In a cautionary tale to 2ID readers, Yonhap reports that if you’re going to assault a taxi driver and steal his cell phone, be sure not to get in his taxi again.
Last night, a very drunk 28-year-old Mr. Lee got in a cab in Yongsan driven by 65-year-old Mr. Choe. As Choi was driving him to Bongcheon-dong, he stopped at a light, during which time Lee open the cab door — without asking the driver — and spat outside.
This greatly annoyed Choi, who stopped the car in the middle of a four-lane road on the Hangang Bridge and told him to pay his fare and get out.
Angered, Lee got out and proceeded to beat and curse Choi. When Choi went to call the cops, Lee snatched his phone and ran off.
A little while later, having ran off about 50m, Lee was waiting near the Sangdo Tunnel when an empty cab stopped for him. Not suspecting anything, he got in and asked to go to Bongcheon-dong.
When he finally came to his senses a moment later, he realized the cab had stopped in front of a police station. The cab, you see, was driven by Choi, who had followed Lee as he ran off.
Lee was booked without detention on charges of injuring Lee and theft.
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Call the media, a cab driver stopped at a light!!!
Yeah, cab drivers usually don’t open doors to spit on the street, they just lower the window…
THAT was funny.
BTW, it strikes me that more cab drivers are obeying traffic laws than in the past. Not saying all are (or even most), but MORE.
Hmmm . . . I’m not sure what I would do if a taxi driver ever asked me to get out of his taxi because he thought my behavior was rude. It’s a little like being chastised by Mariah Carey for dressing too provocatively. I’m guessing Lee simply assumed he had slipped into a alternate reality, where one should thrash a taxi driver instead of tipping him.
Hey, actually, that would be awesome.
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