As I am neither a) Korean b) a man or c) own a motorcycle license, the following are only obversations made from my puny Western mind.
Every day I walk around this city, and see hundreds of mopeds, motocycles, and scooters. And I've notice a few things...
1) I have NEVER seen a woman driving a scooter. EVER.
2) I rarely see people wearing helmets.
3) When I DO see someone wearing a helmet, it's usually sitting on the top of their head, not fastened, straps dangling against their tender exposed necks.
4) More common than helmets are hardhats. Yea, the kind the guy in the Village People wore. The kind that tough NY construction workers pimp while drilling pavement. Those lame ass white plastic hats that sit on top of your head, and in case of a motorfun collision, would do absolutely NOTHING to save you.
I don't get it. Evidently, these same people that believe a fan can kill you (see previous post) apparently also believe that driving 65 MPH through tiny city streets (sometimes with a coffee girl on your back) is ok while not wearing a helmet. Or even on the sidewalks, because yes, they drive on them too. And honk at you if you're in their way. Which is another post onto itself entirely, and will be discussed at a later point.
All ranting aside, sometimes I want to grab the men, pick them up by their hideous neon clothing and yell "YOURE WEARING A HARDHAT ON A MOTORCYCLE?!?!?! WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU?!?!?!" And then when they look at me like I've gone completely, I just whip out that foreigner card, yell "Boo ya!" and walk away.
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