Cultural Differences between Canada and China – Traffic
By Suzanne Zhu, Dec 2012
Chinese people who come to Canada will first notice that there are more cars here than pedestrians. You see people in Starbucks, in the restaurants and in the cars but you do not see as many on the streets as in China. You feel there is such big space for so few people. It is not surprising to feel like you are in the wilderness on the streets in the cities here. Traffic lights and rules are very different. If you are used to driving in China, keep in mind that driving here in Canada is very different. You need to be very careful. For example, in order to cross the street here, there are pedestrian controlled lights to help to cross the streets. There is no such thing in China. Also here at the cross intersections where there are no traffic lights, cars stop and wait for pedestrian to cross the street. In China, pedestrians would have to let the car go first if there is no traffic light.
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