I like to ride my bicycle...in China

Ms. M visited China last month. She made a great internet album and I would like to put up a few photos from her trip over the next few days. This blog will be about bicycles.

Recently there are sometimes articles in the newspaper about a law which prohibits riding with two children on one bike, or which prohibits riding with a child seat in both the front and the back of the bicycle. The reason is that it is dangerous! If found by the police doing this, there is a fine of about 20,000 yen as well as an order to attend a "bicycle/traffic education" class.

When the police tried to enforce this law, many mothers went ballistic and were furious. They said "How do you expect us to take our children to and from school?" "Why are you picking on us, why don`t you spend more time catching murderers and thiefs!"

I understand both points of view. What do you think?

I have heard there are A LOT of bicycles in China. One day I would like to go there and see for myself.