Petition: "Mean sikyibeop intent is one approved teukgabeop which is soon to be revised"
: answers "can be somewhat excessive concern, given the current law and existing case law."
The time of the'minsiksik' began. The content of the law, which came into effect on March 25, 2020, is to ensure that traffic safety facilities are installed first in the child protection zone-school zone, and that the driver who has accidents is weighted. Around the time of implementation, the Blue House National Petition came out insisting that the weighted punishment provisions should be revised again, and 350,000 people participated. On April 20, about a month later, the government declared that it could be "somewhat overwhelming," and that it was in fact "not revised." Nevertheless, the controversy did not go away. In December last year, a member of the National Assembly, who voted'Yui' in the vote of the'People's Legislation', held a press conference before calling for a revise in the 20th National Assembly.
The SBS Data Journalism Team [Apocalypse] intends to address the concerns of excessive punishment of the'People's Method' over time. This is because there are few cases of punishment that can be analyzed. Instead, as the original purpose of the'People's Legislation' is to create a safe society for children, I will first examine the safety issues from various angles based on data.
※ What is the'People's Diet Act'?
On September 11, 2019, a revised road traffic law named the 9-year-old Kim Min-shik, who was killed by a car crossing a pedestrian crossing in front of a school in Asan-si, Chungcheongnam-do, and a law related to aggravated punishment for certain crimes. The former is to install traffic safety facilities such as traffic lights, speed bumps, and intermittent cameras in the school zone first, and the latter is a matter of severe punishment when a child dies or injuries in the school zone. It passed the plenary session of the National Assembly in December last year, and has been in effect since March 25.
● Children traffic accidents-school zone accidents all increased in 2019
On March 27, 2020, the first violation occurred two days after the Civil Code was implemented. An 11-year-old child who was crossing the street in a school zone near a kindergarten in Pocheon, Gyeonggi-do, was hit by a car and suffered a fracture of the anterior six weeks. And on May 21, nearly two months ago, a fatal accident occurred in Jeonju, North Jeolla Province. A two-year-old child was also killed in a vehicle that was illegally turned from the school zone. Because of the impact of Corona19, unlike the previous year, the actual occurrence of school attendance began in late May, so it is possible that the number of accidents in the first half of this year was somewhat less than before.
[Manufacturing] analyzed the traffic accident data for children of TAAS (Traffic Accident Analysis System). There are accident information collected through related organizations such as police and insurance companies in the tas operated by the Korea Highway Transportation Authority. Among them, it was based on the police incidents where the magnitude of the accident and the degree of damage were more serious.
The Road Traffic Act regulates children under 13 as children. The number of children's traffic accidents was 15,642 in 2007, but the number of traffic accidents decreased by 4,500 to 1,54 in 2019. The number of deaths has also dropped from 179 in 2007 to 28 in 2019. The number of injured people increased by 1,500. Compared to 1,9 children accidents in 2018, the number of accidents increased by 1,000 in 2019, but over the course of 13 years, the overall number of accidents decreased and the number of deaths decreased. It is a positive sign.
The school zone accident was a little different. The number increased from 345 in 2007 to 567 in 2019, 122. Looking at the trend, it continued to increase, but peaked at 751 cases in 2011, and then fluctuated and decreased after 2015. However, it increased from 435 in 2018 to 567 in 2019. It is not related to the increase in school zone designation. The school zone, which was 8,429 in 2007, gradually increased to 9,584 in 2009, surging to 13,207 in 2010. This is because the target of school zone designation has expanded due to the revision of the Road Traffic Act, and accordingly, the number of accidents has increased. Nevertheless, in 2019, when school zone designation did not increase very much, it is not unusual for accidents to increase again.
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Traffic accidents in children aged 7 years, school hours, and children in May have three main characteristics. It is 7 years old, school time, May.
The most common child in a car accident in the past 13 years is 7 years old. The dead and the injured are all the same, mainly from the first grade elementary school age. The data shows that it is reasonable to go to and from school with the help of a parent or assistant. The most frequent accidents occurred between 4 and 6 pm during school hours, rather than attending school. By month, the number of accidents was the highest in May, followed by June, August, and July. There were many accidents on Saturdays and Sundays, which are weekends, and 33.7% of the accidents occurred.
School zone accidents are generally similar, but the characteristics of surroundings such as schools are more reflected. Although it seemed that a 7-year-old child had many deaths or injuries, the time of the accident was more concentrated at 2-4 pm. The number of accidents was the highest on weekdays, especially on Fridays, rather than on weekends without school, and it was unchanged that May was the most accidental month.
We examined what laws the driver violated in a school zone accident. The most common was'non-compliance with safe driving duty', accounting for 34.0%, followed by'violation of pedestrian protection duty' with 32.3%. When the two were combined, it was 66.3% or two-thirds. In particular, in the fatality accident, these two laws were combined to increase the ratio to 69.7%. In most cases, the perpetrators of the school zone accident did not fulfill their duty of safe driving or pedestrian protection.
●'School Zone Countermeasures' that changed the idea… Bypassing 390,000 times a month
No one denies that traffic accidents in children should be reduced as much as possible, and school zone accidents should be minimized. The'People's Diet Act' is a law that is currently in effect, regardless of whether excessive punishment concerns are valid. What choice should the driver make?
Navigation companies have come up with one action plan. It was updated by adding the'School Zone Bypass' function to its service. If you have a school zone on your way to your destination, you can be guided by the bypass route even if you go back a little. In order to prevent accidents, it was possible to select an alternative that does not go to the school zone at all.
SKT's T-map added the option of'Child Protection Path' from April 23rd. Naver map started in May, Kakao Navi first strengthened the guidance function when entering the school zone, and plans to provide a bypass function soon. Navigation companies such as Atlan are also starting or preparing to apply the bypass option. How much are drivers using?
Looking at the data from Tmap's School Zone Bypass, which was obtained by [March], about 39,5858 road directions were recorded for about a month from April 23 to May 20, when the service was applied. It was said that the school zone bypass route was guided more than 10,000 times a day. During the same period, it was 0.037% of the total number of 1 billion roads. Considering that there are many drivers who do not yet know this feature, and that other navigation service users are also significant, this is not a small number.
By metropolitan cities, Gyeonggi, Seoul, Incheon, Chungnam, and Gyeongnam were the most. In many places, the number of bypass routes was also large. It is still too early to grasp regional features and trends, but it is encouraging that there is an alternative to avoid the school zone for any reason.
The school zone is a special area designated for the safety of children around children's facilities. In this area, unexpected unexpected situations may occur, so always be careful to drive. The school zone's ban on parking also has the meaning of not bringing a car or driving at all. Nevertheless, since designation, management, and awareness that do not match the concept of school zones are intertwined, the situation has not been repeated. How to do it. Next, I will continue on the issue of illegal parking in the school zone.
Coverage: Shim Young-gu, Bae Yeo-woon, Hye-kyung Jeong, Hye- min Ahn Design: Joon-seok Ahn Intern: Lee U- min, Seung-woo Lee