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Be prepared to pay a fine of 150,000 won ($137) if you vomit in a cab in Seoul from next month.

“From February 1, 2015, taxi drivers will be allowed to charge as much as 150,000 won if passengers throw up in the cab,” Lee Sang-hak, a senior official at the Seoul Taxi Association said Tuesday.

Lee said the Seoul government has approved his association’s proposal to charge a vomit fee to cover the cost of cleaning the cab

“The measure will take effect only in Seoul,” he said.

On average, Seoul taxi drivers encounter a passenger who would soil their taxi every two weeks, according to a survey of 4,773 Seoul taxi drivers conducted in November.

The Seoul government also approved the association request to charge fare dodgers five times of the basic fare on top of the fare.