One of the things that fill me with fear when travelling is getting into a car or taxi - I always worry that the driver is some kind of criminal. In the city cabs are easy to identify, if not always easy to grab. On the outskirts of the city or near a school or software park, the official taxis are much rarer. Places like this often have a cluster of vehicles with their drivers hanging around waiting for passengers - the illegal taxis. They are called 黑车 (hei1che1, black cars) or 野租 (ye3zu1, wild rental). Anyway, I'm sufficiently used to life here that I now hop into the illegal taxis without another thought. No meter, so you have to fix the price ahead of time.
The next driver in line moves his car ahead by hand to save fuel.
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