Shanghai: One Visit Was Enough (And Then Some).
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Just so you know, in Shanghai, pedestrians who jaywalk or run red lights get fined. They use facial recognition, and you'll get an SMS right on your phone telling you to pay up. If you don't pay, while they won't exactly take away your 'right to walk,' it will affect your credit score.
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Good to know.
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As adults, you need to take responsibility for your mistakes!
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Exactly!
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Why is it that when people make a mistake in Shanghai and get fined, their reaction is always 'I'm never coming back'? It's not like it's Shanghai's fault.
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Right? It's clearly their own fault, but they write it as if Shanghai is to blame.
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The main issue was riding right in front of the officer. If you'd just gotten off and pushed your bike for a bit, gotten out of his 'attack range,' then hopped back on, you would've been fine.
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'Attack range,' LOL!
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Honestly, riding on the sidewalk isn't usually a big deal; everyone does it in residential areas, and people aren't super strict about the rules. You were just unlucky to get caught... Wait, you were riding on People's Avenue? Oh, then you definitely deserved that fine, no complaints there.
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As a pedestrian, I find bikes and e-bikes on the sidewalk incredibly annoying and very unsafe. Back in the day, everyone consciously rode in the bike lanes, or would get off and push if they had to be on the sidewalk. I don't know when it became 'no big deal'.
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Hot tip: In Shanghai, for non-motorized vehicles, the first offense usually just gets you a warning, no fine. You only get fined if you're caught a second time after being warned.
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That's misinformation. Fun fact: In Shanghai now, for non-motorized vehicles, things like not wearing a helmet, riding against traffic, or not using the bike lane don't have a first-offense waiver. It's an immediate fine. Only a few specific violations, like carrying an extra passenger, might get you a warning first.
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Hot take: In Shanghai, apparently, following the law is wrong, and if you break the law and get caught, it's Shanghai's fault.
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Exactly. And if you get called out online, you can't even reply. If you try to defend yourself, you're accused of discrimination and being xenophobic.
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You must have been in a really central, downtown area, riding on the sidewalk, and right in front of an officer too.
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Yeah, I definitely won't do that again.
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It's a good thing you came to Shanghai on a bicycle. If you had driven here, forget just fines – I reckon your 12 license points wouldn't have been enough.
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Not really that bad. I drove there last year.
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So the title basically means: 'Okay, I was wrong, but I'm still resentful, hmph!
I'm not coming back!' Is that what you're saying? -
I was originally just trying to make a joke, riffing on that 'I'm done with love/this place' kind of meme, but it totally backfired.