http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/south-korean-taxi-drivers-win-right-to-watch-tv-in-cabs-for-now/ Engadget Comments for South Korean taxi drivers win right to watch TV in cabs, for now http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/south-korean-taxi-drivers-win-right-to-watch-tv-in-cabs-for-now/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/south-korean-taxi-drivers-win-right-to-watch-tv-in-cabs-for-now/Nov 3rd 2009 4:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/south-korean-taxi-drivers-win-right-to-watch-tv-in-cabs-for-now/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/south-korean-taxi-drivers-win-right-to-watch-tv-in-cabs-for-now/Nov 3rd 2009 4:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/south-korean-taxi-drivers-win-right-to-watch-tv-in-cabs-for-now/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/south-korean-taxi-drivers-win-right-to-watch-tv-in-cabs-for-now/Nov 3rd 2009 5:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/south-korean-taxi-drivers-win-right-to-watch-tv-in-cabs-for-now/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/south-korean-taxi-drivers-win-right-to-watch-tv-in-cabs-for-now/Nov 3rd 2009 5:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/south-korean-taxi-drivers-win-right-to-watch-tv-in-cabs-for-now/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/south-korean-taxi-drivers-win-right-to-watch-tv-in-cabs-for-now/
When I lived in Korea, it was faster to ride a bike. It took hours to travel 30 miles. The roads are still far behind the growth.

Then again, when that Bradley ran over those kids, it showed us what the real danger is in Korea... people running across narrow, often icy, streets, with poor regard for vehicles. So maybe TVs should go. I think it would be cool if the TV display simply shut off when the vehicle was in motion.]]>Nov 3rd 2009 5:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/south-korean-taxi-drivers-win-right-to-watch-tv-in-cabs-for-now/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/south-korean-taxi-drivers-win-right-to-watch-tv-in-cabs-for-now/Nov 3rd 2009 6:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/south-korean-taxi-drivers-win-right-to-watch-tv-in-cabs-for-now/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/south-korean-taxi-drivers-win-right-to-watch-tv-in-cabs-for-now/Nov 3rd 2009 4:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/south-korean-taxi-drivers-win-right-to-watch-tv-in-cabs-for-now/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/south-korean-taxi-drivers-win-right-to-watch-tv-in-cabs-for-now/Nov 3rd 2009 4:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/south-korean-taxi-drivers-win-right-to-watch-tv-in-cabs-for-now/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/south-korean-taxi-drivers-win-right-to-watch-tv-in-cabs-for-now/Nov 3rd 2009 5:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/south-korean-taxi-drivers-win-right-to-watch-tv-in-cabs-for-now/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/south-korean-taxi-drivers-win-right-to-watch-tv-in-cabs-for-now/Nov 3rd 2009 5:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/south-korean-taxi-drivers-win-right-to-watch-tv-in-cabs-for-now/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/south-korean-taxi-drivers-win-right-to-watch-tv-in-cabs-for-now/Nov 3rd 2009 5:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/south-korean-taxi-drivers-win-right-to-watch-tv-in-cabs-for-now/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/south-korean-taxi-drivers-win-right-to-watch-tv-in-cabs-for-now/

oh wait a sec, I actually prefer watching NFS Shift whiling driving.]]>Nov 3rd 2009 5:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/south-korean-taxi-drivers-win-right-to-watch-tv-in-cabs-for-now/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/south-korean-taxi-drivers-win-right-to-watch-tv-in-cabs-for-now/Nov 3rd 2009 7:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/south-korean-taxi-drivers-win-right-to-watch-tv-in-cabs-for-now/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/south-korean-taxi-drivers-win-right-to-watch-tv-in-cabs-for-now/Nov 3rd 2009 5:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/south-korean-taxi-drivers-win-right-to-watch-tv-in-cabs-for-now/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/south-korean-taxi-drivers-win-right-to-watch-tv-in-cabs-for-now/Nov 3rd 2009 5:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/south-korean-taxi-drivers-win-right-to-watch-tv-in-cabs-for-now/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/south-korean-taxi-drivers-win-right-to-watch-tv-in-cabs-for-now/Nov 3rd 2009 6:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/south-korean-taxi-drivers-win-right-to-watch-tv-in-cabs-for-now/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/south-korean-taxi-drivers-win-right-to-watch-tv-in-cabs-for-now/Nov 3rd 2009 5:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/south-korean-taxi-drivers-win-right-to-watch-tv-in-cabs-for-now/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/south-korean-taxi-drivers-win-right-to-watch-tv-in-cabs-for-now/Nov 3rd 2009 6:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/south-korean-taxi-drivers-win-right-to-watch-tv-in-cabs-for-now/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/south-korean-taxi-drivers-win-right-to-watch-tv-in-cabs-for-now/1. They are bored (I don't blame them).
2. They don't want to make it obvious that they're taking the longer route.

My cousin and I got in a fight with the driver because we pointed out that he was trying to rip us off, but that a-hole insisted there was traffic down the shortcut (how would he know when the gps is turned to a variety show?). This is one of the low points of having dmb available on anything and everything in Korea.]]>Nov 3rd 2009 7:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/south-korean-taxi-drivers-win-right-to-watch-tv-in-cabs-for-now/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/south-korean-taxi-drivers-win-right-to-watch-tv-in-cabs-for-now/Nov 4th 2009 12:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/south-korean-taxi-drivers-win-right-to-watch-tv-in-cabs-for-now/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/south-korean-taxi-drivers-win-right-to-watch-tv-in-cabs-for-now/Not that I'd watch TV in traffic, in fact I don't even watch TV at home, but the thought of them messing with my freedom like that and playing me, it would made me angry while I drove thinking about it causing roadrage and creating an unsafe situation.
]]>Nov 3rd 2009 7:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/south-korean-taxi-drivers-win-right-to-watch-tv-in-cabs-for-now/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/south-korean-taxi-drivers-win-right-to-watch-tv-in-cabs-for-now/Good thing I specified what I was referring to in the message.]]>Nov 3rd 2009 8:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/south-korean-taxi-drivers-win-right-to-watch-tv-in-cabs-for-now/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/south-korean-taxi-drivers-win-right-to-watch-tv-in-cabs-for-now/Nov 3rd 2009 10:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/south-korean-taxi-drivers-win-right-to-watch-tv-in-cabs-for-now/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/south-korean-taxi-drivers-win-right-to-watch-tv-in-cabs-for-now/At least 89% of Taxi drivers in Korea have GPS devices with DMB (TV Tuner in there car)
Whenever i ride the taxi i always see the GPS device set to DMB mode.
Every single time i ride a taxi i see the driver watching drama, or the news.
I got used to this so i really dint mind about all of it.
But when i think about it the Americans will think this is really crazy.
I think its great for them when they are waiting for customers, but bad when
they are watching tv while driving (which none of them do).]]>Nov 4th 2009 12:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/south-korean-taxi-drivers-win-right-to-watch-tv-in-cabs-for-now/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/south-korean-taxi-drivers-win-right-to-watch-tv-in-cabs-for-now/http://unexpectedtraveller.wordpress.com/2009/09/03/taxing-my-patience/ and they also aren't all Vikings like in Oslo: http://unexpectedtraveller.wordpress.com/2009/02/02/the-viking-taxi-driver/

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