In New York, the taxi drivers are particular on details, probing you on the exact time and place you decided that you wanted to use their services. During the ride, you take a call from your mother and they proceed to ask for your opinions on family. In Toronto, you look like a tourist, so they give you the \u201cToronto is so much better than Vancouver\u201d speech. In Shenzhen, however, the taxi drivers do not seem to favor small talk very much at all. Instead, they sneak peeks at you from the rear-view mirror. It\u2019s a delicate task\u2014their gazes must shift rapidly back and forth to maintain the delicate standard of what seems to be at least 70 miles per hour. The reasoning is a simple one: faster speeds are directly correlated with more business. \u201cPut on your seatbelt,\u201d the man taking us from Coastal City to Shenzhen Bay finally says, \u201cThe fine is expensive.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In New York, the taxi drivers are particular on details, probing you on the exact time and place you decided that you wanted to use their services. During the ride, you take a call from your mother and they proceed … Continue reading