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Yan Zheng-ping has taken it upon himself to vandalize cars that run red lights in his home town of Lanzhou, using a brick as his tool of choice. As reported by China News Wrap, the 74 year old retired literature teacher is tired of the way cars threaten the lives of people.
“I no longer dare to ride my bicycle, but I still like to exercise outside, and every day go to the Baihe Park opposite the compound to fly kites and walk. However, on several occasions I’ve almost been struck dead by cars while walking across the zebra crossing. There’s a red light there, but it seems as though the drivers just don’t see it.”
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“You look – the 6 people who died on zebra crossings in Lanzhou in the past half year didn’t make major news. Yet when I smash cars, it becomes huge news. Is this because the lives of those six people are not as significant as me smashing cars?”
Read the entire story at China News Wrap
Remember, six degrees of separation.
The recent book, Traffic talks about how wild and crazy China’s new car culture is. This is the reaction to it.
This is beautiful, I’m looking foward to becoming an old man. No matter what, you can act crazy and people have to respect you…because you’re old.
This may garner attention and give short term satisfaction, but it will only be a matter of time before some irate driver beats the old guy to a pulp.
It’s refreshing to see that there are people with the courage to stand up to gasahaulics who care nothing for others’ safety
What about bikers who run red lights and stop signs? I am a biker, but try to obey the laws. Car drivers only have to look at bikers to see them doing the same thing. Granted…cars do much more damage, but bikes can hit pedestrians, can cause wrecks, and bikers can surely harm themselves when ignoring required stops.