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ceesgetdegrees · Joined: 12 Jul 2007

what is the point of them over here? Nothing frustrates me more than seeing the total lack of acknowledgement by every driver when waiting at a pedestrian crossing. Look at the way kids cross the road, most of the time the poor little buggers just drop their heads and make a sprint for it. When i take the initiative and walk out with my hand raised, peopel who are forced to stop usually have an agitated look on their face and do the bali bali hand wave thing, makes me want to punch them in the face actually. Why are people here so freaking rude? even losers back home stop for people crossing at pedestrian crossings, especially kids! God koreans are weird sometimes.

SuperFly · Joined: 09 Jul 2003 Location: In the doghouse

Funny that you made a thread about this.

Just last night I was walking home, halfway through the crosswalk - when two adjumas in a matize coming barrelling off the main road, turning onto the street I was walking across. The bitch had the nerve to give me a long honk with her horn as she nearly missed running over my feet.

I've learned to laugh at these situations and thank the heavens that I didn't lose my legs/life.

Very Happy

EDIT: forgot to say that I threw a cookie wrapper in her window and hit her friend with it. I was saving it to throw away in a garbage can, but what the hell.

Young FRANKenstein · Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 2:28 pm Post subject:

The crosswalk by my place is never heeded. Okay, almost never heeded. In 9 years, I've actually had cars stop for me TWICE to let me cross. Unreal.

mj roach · Joined: 16 Mar 2003

crosswalk lights, traffic signs, sidewalks, lane stripes, etc.

IT'S ALL FOR SHOW...so korea 'looks' like a 'developed' country

it's one generation from handle bar to steering wheel and

farmers moved to the city around here

ceesgetdegrees · Joined: 12 Jul 2007

I had a guy in a van cut me off as i was crossing at a pedestrian crossing a few months back. I'm a pretty big dude and hard to miss so it's not like he couldn't see me or anything, i ended up punching his passenger window. He stopped a little bit down the road and must have thought about getting out of his car and having a word, i wish he would have.

sadsac · Joined: 22 Dec 2003 Location: Gwangwang

I live in the Posco housing area in Gwangyang and of all the rude, ignorant drivers I've encountered in my 7 years in Korea, Posco employees take the cake. On an almost weekly basis a kid gets barreled on a pedestrian crossing. If a car stops then others will just go around them and so the kid just steps out and bam. Pig ignorant morons is a good term to describe them. As with many, it's very frustrating. I've dinged quite a few car doors since I've been here. Smile

huffdaddy · Joined: 25 Nov 2005

ceesgetdegrees · Joined: 12 Jul 2007

igotthisguitar · Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 3:37 pm Post subject:

Nearly got ran over by a cop-car at a crosswalk here once Laughing

Yeh, they're kinda useless.

seoulsucker · Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 3:40 pm Post subject:

mrsquirrel · Joined: 13 Dec 2006

Of all the things that rile me it's people speeding in school zones. It really fucks me off. Back in Thailand I have a few show downs with mums and dads at the school for driving like *beep* and just missing students or me when they were taking their kids to school. Used to pounce on the cnuts when they stopped in the school yard and give them an earful in front of everybody.

Here in the summer I like to carry my ubrella with the end cap off so that its got that nice round edge on it to scoop paint of any cars that get within a foot and half of me. Got a few nice scores.

The police sometimes help out at the cross walks near the school but it doesn't do much.

Do these people not realise that kids are the most unpredictable of animals and you have no idea if they are going to suddenly bolt into the middle of the road. I've watched a car drive through the yellow flag one of our students was holding out across the crossing.

cbclark4 · Joined: 20 Aug 2006 Location: Masan

I slapped a car on the ass yesterday.

I was walking south across the crosswalk with the green light, no crossing light at this intersection so I crossed with the light.

Of course I am watching traffic because I know I am in Korea.

Appearantly the left turn signal for the north bound traffic activated on the main road, I heard a horn and the third car in line peeled off into the oncoming lane (because the two in front weren't turning) turning left toward me in the cross walk. I am just crossing the yellow line so I figure I'm safe right this car will just go behind me driving in the proper lana right.

But Noooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!

He comes straight for me I have to step back to avoid being hit, so I slapped the car as hard as I could I'm sure he heard it he slowed down, I was hoping he'd stop in the wrong lane and all, unfortunately he didn't.
My mouth was dry so I could put the loogey on the window, I think that would have been better.

I forgot my glasses today so please forgive me if you can't read this.

The Perfect Cup of Coffee · Joined: 17 Jun 2007

Typical drivers here have the attention span of squirrels (no knock on your username mate). Seriously though, I've driven up and down this country and you really need to develop a kind of ESP sense to figure out what the funk some of these drivers are gonna do sometimes. Some taxis and bus-drivers are THE ABSOLUTE SCUM-SUCKING WORST DRIVERS IN THIS COUNTRY.

GoldMember · Joined: 24 Oct 2006

What do you expect when peasants with no manners get cars.

mrsquirrel · Joined: 13 Dec 2006

I blame the Chinese for it though. Showing wealth off with physical items and thinking they are higher than somebody walking because they aren't in a car.

Koreans as drivers aren't that bad, it's just the selfishness of them that pisses me off. It could be worse though, they could believe that Allah/Buddha is going to protect them or Gobar the god of thunder (although I don't think the indigenous Batek tribe of Malaysia drive).