Some drivers set on a collision course

It seems a collision is in the making in Beijing between taxicabs, so-called black cabs, ride-hailing cars and buses, for - as was the case in the tourist-friendly Sanlitun-Soho area of the capital one recent weekend - Beijing buses find it increasingly difficult to pull up to an assigned and marked bus stop. On that day, and it is not unique to that particular time and place, ride-hailing cars, black cabs and authorized taxis parked nose to tail right in front of a bus stop outside a popular mall - blocking two lanes of traffic and an access road.

What can be done about such chaotic scenes?

The country has hundreds of millions of vehicles, as China Daily reported in May. The drivers want to get places and they have to park. However, downtown in busy areas, the drivers of black cabs, taxicabs and ride-hailing cars seem inclined to hinder their fellow road users by ignoring the rules of the road in their pursuit of passengers.