Public transit in Europe works mostly on the honor system, but the main reason behind it is that it is more efficient and cost effective. The cost behind installing and maintaining turnstyles and the like outweighs the losses of the few people who break the system. Turnstyles also restrict traffic flow and cause delays in deaprture for busses. Also, like speeding tickets, if the municipal system needs more money, they increase the frequency of spot checks. I saw this in Germany usually around the end of months.
But my favorite European honor system is the Cafe near the University of Munich called "CAFE" on the sign, actually callled Café Schneller.
You enter, tell the woman which piece of Cake you want, get it, then head to a table. From there you order your drinks. You pay on your way out and you tell them what you had. They don't write it down, they take your word for it. At first it seemed a bit complicated, later it was the reason I loved it so. (Or maybe it was the Kaffee und Kuchen..)

Here is a whole list of American items in Germany.
http://www.washjeff.edu/german/doppelspiegel/index2.htm

It comes in model size!
http://www.themotorpool.net/PhotoGallery.asp?ProductCode=GasSPE06

The MineWolf is Germany's latest Minenräumer...
Video and Pics here:
http://www.minewolf.com/news-and-media/press.html

This is not a chinese picture book, but a picture book translated into Chinese. Children's books with images are generic or demonsrate some aspect of culture from the source language. You can find out the source by looking in the credits of the book. Perhaps European? I swear I have seen that image before. (I research visual cognition in young learners between cultures so sadly enough, I read a lot of "my first thousand words" in various languages. It is great when you come across something that visually represents the culture. In most languages, it is about cheap production so 'localizing' the book into the target language achieves that.