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enchoo
Joined: 04 Jul 2004
Location: Heading to a reality show near you
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 Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2010 2:24 am Post subject: Most drivers do not yield..... |
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| Most drivers do not yield in Korea. |
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Savant
Joined: 25 May 2007
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| Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2010 5:36 am Post subject: Re: Most drivers do not yield..... |
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| Most drivers do not yield in Korea. |
Very rarely do I see Korean drivers politely give way to another road user.
The Korean way seems to be whoever can pull their car in front first has the right of way and screw any other road user I block off.
Korean drivers have generally poor road awareness. The mentality is to keep moving forward until I can move no more.
Without the traffic cops Korean roads would be regularly gridlocked. |
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Old fat expat
Joined: 19 Sep 2005
Location: a caravan of dust, making for a windy prairie
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| Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2010 6:16 am Post subject: |
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| The Korean way seems to be whoever can pull their car in front first has the right of way |
As I understand it, that is exactly the law.
I drive about 5K to work every day. I have never had a day where I did not witness a serious road infringement. By serious, I mean potential to kill.
Mostly though, Korean drivers give a fuller understanding to self absorbed rudeness. And before any apologists jump me for racism, I'm talking about driving behaviors (which is not a race, um, ... pretty sure).
I mean, it's like there's no-one else on the road. I am constantly shaking my head in awe. Shock and awe. It is diabolical.
Awful lot of white outlines of delivery bikes drawn out in the middle of intersections. Kind of like CSI murder outlines, cept it is a delivery bike. I guess none of them ended well. |
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v88
Joined: 28 Feb 2010
Location: here
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| Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2010 7:35 am Post subject: |
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Among the modern countries of the world, the US is actually one of the most dangerous, if not most dangerous place to ride a bike or walk.
There are more roads, more drivers, roads accommodate faster moving traffic, trips are longer and people log more miles behind the wheel.
The US has dangerous roads and dangerous cities, among the most dangerous in the modern world sadly, mainly due to the fact that it is so auto focused...but people drive far better than here (although perhaps not as defensively...I've really had to become a far more defensive driver here). It doesn't take a genius to see that.
For the distance traveled and the number of actual drivers, Korea should be much higher on the list in terms of safety. The fact that they are so low is really a testament to just how badly they do drive.
While the problem in the US is infrastructure, the problem in Korea is drivers. |
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Died By Bear
Joined: 13 Jul 2010
Location: On the big lake they call Gitche Gumee
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| Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2010 3:37 pm Post subject: |
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| And when Koreans drive in the U.S. ... |
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