When the National Police Agency investigated traffic violations caused by electric kickboards, which are widely used as a convenient means of transportation, cases of being arrested nationwide or receiving guidance / warnings for violations such as driving on the sidewalk have been reported since September. It turned out that there were more than 180 cases in total in the two months.
Police have decided to tighten their crackdown on malicious violations.
Traffic violations caused by electric kickboards have been included in the statistics of moped motorcycles so far, and the specific number and details have not been known.
However, due to a series of violations and accidents mainly in urban areas, the National Police Agency began collecting statistics specialized for electric kickboards in September.
According to this, there were a total of 183 cases of being arrested for malicious violations and receiving guidance and warnings nationwide in the two months from September.
Of these, 23 were cleared, with 13 being the most violating "traffic classification" such as driving on the sidewalk.
In addition, in the guidance and warnings in writing, ▽ "improper maintenance" such as inadequate license plates was the most frequent with 69 cases, followed by ▽ unlicensed driving with 42 cases, ▽ violation of traffic classification with 27 cases, etc. ..
Since the use of electric kickboards is spreading as an easy means of transportation, the National Police Agency is considering creating new traffic rules and is instructing police nationwide to strengthen the crackdown on malicious violations.