This is what the kids have lovingly nick-named "SPEED BUMP."
And boy do you ever feel it when you go over an actual speed bump :)
It is China's version of the neighborhood cruising golf cart. Many people actually use electric carts like this one for work - you often see them piled high with work materials, the grocery stores deliver groceries and we use it to cruise around the neighborhood!
We ride bikes and walk a lot but we knew we needed something for the short-distance places we needed to get to. In China you don't need a drivers license to drive electric bikes, only gas-powered ones. We have a van and a driver who can drive us anywhere we choose, but his hours are mostly 7-7 so things like getting to youth night or running to the plaza (food, shopping, atm) anytime after 7 is more difficult. Enter - speed bump. Bonus - we all fit! I'm sure once winter hits we'll have to use our driver more than speed bump, but for now it works great!
*Funny side-note... when we were interviewing drivers our translator was describing previous work experience and said one had worked for -- Rob and I both thought she was saying -- "wolworths" and this is how the dialogue went...
us: Wolworths?
translator: Yes, wolworth.
Rob and I thinking to ourselves...we didn't know wolworths had a driving company...
Rob: where are they based?
translator: It's the Swiss company wolworth.
Rob: could you spell it for me?
tanslator: we-o-el-we-o
Rob: Volvo?
translator: Yes, wolworth.
hahaha, we both had a good laugh when we got home, you can't write 'em better than that!
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