Vomiting In A South Korean Taxi Is About To Get Expensive

It’s one the most shameful thing any well-adjusted human being can do: throwing up in the taxi home after one too many. And if you live in Seoul, South Korea’s capital, such an act is about to cost a lot more than just a the associated remorse and hefty hangover. According to a report coming from the South Korean division of the Stars and Stripes newspaper, Seoul’s taxi drivers are sick (sorry) of cleaning up the mess and receiving complaints from other passengers about lingering smells, so it’s been decided that a 150,000 won (£90) fine is the solution.

The fine is the work of Seoul’s two main taxi driver associations: the Taxi Logistics Division and the Seoul Private Taxi Association. A survey by the latter organisation found that a staggering 42.5 per cent of complaints from taxi drivers involved matters of regurgitation.

The fine - which comes into effect on 1 February - isn’t legally enforceable, although it’s thought it may be possible to make any vomitees who refuse to pay cough up by taking them to a civil court.