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[xCustomx]

I was riding a village (마을) bus this morning on a 3 lane highway. The driver was trying to merge over since the lane the bus was in was blocked off due to construction. Just as he was about to merge, a taxi in the lane to the left slammed on his brakes for no apparent reason and almost caused the driver to collide with the barricade blocking the lane we were in. This sent the bus driver into a rage screaming over and over again, even as a few middle school students got on at the next stop. Luckily for the driver he caught up to the taxi, opened the passenger door and started cussing out the taxi driver. A minute later the taxi sped up, swerved in front of the bus and slammed on his brakes. I braced for a huge collision since we were going about 60-70 km/hr, but the driver swerved the bus and came within inches of hitting the taxi. The bus driver then swerved back in front of the taxi and slammed on his brakes, parked the bus and blocked the taxi in. He jumped out of the bus and ran to confront the taxi driver, where a bunch of yelling and screaming ensued. Finally the bus driver got back on the bus and continued on, only to have the taxi speeed up, swerve back in front and speed off.

Worst case of road rage I've seen in Korea so far, but nothing compared to back in the States

[khyber]

I like how you stayed on the bus.

[steroidmaximus]

the taxi driver was trying to get hit by the bus driver so he could get paid time off. Seen it happen a couple of times, and is why you shouldn't tailgate: guy slams on the brakes, you hit him, you're at fault and have to pay.

[xCustomx]

[spliff]

What, no fist fight? Weak!

[ChuckECheese]

No shooting? They didn't pull out their guns? Lame.....

[oneofthesarahs]

[ChuckECheese]

I'd love to see a bus driver intentionally run over a taxi.

[Doogie]

Reminds me of an incident I experienced last year. Another bus had cut off the bus I was in. The driver in my bus was furious. Afterwards, both buses stopped at a red light and both drivers started screaming at each other. Well, next thing you know, they're out of their buses and fists are flying. They were just wailing away on each other. The people on both buses were just staring in disbelief. Finally, a number of Korean men (passengers) got out and broke up the fight. Talk about behaving unprofessionally.

[Gord]