PUBLIC buses and taxis in some Chinese cities have metal bars or transparent shields around the driver’s seats to separate the drivers from the passengers.
These were initially installed to protect cabbies from robbers but they now have a wider purpose on the buses – to protect the drivers from attacks by commuters and to foil those who want to grab hold of the steering wheel.
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