"Not Polite to the Customer"... Taxi Driver Assaulted by Drunk Female Passenger

Drunken Passenger Verbally Abuses and Assaults Taxi Driver
Assault Continues Despite Police Being Called

A controversy has arisen after a drunken passenger assaulted a taxi driver simply because she did not like the driver's tone of voice.

On the 11th, JTBC's 'Incident Manager' covered a taxi driver assault incident that occurred around 9 p.m. on the 6th in Cheongju, Chungbuk. The informant, who identified himself as the taxi driver's son, claimed that his mother, Ms. A, was assaulted by a drunken female passenger, Ms. B.

Ms. B, who was already intoxicated when she got into the taxi, asked Ms. A, "Are you really going home?" to which Ms. A replied, "I turned on the navigation." Then Ms. B expressed dissatisfaction, saying, "I don't like your tone," "You are not polite to the customer." When the traffic light turned red and the car stopped, Ms. B asked, "Why did you stop the car?" and then began to assault Ms. A while cursing.

Taxi driver assaulted by a drunken passenger. [Image source=JTBC 'Sageonbanjang']

The taxi's internal black box recorded Ms. B saying, "Why the hell are you driving a taxi? You XX. XX! Hey, you know, how have you lived like that? XXX." Ms. B also used her cellphone to assault Ms. A. Ms. A urgently called the police, saying, "Please come quickly," but Ms. B's assault did not stop. Ultimately, Ms. A was diagnosed with injuries requiring three weeks of treatment due to this incident.

Ms. A, a female taxi driver, is known to have been assaulted by passengers before. However, she reportedly kept it hidden from her family for fear they would worry. The informant, her son, lamented, "It was heartbreaking to witness my mother working under such conditions."

Meanwhile, assaulting a person while they are driving can lead to serious accidents, so unlike general assault charges, the Act on Aggravated Punishment of Specific Crimes (Special Act) is applied for harsher penalties. Under the current Special Act, anyone who assaults or threatens a driver of a vehicle in operation can face up to five years in prison or a fine of up to 20 million won.

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