China Scene: Student tries to bicycle home on expressway

(China Daily)
Updated: 2009-01-22 07:44

Snake on a bus startles passengers

Passengers riding in an express bus became horrified when a green bamboo snake suddenly emerged from a bag.

The poisonous snake crawled out of a passenger's bag as the bus traveled on the Huanghuang expressway in Hubei province on Tuesday.

The coach eventually pulled over on the expressway's service road and police were called in to capture it.

The snake went into hibernation when it was taken on board by a passenger surnamed Chen but woke up when the temperature increased.

(Hubei Daily)

Student tries to bicycle home on expressway

A university student surnamed Hu who was riding his bicycle on a busy expressway was stopped by police on Thursday.

Traffic police detained the student as he tried to bicycle home on the Lianhuo Expressway in Henan province.

After Hu was lectured, police gave him 200 yuan ($30) to buy a bus ticket to his hometown in Luoyang.

Hu, who is from a poor farmer's family, said he wanted to save money.

(Dahe News)