Earning my “license to kill”: Driving in China
Monday, October 8th, 2007Kent Kedl shares the hilarious — and completely true — tale of his efforts to earn a driver’s license in Shanghai. Give a listen to learn about the Office of Telling People to go to Other Offices, the absurd questions that sound like a George Bush speech translated to Swahili and back to English, and the apparent irrelevance of actually getting behind the wheel of a car.
That’s right: After a series of tests of his blood pressure, vision, grip strength (seriously), question interpretation skills and ability to find his way around an unmarked maze of hallways, not once did Kent have to prove his skill at not hitting things or people. Welcome to Shanghai.