Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Naughty comment on Chinese drivers

From Australia:

"Radio veteran John Laws could be facing more complaints after saying Chinese drivers are the worst in the world. The Ethnic Communities Council of NSW yesterday condemned as "unfair and unhelpful" the latest tirade by Laws, who after 55 years as a radio presenter is three months from retirement.

Laws's comments came after a Chinese-Australian listener called Helen called Sydney's 2UE yesterday to discuss her recent fine for failing to pay the Cross City Tunnel toll. When asked by Laws why she had not paid the toll, she pleaded that she didn't know there was a toll.

When Helen said she was from China, Laws replied: "I understand that Chinese drivers are probably the worst drivers on the face of the Earth." "You probably fall into that category, along with the rest of them."

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I have not myself noticed that Chinese drivers are particularly bad but that may be because I am even worse! I have however often heard people say that Chinese are bad drivers so there may be some truth in it. But in the absence of proof, it's just an opinion. And we ARE allowed opinions -- so far.

There is an amusing video of a Chinese driver here. The dialog is in Chinese but just pay attention to the opening scene.