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Captain Corea
Joined: 28 Feb 2005
Location: Seoul
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 Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 5:08 pm Post subject: punk driver getting punished |
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saw the video on the news last night
http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2916199
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Police: Joyrider used car as weapon
A reckless driver out to show off for his friends was arrested last month after he allegedly sped into oncoming traffic to scare a taxi driver, forcing the cabbie to veer into another taxi which smashed into a street lamp, breaking four of that driver�s teeth.
The 20-year-old joyrider, surnamed Choi, now faces a criminal charge of using a car as a lethal weapon in addition to traffic violations, police announced Tuesday.
It marks the first time a joyrider has been charged criminally. In the past, police have charged reckless motorcycle and automobile drivers with minor traffic violations, driving without a license or modifying a vehicle to make it noisier.
�Because [Choi] deliberately drove on the opposite side of the lane even though he knew he could hurt someone, we�re charging him with using his car as a lethal weapon,� an officer at Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency said. �In this incident, the car was far more dangerous than any lethal weapon.�
Police didn�t charge Choi with a hit and run, even though he allegedly fled the scene of the accident.
�Hit-and-run cases are basically accidents caused by carelessness,� the officer explained. �But this was intentional. It warrants a charge of violence.�
According to police, Choi admitted that he raced into the opposite side of the road when he saw a taxi coming ahead.
Choi allegedly confessed that he risked the cabbie�s life �simply because he wanted to show off his driving skills to his motorcycle buddies, who were following him.�
The accident happened at about 2 a.m. on Dec. 20, when the drivers of four cars and 50 motorcycles started racing around Hwayang intersection in eastern Seoul.
Choi, driving a Hyundai Avante sedan, saw a taxi approaching in the opposite lane and suddenly swooped toward it, police said. The taxi driver instantly dived into another lane to avoid a crash, but hit the cab driven by a man surnamed Ryu. Ryu swerved to try to avoid the other taxi, but instead crashed into a street lamp, breaking his teeth.
Choi allegedly fled to avoid arrest, but he was picked up in early January after police examined accident footage from the black box in Ryu�s car and questioned witnesses at the scene.
The charges against Choi mark a change in the court�s definition of a lethal weapon, which in the past has been limited to such items as shards of glass, square wooden bars, scissors and bricks. But the term was stretched last May after the Incheon District Court deemed a woman�s high-heeled shoe could be considered a lethal weapon when it was used to blind another woman. The offender in that case received a 30-month jail term for her role in the assault. |
I'm glad to see some tougher punishments being sought. |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 6:05 pm Post subject: |
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Car as a lethal weapon?
Cabbies are the ninja of Korea then. |
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burnt-toast
Joined: 03 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 6:27 pm Post subject: |
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�In this incident, the car was far more dangerous than any lethal weapon.�
what is this new class of weapons called?
"really really lethal weapons"
"dead lethal weapons |
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Bailsibub
Joined: 22 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 10:44 pm Post subject: |
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| This is great news! |
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madhusudan
Joined: 30 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 11:26 pm Post subject: |
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| "lethal weapon with extreme prejudice" |
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ca86108
Joined: 04 Jan 2010
Location: Seoul (Geumcheon-Gu)
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| Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 1:40 pm Post subject: |
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| lol |
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tall_dave
Joined: 02 Nov 2009
Location: Songtan, S. Korea
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| Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 4:02 pm Post subject: |
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| VanIslander wrote: |
Car as a lethal weapon?
Cabbies are the ninja of Korea then. |
The vcabbies in Korea are ruthless. I'm sure the driver of the taxi seen him coming way back and threw a quick plan into action and AIMED for the other taxi just so he could hit him and make some cash for his broken tooth. Taxi drivers in Korea are Kamakizi Assassins and have caused me plenty of grief here. It's like they think they have speccial rights to use the roads here and cut off anyone or make wide lane changes or u-turns in front of oncoming traffic because they have money to make. |
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nero
Joined: 11 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 6:42 pm Post subject: |
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| tall_dave wrote: |
| VanIslander wrote: |
Car as a lethal weapon?
Cabbies are the ninja of Korea then. |
The vcabbies in Korea are ruthless. I'm sure the driver of the taxi seen him coming way back and threw a quick plan into action and AIMED for the other taxi just so he could hit him and make some cash for his broken tooth. Taxi drivers in Korea are Kamakizi Assassins and have caused me plenty of grief here. It's like they think they have speccial rights to use the roads here and cut off anyone or make wide lane changes or u-turns in front of oncoming traffic because they have money to make. |
'I'm sure the driver of the taxi saw him..'
- Note to all North Americans. 'I saw him..' OR 'I have seen..'
One or the other. It's not difficult.
Yep, I'm sure that was exactly what happened. He was driving around looking for an opportunity such as this in order to get his teeth fixed. Perfect plan. Brilliant execution.
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tall_dave
Joined: 02 Nov 2009
Location: Songtan, S. Korea
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| Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 10:07 pm Post subject: |
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| nero wrote: |
Yep, I'm sure that was exactly what happened. He was driving around looking for an opportunity such as this in order to get his teeth fixed. Perfect plan. Brilliant execution.
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Exactly, you must also know how tricky these bastards can be. I'm sure you seen my remark coming. |
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Hobophobic
Joined: 16 Aug 2004
Location: Sinjeong negorie mokdong oh ga ri samgyup sal fighting
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| Posted: Fri Feb 05, 2010 4:05 am Post subject: |
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| nero wrote: |
'I'm sure the driver of the taxi saw him..'
- Note to all North Americans. 'I saw him..' OR 'I have seen..'
One or the other. It's not difficult. |
>> i c ur definatly write!
Let me assume your position:
1. You recently replaced a North American instructor who the
kids seemed to have liked much more than you?
...perhaps, a hot 22 year old, blond and blue-eyed philosophy major
who played tons of super fun games but neglected to teach any
verb form unless it could be reduced somehow in a txtmsg?
2. The kiddies just not getting the grammar instruction this week?
...you told your master of the visa of this, who now blames you,
and now you must work at 3 locations for 3 different visa masters
for those 2 Saturdays a month you initially had off.
3. You came here based on an agreed upon clause in your contract
which was altered.
...from will teach for ' all the tea in China' to
'only good bloody tea from a commonwealth country' yet the boss
claims Uri-nara invented the commonwealth 5000 years ago, and
all commonwealth tea are bad versions of Korean green tea.
Relax much? 
Your focus should be more on the vocabulary
-on the lexicon proper or content words anyway.
Grammar is for those who cannot teach outside of a book.
Remember, when we ASSuME we make an ASSoutof Uand ME.
BEERTIME! |
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