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[Steelrails]

So, for argument's sake, these scenarios would be empowered by law-

A cabby scooping up a single stumbling girl waving for a cab. Not exactly the safest situation for here.

A cabby being forced to pick up a guy who is drunk and acting in a belligerent fashion and being forced into a cab by his mates.

A person who is intoxicated to the point where it looks like they will probably vomit or lose control of other bodily functions.

In all three of those situations, I think there might be some cause for denying service to the unaccompanied and so intoxicated. In the first case for the woman's safety. In the second, clearly there is a threat of danger to the driver, and in the third there is a significant chance of property damage or some sort of messy situation.

Trains and airlines are often government subsidized, but if you appear dramatically intoxicated, they can refuse you entry.

[dairyairy]

Taxi companies profit, drivers left out in the cold
http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2965386&cloc=joongangdaily|home|top

This is a very interesting article.

[saram_]

There was a little nugget on the news last night about this very issue..

Well that's if -- taxi drivers not stopping for perspective passengers is the issue here. This is nothing about foreigners or drunk people but I am sure if a taxi driver sees a drunk guy or group on the street he will be reluctant to pick them up. That's a separate issue..

Anyway, the main point was that the government is demanding that taxi drivers be more accommodating regarding picking passengers up. Too often they breeze by looking for a fare that suits their palette.
It showed many examples of joe soaps going mad with taxi drivers.. Kicking the car, raising the fist, venting frustration, shouting etc that you see more n more of.

They even showed some law enforcement people with batons trying to get the taxi drivers to stop for passengers. The taxi drivers weren't having any if it though.
This whole strike thing recently with buses etc- was because the government was trying to make taxis more in line with normal public transportation
(partially funded by government) thus giving taxi drivers less excuses to ignore stranded travellers. Taxi drivers are very unpopular at the moment because of what is seen as blatant refusal to pick up customers at various points and times.

The situation is bound to improve with the bad press taxi driers are getting!
I guess they will be given more benefits for that too though.. Whether by government or fare increase.

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[nate1983]

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haha makes sense but the point still stands, it's just one of the excuses they start bringing up from 2AM

[cj1976]

Taxi drivers here are taking the piss simply because they aren't being punished or prevented from carrying out their shenanigans. There needs to be some form of controlled taxi system, like you see in Thailand or the Phils - where the driver's details are recorded before you get in.

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[cj1976]

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[cj1976]

[EZE]

My first time trying to catch a taxi in Korea was this morning and it had to be among the top ten or twenty most frustrating moments of my life.

I figured getting a taxi would be as easy as in any other country, especially since it's hard to walk through arrivals in Incheon Airport without at least one or two taxi drivers offering their services when I don't need one.

I had a vasectomy this morning in Bundang and it was a done deal by around 10:30. I went outside of the hospital and saw a lot of taxis coming down the street, so I thought I was in good shape. I had a business card of my school in my hand as I was trying to get a taxi, in hopes they would understand that my destination's address was on the card, breaking through any language barrier issues. But no taxis stopped. After a while, I went to the opposite side of the street so if any drivers stopped, my destination would be in the same direction they were already going, making it more convenient than a trip requiring a u-turn. After about the 25th or 30th taxi ignored me, I hobbled back across the street to the hospital and asked the urology clinic if they could call a taxi for me, which they did.

I can't believe it was so hard to get a taxi when I saw only one with a passenger. Although I was in no danger of being late for work since my first class was at 2, the local anesthesia had already worn off, which made each passing taxi much more disappointing than it would have been under normal circumstances.