It’s no
longer about obeying the law if a gas-powdered tricycle hauling garbage bags
(but no garbage) that is wide & difficult to pass in the scooter lane passes
you while you wait for the light to turn green.
Our expat
friends at church call it ‘going local’ which is the Chinese way of saying,
‘when in Rome, do as the Romans do’. When ‘going local’, you usually do
something in a way that is less than or below your usual Standard of behavior.
In some cases ‘going local’ is a matter of survival such as while riding a
scooter in crazy Chinese traffic. Other times we fight the tendency to rudely
cut people off getting on or off the subway or generally wearing blinders to
the needs of those around us.
And
sometimes we choose to ‘go local’ purely because a gas-powdered tricycle
hauling garbage bags (but no garbage) that is wide & difficult to pass in
the scooter lane is not allowed to pass you while you wait for the light to
turn green!!
1 comment:
I struggled with "going local" in Missouri. I just couldn't do it for the most part if that meant lowering a moral standard. But, when it comes to traffic laws...well, I'd probably do that too!
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