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Julius
Joined: 27 Jul 2006
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| Bibbitybop wrote: |
| I know that Gangnam police have set up cars with cameras on them to capture motorbike plates on the sidewalk. |
I just saw a scooter plough through a pedestrian crossing on a red while a traffic policeman watched.
Korean police are startlingly ineffective, although they do enjoy making foreigners pay blood money to koreans. |
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myenglishisno
Joined: 08 Mar 2011
Location: Geumchon
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| Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2011 6:41 am Post subject: |
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| deizio wrote: |
| However, 3 words: License. Registration. Insurance. |
That's true. Those three things will cover your ass.
I've never had a run in with a cop while driving in Korea. Once, a police car honked at me for not running a red at a quiet intersection late at night. I would have normally just slowed down and went through but I stopped because a police car was behind me. 
A few months later I was in Japan and I got a ticket about three weeks after getting my car. I got the ticket because I didn't come to a full stop at a stop sign. I slowed down to about 1km/h and went through it and that didn't count as a full stop. Talk about different worlds! |
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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: Thu Jun 09, 2011 3:21 pm Post subject: Re: If you don't like the way I drive then stay off the side |
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| Zackback wrote: |
What are the "rules of the road" regarding the sidewalks in Korea? Do motorcycles and scooters have the right of way? I have become a bit paranoid when I walk on the sidewalks. It seems they come from any and all directions. I saw one kid and his mom almost get hit the other day.
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Zackback |
And I find it kind of funny, I find it kind of sad
The dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had
I find it hard to tell you, I find it hard to take
When people run in circles its a very, very
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minos
Joined: 01 Dec 2010
Location: kOREA
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| Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2011 4:25 pm Post subject: |
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| Weigookin74 wrote: |
| One time I rode my bicycle across the crosswalk and it was legal for me to do at an intersection. Bus driver zoomed up and almost hit me. I made eye contact with him, pointed at the crosswalk, and my green light signal to cross. Then I biked away. I turned around maybe 30 seconds later and he had his head out the window yelling at me. I screamed back in English to shut the f up and quit driving like an idiot! He muttered some more Korean and drove away. He couldn't understand what I was saying in English but he knew I was yelling back and my body language conveyed a shove it up your a attitude! |
I once had a grandmother in Incheon jack my bags at a bus stop and run away. I found her, grabbed my bags, and almost punched her in the face.
She cursed me out for making her miss the "getaway" bus.
Korean old people are ghetto. |
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GoldMember
Joined: 24 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2011 6:29 pm Post subject: |
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Birds of a feather flock together. the Korean so called law makers like passing laws that protect criminals (wonder why?). Passed a law a few years ago that protects busdrivers. Slug one for whatever reason and you can get 5 years.
As for the due who got hit by a scooter and paid 50,000 won. You should have demanded 2,000,000 won. Its a 5,000,000 won. Cheaper to pay 2,000,000 won. Another case of a Korean outsmarting the Whitey. |
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