China, the traffic

2 times.... i have been to china, to various locations.... and all somewhat developed locations have roads! And hence traveling utilities such as a car!
Of the car variety, I'm targeting taxis!!!

Dear Taxi drivers of China,
You lot are a very very crazy lot. For the price you charge at 7rmb initial and 1.2rmb per km after the first 3
Overall, the service is on par with the cheap cheap price that it is... (approx 5rmb = 1 nzd) which means.... it's pretty well.... decent!
That is if you don't count the major traffic violations (according to nz transport safety association)
Apparently over in china, signaling is for the weak!!! and smoking is for the awesome! direct turning (without crossing traffic ie.... nz would be to turn left) while red light is approved. Driving like a crazy lunatic in the country is accepted and honking your horns is equivalent to "hi! I'm here and i'm going to charge so back off or you're gonna have to deal with my insurance company!!!! rawrrrr!!!"
So... it's pretty shabby but meh! Gets you from A-B cheaply