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Real Reality
Joined: 10 Jan 2003
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 Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 5:46 pm Post subject: Korean Drunk Driving Deaths on Rise |
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Korean Drunk Driving Deaths on Rise
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Alcohol-related traffic deaths on South Korean roads are on a steady increase due to a lack of police efforts to reduce drunk driving, a parliamentary report said Sunday....
Last year, casualties from driving under the influence of alcohol totaled 29,990, compared with 26,460 in 2005 and 25,150 in 2005. |
Korea Times (September 23, 2007)
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/nation_view.asp?newsIdx=10773&categoryCode=117 |
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ChopChaeJoe
Joined: 05 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 10:13 pm Post subject: |
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| Is a casualty considered a death in those statistics or a death and/or injury? |
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Homer
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| Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 2:37 am Post subject: |
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| Good post RR.....you are doing a bang up job of reporting important and non-obvious news that are unique to this place.... |
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Roch
Joined: 24 Apr 2003
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| Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 2:53 am Post subject: |
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Happy Chuseok, Real Reality, and thanks for keeping us in the know, etc.
Sincerely,
Roch |
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diver
Joined: 16 Jun 2003
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| Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 3:39 am Post subject: |
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Hmmm....
And yet, after 14 years or so here, I see more drunk driving checkpoints than ever before. Strange. Wish they'd check the taxi drivers though...I've been in a few cabs that reeked of soju.
Anyone remember the days before Korean cops had breathalizers? The drivers had to breathe into a paper cup, then the cop would sniff it to see if he could detect alcohol. Funny stuff.
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JongnoGuru
Joined: 25 May 2004
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| Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 3:45 am Post subject: |
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| diver wrote: |
| Anyone remember the days before Korean cops had breathalizers? The drivers had to breathe into a paper cup, then the cup would sniff it to see if he could detect alcohol. Funny stuff. |
*raises hand*
However, IIRC, it was a cop who did the sniffing. The cup didn't sniff itself.
*hic* |
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diver
Joined: 16 Jun 2003
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| Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 5:55 am Post subject: |
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| JongnoGuru wrote: |
| diver wrote: |
| Anyone remember the days before Korean cops had breathalizers? The drivers had to breathe into a paper cup, then the cup would sniff it to see if he could detect alcohol. Funny stuff. |
*raises hand*
However, IIRC, it was a cop who did the sniffing. The cup didn't sniff itself.
*hic* |
Whoops. Thanks...  |
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jaganath69
Joined: 17 Jul 2003
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| Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 6:34 am Post subject: |
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| Homer wrote: |
| Good post RR.....you are doing a bang up job of reporting important and non-obvious news that are unique to this place.... |
You'd rather the fact that this country holds many records for being foremost amongst OECD nations when it comes to lack of safety on the roads? What next, don't dare debate Dokdo or the existence of gays in the Corea? |
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guido
Joined: 13 Sep 2006
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| Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 7:08 am Post subject: |
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| thats 80 drunk deaths a day....man thats high |
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jaganath69
Joined: 17 Jul 2003
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| Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 7:30 am Post subject: |
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| guido wrote: |
| thats 80 drunk deaths a day....man thats high |
Worries the living beep out of me that when I take a taxi home from the supermarket on a Friday night there is often a huge wiff of soju in the car. |
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Adventurer
Joined: 28 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 7:49 am Post subject: |
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I think it is very important that the culture of pressuring Korean workers to drink at work functions should be put to an end as it endangers the lives of many Koreans, keeps Korean men away from their homes doing something not related to work at all. I think that is part of the problem.
There is so much pressure to drink in Korea. A friend of mine was pressured by someone to drink soju. He doesn't like soju, and he was bigger than the Korean who was trying to pressure him and simply refused. I don't mind soju once in a while, but the point is there is way too much peer pressure that Koreans face to drink. That would reduce the death toll, I think. Any of us could get killed because of that insanity, Korean or non-Korean.
Happy Chuseok everyone and I hope you are all safe... and connected with important people in your lives... |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 4:28 pm Post subject: |
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| God forbid an American GI kills someone drunk driving. |
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Homer
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| Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 5:08 pm Post subject: |
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| Not interested in a debate jags because that is very rare in here...in fact you have a better chance of finding gold in your toilet than of finding a real, objective or even well argued debate in here....sorry buddy. |
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Barking Mad Lord Snapcase
Joined: 04 Nov 2003
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| Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 5:18 pm Post subject: |
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| Homer wrote: |
| Good post RR.....you are doing a bang up job of reporting important and non-obvious news that are unique to this place.... |
Homer, are you providing any "balance" here? Or do you resent the fact that RR has raised the issue of drunk driving at all?
But of course, people being killed by drunk driving cannot possibly compare with the scandal of foreign teachers spending their taxi money on meals. |
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jaganath69
Joined: 17 Jul 2003
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| Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 5:32 pm Post subject: |
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| Homer wrote: |
| Not interested in a debate jags because that is very rare in here...in fact you have a better chance of finding gold in your toilet than of finding a real, objective or even well argued debate in here....sorry buddy. |
I think you are clouding the issue somewhat. I respect many of your opinions on Korea and think you provide balance where there is little, but this is one area that Korea lags behind the rest of the world. I really do feel that it needs addressing and ignoring it or trying to rationalise it just makes matters worse. Hope you are having a good Chuseok with the family, BTW. |
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