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[Cheonmunka]

I can't remember exactly, but I'm sure in the drivers test there is no rule about signalling (or an intention to) a turn?

So many people cut-in and after an episode today I suddenly thought, there's no actual rule about it?

[kprrok]

Yes, there is a law about it, but the enforcement is practically non-existent.

[Juregen]

Directional indicators are optional

You get a Navigator OR directional indicators.

Most Koreans choose the Navigator, so that they don't even have to watch the road .....

[Pyongshin Sangja]

[nobbyken]

Korean cars are well advanced and most new models use state of the art infra-red indicators.
Western opticians don't supply the neccessary optical coatings for spectacles to enable them to be seen.

The other thing to do, is cover your ass by putting the hazards on.
This is a favourite of bus drivers, indicating a change of movement.

Such maneuvers provide fun entertainment for nearby travellers (especially poor peole with no DVDs) as they play rock-scissors-paper in trying to determine just where is that bus going to lunge?

[butlerian]

In Korea, signaling is actually a sign of weakness. If you want to turn, you often have to just do it. Signalling merely encourages cars behind you to speed up and prevent you from turning or changing lines.

[BreakfastInBed]

[joshuahirtle27]

[cruisemonkey]

I understand the flashing hazard lights, the horn, and the parking break at red traffic signals , but why is turning on the headlights 'optional' at night?

[VanIslander]

that's part of the reason that Koreans are among the worst drivers in the world (have one of the highest traffic fatality rates)

[sojourner1]

Police don't really police the roads like they do in other countries where you can actually get stopped if visually spotted doing something illegal. In America, traps are common to catch speeders and even gig you for about $100 on a turn signal. So many average Americans fall behind on their bills over a mishap like this. In Korea, they seem to not want to do the people this way, but just let them get on with their work.

[Underwaterbob]

The streetlights here are timed for maximum annoyance. I drive the same routes nearly every day and a light will turn green just in time for your next light to turn red as soon as you get to the intersection. It happens far too often to be coincidence. I guess maybe I'm driving the wrong routes. And yeah, I need to stop signaling every turn I make, it's confusing the other drivers.

[mindmetoo]

I've said it before and I'll say it again: Korea is no longer a huge mystery when you realize Koreans simply have different cultural attitudes about how atoms react when they are in their solid state. In the west we have this idea solids, you know, kind of bounce off each other, kind of dent each other, kind of chip or shatter bone, glass, and teeth. Koreans believe solids have more gas like properties. When two solids meet in space, they kind of pass through each other like a gas. They test this hypothesis on a daily basis on the subway, the sidewalks, and the roadways. Results are inconclusive. Koreans apparently believe they need more data.

[nobbyken]