Children, dogs, old people and even beautiful young princesses will run straight into the street without looking at all. This happens countless times on each and every ride. Watch out for careening forklifts running red lights at 10 kph, buses running red lights at 70 kph without touching the brakes, taxis stopping in the third lane for no apparent reason or swerving across 4 lanes in front of your path to go up a down street, motorcyclists crashing and no one helps or stops, industrial equipment sitting in the middle of the street . . . . You get the idea. All of this happens under the watchful eyes of policemen who do nothing.
Bicyclists get more respect on the road than do motorcyclists.
This is a rarely known fact in Seoul. Traffic jams are your friend. If they aren't moving, they can't hit you. At least not very hard. No matter what happens, there's always a bathhouse and food nearby.