The first case of arresting a driver by applying the so-called'People's Diet Act', which reinforced the punishment for traffic accidents in children's protected areas (school zones), came out.

This driver hurt a child by driving unlicensed and speeding in the school zone.

Gyeonggi Gimpo Police said today (8th) that A(39) was arrested for alleged violations of the amended road traffic law, called the Civil Transition Act, and law on weighted punishment for certain crimes.

Mr. A is accused of hurting a 7-year-old child who crossed a pedestrian crossing while driving his car on a road in front of an apartment in Gimpo, designated as a school zone, on April 6 at 7:06 pm.

The child is said to have accidentd after crossing a pedestrian crossing with his mother and brother and turning back to pick up the object the brother had dropped while the pedestrian signal was off.

Mr. A did not violate the signal by entering a pedestrian crossing on the traffic signal, but was found to have neglected the safety driving duties by not looking around well in the absence of obstacles that could obscure the driver's view.

In particular, Mr. A showed that he drove at a speed of more than 40 km/h, which exceeds the prescribed speed of the school zone of 30 km/h while the driver's license was suspended due to drunk driving.

Considering this, the police were issued a request for a arrest warrant for Mr. A even though the child was not seriously injured in the accident.

The court issued a warrant for reasons such as fear of escape.

The Civil Meal Act refers to the provisions of the Road Traffic Act, which has been revised to install speeding cameras, speed bumps, and traffic lights in school zones, and specific crime-weighted punishment laws that reinforce punishment for traffic accidents in school zones.

It was named after Kim Min-shik (9 years old at the time of his death) who died in a traffic accident in a school zone in front of an elementary school in Asan, Chungnam in September last year, and has been in effect since March of this year.

According to the Civil Code, if the school zone injured a victim in an accident, they will be punished by imprisonment for not less than 1 year and 15 years, or by a fine not exceeding 5 million won or 30 million won.

On the 21st of May, a policeman was arrested and arrested for applying for a 50-year-old driver who died while killing a 2-year-old child near a bus stop while illegally making a turn at a school zone in Banwol-dong, Deokjin-gu, Jeonju, around 12:15 pm I applied for a warrant, but it was dismissed from the court for "there is room for quarrel over whether the crime is true".

This was the first fatality to occur since the Civil Code was implemented.

Also, on the 25th of the same month, a police officer intentionally injured a driver who injured a child riding a bicycle with his SUV in a school zone near an elementary school in Dongcheon-dong, Gyeongju, Gyeongsangbuk-do, and applied a special injury charge that could have a higher sentence than the civil law. An application for a warrant for arrest was also dismissed.

In the southern part of Gyeonggi Province, including Gimpo, where the accident occurred, 18 cases of violations of the civil law were injured until last month, killing 19 children.

Traffic accident manager Lee Yong-joo of the Gyeonggi South Provincial Police Agency said, "This incident took place more than 20 days after the accident, and it took time for Mr. A to analyze the vehicle's black box, so it took time to apply for a warrant for arrest." "Mr. A is the nation's first case bound by the Civil Code, and the police will continue to seriously investigate cases of violation of the Civil Code."

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