents are not unique in China, often heard hit-and-run and drunk driving in Toront.. This kind of accidents are not unique in China, often heard hit-and-run and drunk driving in Toront..

]]> By: John Guise http://www.ryan-mclaughlin.com/blog/farrago/emergency-fundraiser-bbq-for-xiao-hua/#comment-25472 John Guise Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:01:16 +0000 http://www.thehumanaught.com/blog/?p=813#comment-25472 Man I hope this works out. I was talking about Chinese-style driving with a colleague today at lunch, I never expected something like this to happen. J. Man I hope this works out. I was talking about Chinese-style driving with a colleague today at lunch, I never expected something like this to happen.

J.

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