Whenever a story like this pops up, the comment section is flooded with China's big brother plan or evil Xi's control over China. But do you guys have any idea why this technology is necessary to enforce traffic rules in China? Have you tried to cross roads or drive in Chinese cities? You may run into some Chinese tourists in your own country, do you think that they are polite, civilized, and respect your rules or culture? Of course not. If I may quote a Quora user from UK, Chinese are "well-known for cheating tourists; liars and not to be trusted; dirty and slovenly; have no shame; boisterous and hard-drinking", etc. As a native Chinese, I am offended by these comments, but I have to admit that they are facts to certain extent. I assume that you all live in developed countries. You cannot imagine how many ways Chinese have to fail any of your rule-of-law systems. Without technologies like this, the traffic in Chinese cities will always be a total mess.
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Whenever a story like this pops up, the comment section is flooded with China's big brother plan or evil Xi's control over China. But do you guys have any idea why this technology is necessary to enforce traffic rules in China? Have you tried to cross roads or drive in Chinese cities? You may run into some Chinese tourists in your own country, do you think that they are polite, civilized, and respect your rules or culture? Of course not. If I may quote a Quora user from UK, Chinese are "well-known for cheating tourists; liars and not to be trusted; dirty and slovenly; have no shame; boisterous and hard-drinking", etc. As a native Chinese, I am offended by these comments, but I have to admit that they are facts to certain extent. I assume that you all live in developed countries. You cannot imagine how many ways Chinese have to fail any of your rule-of-law systems. Without technologies like this, the traffic in Chinese cities will always be a total mess.