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No more motorbikes on sidewalks?
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AsiaESLbound



Joined: 07 Jan 2010
Location: Truck Stop Missouri

PostPosted: Mon Jun 14, 2010 3:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I almost got hit yesterday by one. I was standing at a crosswalk waiting for the green walk signal and a motor bike looked like it was going to do a U-turn, but instead, it just came at me at the last second to enter the raised concrete sidewalk. I quickly put my palm out to his front, he looked at me a split second like he wanted to kill me, veered, and almost hit the walk light signal pole. I go, "Ya! Ya! Anio motorbike! Adjoshi!"

I seriously doubt he would pay for my broken leg, he would probably run away. There wasn't even a license plate on the bike.
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The Goalie



Joined: 17 Nov 2009
Location: Chungcheongnamdo

PostPosted: Mon Jun 14, 2010 5:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

ernie wrote:
i'm surprised this law doesn't exist already. it's called a sideWALK, not a sideRIDE/DRIVE/PARK for a reason! i predict that this new law, like all laws in korea, will have little to no effect on the behaviour of koreans.


It's not called a sidewalk in Korean.
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Captain Corea



Joined: 28 Feb 2005
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Mon Jun 14, 2010 6:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The Goalie wrote:
ernie wrote:
i'm surprised this law doesn't exist already. it's called a sideWALK, not a sideRIDE/DRIVE/PARK for a reason! i predict that this new law, like all laws in korea, will have little to no effect on the behaviour of koreans.


It's not called a sidewalk in Korean.


Yet it is still illegal in Korea.
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Senior



Joined: 31 Jan 2010

PostPosted: Mon Jun 14, 2010 6:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

AsiaESLbound wrote:
I almost got hit yesterday by one. I was standing at a crosswalk waiting for the green walk signal and a motor bike looked like it was going to do a U-turn, but instead, it just came at me at the last second to enter the raised concrete sidewalk. I quickly put my palm out to his front, he looked at me a split second like he wanted to kill me, veered, and almost hit the walk light signal pole. I go, "Ya! Ya! Anio motorbike! Adjoshi!"

I seriously doubt he would pay for my broken leg, he would probably run away. There wasn't even a license plate on the bike.


I wouldn't give your problems to a monkey on a rock.
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Scorpion



Joined: 15 Apr 2012

PostPosted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 2:40 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Five years on.....The 'no motorcycles thing on the sidewalk' is going well isn't it? Koreans took to the new rule like a duck to water. Confused

Can't wait till the 'no smoking in pubs' law kicks in with force in a couple of weeks. Laughing
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Weigookin74



Joined: 26 Oct 2009

PostPosted: Thu Mar 14, 2013 8:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

But the drivers here don't run red lights as much as before. I've noticed that a lot. I'd love to get the scooters off the roads, though.
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