Thursday, September 10, 2009

The Yellow Brick Road

So, I thought that the sidewalk was just decorated pretty and I said something about how I like the tricolor path. Koreans do not like to obey any sort of traffic rules but the green is supposed to be the walking side and the red is supposed to be the bike side. What is the yellow stripe for? Well, Koreans take care of their blind citizens. The yellow bricks, as you can see, are raised. This is for blind people so they can follow the safest part of the sidewalk, the middle. There are yellow bricks everywhere. They line the edge of the sidewalk and adorn the entrance and exit to crosswalks at every intersection. Not that being blind is fun, but this sort of thing sure would make it easier for the blind to assimilate into normal society.

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