Taiwan Drivers are not terrible: Discuss.

So... lots of foreigners say that drivers in Taiwan are crazy. And, OK, they are. But I would also argue that they're extremely skillful.

To wit: the scooter road test, while not terribly challenging, does require you to balance your scooter at very low speeds, and stop, which are the only 2 challenging things about driving a scooter. The car road test is crazy: back up through an s-curve, and parallel park in a space 6 inches bigger than your car? Them are some skills.

The best advice I ever got about driving in Taiwan was, forget your Western notions of right-of-way. There is no right-of-way; you just avoid hitting what's in front of you, and people behind you avoid hitting you. That worked for me- no scooter accidents in 3.5 years of scooting in Taiwan.

But the drivers (on scooters and in cars) could drive within inches of another car, without hitting them. They could tailgate within inches, and not hit anyone. They could negotiate the inscrutable "zebra intersection". All while navigating around an absurd collections of vehicles and pushcarts.

I'd say Taiwan driving was a very Zen experience- you had to stay in the moment, if you wanted to survive.

Do you agree? Or do you think Taiwan drivers really are terrible?