a word on Korean health and safety

people don't generally jay walk here.
it's very much frowned upon and the only people i've really seen doing it are the business men in the financial district.

i don't know why though.

scooter and motorbike drivers [sometimes only wearing hard hats as helmets] are just as inclined to drive on the footpath as the road. they're either motorists or pedestrians depending on what suits.

today on my way to the Seoul Museum of Art i found myself in the middle of a building site pretty much. not that i chose to but as i followed the signs to the building, part of the footpath had been completely dug up and wasn't blocked off, so i had to either walk out on the road or step gingerly amongst the rubble.

the other day i walked by a site and even though it was hoarded off, i looked up and noticed that the scaffolding was anchored to the trees lining the street with cable ties.
with cable ties!
the scaffolding was being held to relatively immature trees with cable ties!

so in other words, they don't really get health and safety here yet...!