March 14th, 2013 at 6:32 pm » Comments (11)

Earlier this week I posted the 2011 statistics for ROK criminal prosecutions of US military servicemembers serving in South Korea.  After compiling the statistics it was pretty clear that a major reason the USFK crime rate has increased in recent years is because of the change in the USFK driving policy back in 2008.  This change allowed more servicemember drivers on the Korean roads which statistically means more opportunities for accidents and other infractions to occur that will be added to the crime rate.  Here is a consolidated list of
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February 23rd, 2013 at 1:44 pm » Comments (20)

This is a picture I got to day from a ROK Head who witnessed the MPs at Yongsan actually using a wheel lock on a USFK employee’s vehicle for illegal parking.  Personally I like the Korean method of dealing with illegal parking at apartment complexes which is they put that huge sticker on the driver’s side window that is very difficult to take off.  I wish the Korean police would do that to all the illegal parking on the roads.  They wouldn’t even need to give out tickets, just put
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February 17th, 2013 at 6:33 pm » Comments (61)

There has been an ongoing discussion in the Open Thread in regards to Korean drivers being the worst in the world.  Haven driven in many countries I can honestly say this is not true.  Koreans may be poor at following traffic laws by American standards, but that doesn’t mean they are poor drivers.  According to the most up to date OECD statistics South Korea ranks second in traffic deaths per billion vehicle kilometers out of the 29 countries that are members of the OECD.  However, the same statistics show that
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September 25th, 2010 at 12:51 pm » Comments (10)

Officials at the Korea Expressway Corporation’s Bundang District office are checking out highway conditions by monitoring CCTV images on Monday or two days ahead of Chuseok.  [KBS Global]

October 14th, 2009 at 9:20 pm » Comments (18)

I wonder if the Seoul government could impound these cars until they pay the parking fees?: Nearly 90 percent of traffic fines imposed on foreign diplomats in South Korea over the past five years have gone unpaid, Yonhap News Agency reported, quoting a police report Tuesday. According to the National Police Agency’s report submitted to the National Assembly, a total of 847 speeding tickets and fines amounting to some 57.5 million won ($49,000) were slapped on diplomatic vehicles here. However, 87.6 percent, or 50.4 million won, in fines have yet
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January 24th, 2009 at 2:29 am » Comments (5)

All of you hitting the road this weekend, beware: Those leaving Seoul for their provincial home over the lunar New Year would be wise to avoid 6 a.m. to noon on Sunday, the day before the new moon. On the way back, the traffic will be worst between noon and 6 p.m. on New Year’s Day. The Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs on Thursday said an average of 3.4 million cars per day will use expressways between Jan. 23 and 28, 3.76 million of them on New Year’s
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