July 15, 2008 9:22 PM
Quick Thoughts on Preparedness
Two hundred bomb-sniffing dogs, 100,000 police officers or military personnel and several surface-to-air missiles will be deployed to Beijing for these Olympic Games. Today, the Chinese press is reporting on exactly who might want to attack Beijing during the Games:The East Turkistan terrorist group, Tibetan separatists and Falun Gong cult organizers may try every means to sabotage the Games.
Of course, I'm happy to see that measures are being taken to keep terrorists from East Turkistan (though you probably know them as being from Uyghurstan) away from these Games. But the other two groups? My Internet here in Beijing is conveniently "timing out" whenever I attempt a Google search for either of them, but you're free to Google them yourself and decide whether or not they might be the types of groups that would require the immediate readiness of surface-to-air missiles with a range of up to 7.5 miles.
Two more news item caught my eye this morning. The good news: it's now semi-legal to hit-and-run in this city!
From July 8 to October 16, drivers involved in minor traffic accidents during the Olympics will be required to remove their vehicles quickly from the scene to prevent traffic jams.
Beijing Traffic authorities announced the new rule last Sunday. It defined minor accidents are those that cause slight injury or financial loss and from which the car can still be driven.
According to the rule, both parties must vacate the scene and either settle the dispute or call the police. If they fail to move their vehicle, drivers will be fined 200 yuan or receive administrative punishment.
Just keep those roads clear, people.
Also, Beijing's made a big to-do about taking cars off the road. On July 20, the city will implement an odd-even system that will remove 50% of cars, they say. The system is simple: if your license plate ends in an odd number, on days when odd numbers are forbidden, you can't drive. Same thing holds for cars with even numbered license plates. Ideally, this would take about 1.5 million cars off the road each day.
But there are complications:
Beijingers who have two vehicles both ending in even or odd digits will be allowed to change one plate's numbers during the two-month restrictions starting Jul 20.
So we'll have to see how many temp plates the city can issue in the 96 hours before the restrictions start and how many cars this will add back onto the roads.
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