When it comes to driving, Shanghai traffic police are not particularly impressed with the city’s foreign exchange students.  As part of a traffic law awareness campaign, Shanghai police were spotted passing out “road safety notices” at the Shanghai International Studies University. The notices were written in English, Russian, Korean, and Japanese.

Traffic police say they fined 20 foreign exchange students for driving violations in Hongkou District alone last month. The most common violations are driving a scooter without a license plate and carrying a passenger.

Whether deserved or not, the Chinese media think foreign students are terrible drivers. The title of this story reads “Foreign students constantly violating traffic regulations”. The sentiment was echoed by school official Zhou Bo who said, “Foreign students are not very well informed about traffic laws and rules in China, and we hope through this effort they can be better prepared to avoid traffic offenses.”

An average of 4,300 international student enroll at Shanghai International Studies University every year.