Foreigner on Motorbike Who Hit Lady to be Deported

And you are still here ?

Why ,you think foreigners shall come to a different bloody interpretation after watching the video already mentioned in the comments?have you bothered to see it ?
Ps:call an old lady a c**t(even if she is an opportunist )in my country and people will flay your skin right there. At least the General population is scared of cops here..not in my part of the world.

Abbysal27 wrote:

ohdjango wrote:

This story's really old, dude. Couldn't you think of any decent ways to troll some of the newer threads?

Seems like a few people are still interested in the story, so what's the harm eh?

You were the first person to comment on it for months.

Kind of ironic that you took a shot at me in the forums for trying to wind people up when here you are, doing exactly the same thing on this story.

Well said sunnyk

I had one experience with the local cops. Apart from the fact that they sounded angry, it was excellent. They found someone who spoke English, checked my permit and left. Key is to have a proper visa if you are working here and not call old, even if alleged conniving old ladies, a c**t. Do that in my country and people will flay you right there.
Also, this ain't the west. If you do want to talk to her, learn some Chinese. While at it, watch the bloody video which has already posted. And do get off of your high horse

He was on the far side of the street and turned right across the road, in front of the cars that are just starting to move forward. He was in the wrong, he was driving illigally. There are no signs to turn right from that side of the street, the other side yes but not the side he was on. You're grabbing at straws now.

I didn't say she had broken ankles, I said that no one knows whether she was hurt except her and her doctor. Anyone that argues that she wouldn't be hurt after being hit that hard by a moped moving that fast is just being silly.

I broke my ankle before. There is no way she would be able to move her ankles like that if she was hurt. She's just a pianzi. They do have special signals for turns. People always ignore that and run across the street anyway.

I'm willing to bet she never would apply for a visa. Yes she was crossing on a red but he was crossing on a red to, at high speed, on a moped. If he had hit the car which he very barely missed, he definitely wouldn't have been going anywhere and he definitely would have been paying out some cash and probably would have been investigated to.

What would everyone be saying if he had hit a child? What if it was you and not her? If she had just started to cross the road from the other side?He was driving very dangerously, watch the video again and say he wasn't.

I saw three girls around 12-15 years of age flying around on a moped by Dongzhimen in september, no helmets, no care for anyone around them, they barely missed me. foreigners seem to have a fragrant disregard for any laws, fall into the atitude of "when in Rome" and then get upset when something goes wrong.

He broke the law, it took a Chinese woman to get hit before he stopped, even if she was " Scamming him". He knocked her at least 5 feet if not more, how do you know she wasn't hurt? You don't think she might have been battered and bruised? No dead leg inflicted? My gran stepped off a curb and snapped her ankle.

He was here with out the paper work, didn't have a liscence for his ped, and was involved in a traffic incident. He should be going home.

And someone should have slapped the stupid woman who kept pushing her hands off of the bike.

Double post, sorry.

Also the woman does not need instructions or emergency English, she's a Chinese woman living in China, she knows the procedure, keep him there till the police arrive, he is forced to pay her money for running her over. Fair do's.

http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNjQ3MzI2NjEy.html

Someone did post this video in the comments. Missed it ?

OK, 4 days have passed since this story was posted, and still no update as to "two well-known Sanlitun eateries that we'll leave unnamed pending confirmation." Enough time should have passed for sources to be confirmed and readers informed.

But what's with "the investigation." I got pulled over, no motorcycle license, over the limit. They took me back to the precinct house, confiscated my license for six months, but actually let me drive my motorocycle away because I was so clearly not drunk and they were very nice about the whole thing. But at no time was there an investigation of what I'm doing here or questions asked as to my employment.

britomart wrote:

He got deported because it made the news--and it first made the news by making the Chinese woman look bad. Now that it's clearly the foreigner's fault, "action must be taken" and "we must pay attention to the laws". This is all about "face".

that's not really the case

the punishment was meted out exactly to the letter of the law

From what I understand, he hit the lady, undisputed. There's no fine/punishment for that other than paying the hospital bills.

However he was driving without a drivers' license

And apparently on an unregistered vehicle

and during the investigation it was found that he was working without a work permit

it's the working without a permit that carries the deportation charge

Hmm... I commented on another article sometime ago about the recent downturn in TBJ's quality of writing (meaning writing style AND proofreading), and I was taken to task by "standards".

Standards, where are you? Who, if not you, will tell these posters to just stop reading TBJ if they're so bothered by the errors?

Or...

Perhaps TBJ could get a proofreader?

I find it very curious that this unlucky man has been deported. I have numerous friends who've been caught driving above the legal limit of .02 (but well below the American/European limit of .08), or driving an unregistered motorbike with no license. None of them were deported or faced deportation proceedings. Perhaps he was deported because of the illegal employment? That's fair enough, I imagine it would get you deported in most countries. But why did the police investigate? Because it had become a cause celbre? Because he wouldn't pay off the woman? I hope there is follow up, I'm very interested in this story.

(By the way, I don't give a rat's ass if there is a typo in my comment.)

How Not to Be a Foreign Dickwad, Lesson 1: Register Your Scooter

http://www.thebeijinger.com/blog/2013/12/12/how-register-your-scooter-beijing

Agreed with Thatguy86. If he had apologized and paid, that would have been that. That's what happens in every other traffic accident. His mouth cost him a lot more than RMB 1,800.

This all boils down to him swearing.

what he should've done is immediately pay her, apollogize and this wouldn't be an incident. Even if she used this as an opportunity to get some free check ups and compensation, it doesn't matter because he broke the rules and hit her.

This should be more common, foreigners should think the law doesn't apply to them.

Is that the real picture of the incident? Looks like a total set-up, but who knows.

As quoted in the original blog post:

1. If you don't have a driver's license, stop driving and get one
2. If your vehicle is unregistered, stop driving and get one

Wiser words were never spoken.

Remember, this guy was just going about his morning business, riding his scooter, when all hell broke loose for him, and now his father. If he'd had a driving license & been on a legal scooter (and kept the curse words out of it), his insurance would have covered the measly 1,800 rmb. Almost certainly, nobody would've been any wiser about his improper visa.

I'm sure he thought "nah, it'll never happen to me." He probably also bragged "I've been riding for 6 years without being legal and nothing has happened." Perhaps, until now.

By the way, this situation is not uncommon, at all, re illegal motorcycles. It was just this particular case that gained lots of publicity, because it was initially portrayed as an attempt at a "scam."

JW80 wrote:

You can edit my comments... but you still have the name of the restaurant tagged in the post. 

Good spot. Maybe your not cut out to run a magazine, but you might get in the CIA. Or you could be a private dick

You can edit my comments... but you still have the name of the restaurant tagged in the post.

admin wrote:

JW80 wrote:

You guys are on a rool today!

On a rool?

Your fault that there is not edit button on the user side.

Yes, I made a typo. Thank god I don't run a magazine, eh?

You are mistaken. What "your" is incorrect in the article?

Also.. did you just say that you won't mention the restaurant's name in the article... then tag the restaurant in the header?

[redacted] Really? You guys are on a rool today!