Drinking and driving

coming home from dinner tonight in a cab, our cab had stopped at a red light (as they do). A car crashed into us from behind (at low speed). Enough to nudge us, but not enough to through me against the chair in front or risk any whiplash type things. Really low speed.

A reminder that I should sit in the front and wear the seat belt always (which I do 90% of the time). Also a reminder that there are idiots driving cars in Shanghai. How could one possibly crash into stationary traffic at low speed? Drinking is the only possibility. I wonder how long before the government seriously gets its "don't drink and drive" campaign going, or really cracking down. A while yet I say.

After a little quarrelling (the cabbie didn't get too emotional about it because the two men in the car were bigger than him), he took 50 RMB (3 pounds?) from them and left with just a cracked bumper.