A moral question on car bans

If you live outside the Fifth Ring Road and work downtown, you'll fret about transportation one day every week when it's your turn to keep your car garaged.

You probably need to brave a long wait in the cold for the bus and the packed subway at rush hour. If you defy the city's car ban, you'll risk being fined if you are pulled over by ambushing police at the exits near the ring road, or captured by surveillance cameras.

I live on the other side of the eastern Fifth Ring Road and my workplace is about 3 km inside from the road's north section. It takes me about half an hour to drive to work, but on my lucky day, I need to use a combination of suburban bus and subway that can take hours during peak times. Cabs cost more than 100 yuan per round-trip.