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[rapier]

Guys I know this sounds like a newbie's conundrum but it happens to me just about every day and I'm getting a little tired of the sudden, adrenalin rush, the near death experience that flashes before my eyes. They seem to enjoy scaring me by creeping up and then revving their goddam hairdryers behind you. Alternatively they hurtle head-on in your direction, expecting you to move, I guess. by Do any of you get this on a daily basis?
As the victim of a couple of traffic accidents and a veteran of working on big intersections, I'm very wary and cautious around traffic that appears to be fast and reckless. These scooters WEAR ME OUT! I normally stop dead and raise my hands in defensive gestures. They normally slow down and then go around me.

[gang ah jee]

CLOTHESLINE!!!

[Sliver]

My wife (Korean) ducks behind me. I am twice her size. Thanks yobo!!!

I tend to do what rapier does. it doesn't matter how big you are flesh loses against goodyear (or hankook or whatever they got here).

[Ryst Helmut]

Ahhh, memory lane....

About 5 years ago my friend and I were getting real ticked off at guys honking their scooter's horn behind us (to get outta their way to ride the sideWALK), so we devised a plausible deniabillity scheme.

As one was coming toward us, my friend and I started to play fight....3-4 metres before the scooter reached us, my friend shoved me and I 'accidentally fell to the ground stretched lengthwise of the sideWALK. Scooter guy had no time to halt, so off the sidewalk he went (at about 25kmh) into a parked car! Buuahahahahaaaa.

Ok, had he not avoided me I woulda been screwed, ahhh, but Allah loves me!

Now, I ride my motorcycles on the sidewalk too...but very slowly, more like sitting on and Flintstoning as I go....

I think that I'll hang out in front of a well-to-do restaurant that has jjang-gae(s) during my holiday and get hit by a scooter....collect on some pain and suffering damages...why not, nothing else to do!!!!


Shoosh,

Ryst

[Homer]

I found that not deviating from my path works perfectly rapier...
The dude on the zooming scooter just avoids me and zooms by...I don't even notice it anymore...perhaps that scary!

[funplanet]

spoke 'em

[Zyzyfer]

Enziguri kick the driver off the damn thing.

[William Beckerson]

I give 'em the old Death Stare

The one that says, "When you run me over, make sure you kill me."

[hellofaniceguy]

I've seen it done a few times and I have also done it; knock 'em off the motorcycles. They got no business riding on the sidewalk and they know it. Just to stupid to know better. I saw a guy two weeks ago knock a motorcycle driver off the bike. The bike came up behind him, (I was walking toward him) beeps his horn "telling the people to get out of my way sort of thing" and the man pushed him off the motorcycle. Both were korean, cops arrive after 10 minutes and take the bike rider away. The guy who pushed him was let go. The cops sided with the pedestrain.

[Skippy]

Well with scooters and sidewalks. Well this is Korea it is expected. If you get a nice one beep from behind you. Scoot out of the way. Never jump thorugh hoops for them. Just be curteous. Go the same speed you where going before. Also try and avoid getting into tight situtions.

Most scooter beeps from the horn are just a quick "heads up people"

As to come on straight head on well. Most scooter driver will avoid you or slow down. Most scooter people are ok enough to not hassle the pedestrian too much.

BUT if a scooter driver is right in front of you and will not wait for you to WALK out of the way. Just walk forward into the stopped scooter and stand there. Do not move. Remember most scooter have no reverse.

Only push if the scooter driver is really obnoxious.

Skippy the Evil Twin

[rapier]

Hellofaniceguy: Are you recommending I push every sidewalk riding scooter I see? Because I'd love to... only I don't have time or energy for chatting to the cops every day.. I guess I've given up the fight a bit- so bored with being angry every day.

[hellofaniceguy]

I'm not recommending anything to anyone; I'm just an ass@#$* when it comes to idiots and ignorance. I have seen these bikes riders run over children and keep on going as though nothing ever happen, the same when they have knocked down some elderly folks. I love a good scraping and don't backdown. Just because this is korea does not make it correct to be an idiot. I should have used a better choice of words and been more polite; "kindly step aside when the motorcycle approaches you on the sidewalk." Actually, don't move out of their way, make them move.

[rapier]

I suppose I'm just worn out with trying to do anything to improve things here...and landing myself in lots of hassle in the process. I'd love to cause the a***holes on bikes to have accidents: I'd love to jump in when I see a korean woman getting bashed around by a load of beered up men; I'd love to chin every d***head that bumps into me hard in the street...
But wheres it all going to land you? With a lot of stress and hassle you can well do without...Lets face it, we're all pretty powerless here.

[William Beckerson]

You tried and you failed. The moral is to not try...

Or something like that.

[Zyzyfer]

There is no spoon.