Most bicycles in Tainan have baskets in the front for carrying things. Speed is not really a big concern because with all the traffic nobody goes very fast. It's like in the US, what's the point of owning a Corvette if your stuck in rush hour next to a Chevette.
Bicycles are a lower class than cars and motorcycles but at least they are above pedestrians. I'm not sure they are faster than walking though, I regularly set out walking from my dorm to class and my fellow students/dormmates start riding at the same time. I think we both get into the classroom at the same time, they just spend more of their time locking/unlocking, negociating traffic, avoiding motocycles/cars, ...
But safety is important and so is recycling so some of the bicycles are now sporting used CD/DVDs as reflectors. It seems a way of killing two birds with one stone. Below is the standard usage.
Below we have the Buhdist equivalent of the "dashboard Jesus". But I'm sure that neither Buhda nor Jesus gets involved with traffic control. And I know that on the mean streets of Tainan, it's every man, women and child to fend for themselves.
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I'm going to start looking at CD's in new ways now! Maybe they could be turned into Christmas tree ornaments...Are bicycles stolen very often in Tainan?
We need to find a way to recycle those CD/DVD to make money. There are so many CD/DVD since it is cheap and people just use it without thinking and throw away without thinking. Using DC/DVD as a Reflector is a good usage.
CD can also get rid of bugs. flies. You might also see in some of restaurants, they hang there for get bugs away..VERY useful!!
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