Even in China , authorities are keen to halt the planet-threatening menace of the school run.
A bridge is to be built in a Chinese village where children are forced to James Bond it cross a raging torrent on a steel cable to get to school.
Nearly 500 children, from Maji village in Fugong town, Yunnan province, cross the most dangerous stretch of the Nujiang River each day.
The only difference between this and your local primary school is the lack of a footbridge
They fasten themselves to the cable with a metal carabiner and a rope and slide across the 200 metre wide canyon.
Now the next time you go to get in the Rav4 to drive half a mile across your killer village in the Cotswolds, just spare a thought for Chinese kids who face the stark choice between a live TV stunt every day or a bicycle when the bridge is built.
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