Why I'm afraid of driving

I've been driving for almost 15 years in a number of countries with both left-hand and right-hand traffic flows. But I remain apprehensive about driving in this city.

The army of licensed drivers now stands at 5.7 million, with one in three having less than two years experience on the roads.

While Beijing wants to sell more cars to boost the economy as well as meeting middle-class aspirations for car ownership, new drivers are unleashed on to its already congested roads at a staggering rate of 10,000 per week.