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Topic:Chinese style road crossing Chinese Name: 刘功生 English Name: Lincoln Major: Mechanical Engineering Chinese style road crossing Chinese style road crossing refers to large crowds of Chinese people crossing roads, no matter whether the traffic light is green or red. Today, have you crossed the road like that? Will you still cross the road like that tomorrow? May be you really don’t want to cross the road like that in your deep heart but you still do that for some reasons. To be honest, when I first went to Hengyang city I don’t want to do that. But I followed the multitude at last for I was laughed by my classmates when I was waiting in the crossing. Indeed, the phenomenon of pedestrians running the red light is commonly seen in some cities. It is very dangerous that pedestrians scramble for roads with cars in crowded downtown areas. Recently, an heat discussion was occurred on the internet after the exposure of the “Chinese style road crossing”. And many investigations were conducted on the internet. The fellowing photos will show you some results of the investigations. Have you ever ran the red light? 5.9 percent of the respondents said they often ran the red light and about 65 percent said they sometimes do that. Only 29.1 percent have never done that. Chinese style road crossing reflects the deep-rooted belief that the law will not punish numerous offenders. In the fast-paced life, some people lack of safety awareness and cannot wait for the green light. Therefore, the group effect takes shape and some basic regulations have been thrown aside. The pedestrian’s crossing roads with a disregard to traffic lights is related to the unscientific planning of urban transport, short green light and unbalanced relationship between pedestrians and cars. To some extent, pedestrians have no choice but to run the red light. Today, the design of traffic lights in metropolitan cities is friendlier to automobiles. For example, green light for automobiles is general