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You may be familiar with the way bicycles, motorcycles, and electric kickboards pass quickly between people walking at a pedestrian crossing lit by green light.
However, it is illegal to cross a pedestrian crossing with such a ride.
Rather, the situation that pedestrians should avoid and whether there are any countermeasures, labor-gyu and reporter Han Seung-gu will tell you in turn.
<Reporter Noh Dong-gyu>
A crossroad in Gangnam, Seoul with a floating population of nearly 200,000 a day.
Citizens crossing the street face countless vehicles.
Both bicycles and electric kickboards, as well as motorcycles crossing the crosswalk, are illegal.
If you do not get off the vehicle and drag it across, you may be fined up to 200,000 won or detained for obstructing pedestrian traffic.
[Kim Ji-hye/Seoul Lee Moon-dong: First of all, I am most worried that my child will get hurt.
The speed is too strong...
There were a lot of times when I was passing by and holding my child.
'If you ride such a thing, you're a bad person','It's dangerous'.
]
I followed the police crackdown.
[When crossing the crosswalk, you have to drag the bike across.]
[If you have any objection, you can formally file an objection within 10 days...
.]
Sometimes
I
admit my mistakes and just warn,
[I did it wrong.
It’s cold, so I just burnt.
I think I was wrong.]
There are also drivers who create dangerous situations or rebel against police deterrence.
[Inspector Han Seung-hwan/Seoul Dongdaemun Police Station: Due to the surge in delivery demand, motorcycles violated a lot, and why did they crack down on them without looking after them, so that you take the money I earned today?"
.] As a
police officer, it's impossible to crack down on every pedestrian crossing, and to avoid pedestrians as well, in case of getting hurt. There is.
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<Reporter Han Seung-gu>
A crosswalk that became messy with the kickboard, bicycles and motorcycles tangled up.
It becomes safe even if you change the design and structure of the facility little by little.
At this intersection, pedestrian accidents decreased as two pedestrian islands at the corner were removed.
Vehicles turning right are slowing down and pedestrian crossings are shortened.
Blocking vehicles coming from the side of a crosswalk in this way can make it difficult for a kickboard or motorcycle to cross over by creating some bumps in the crosswalk.
Instead, it is suggested to maintain the crosswalk near the crosswalk so that they can easily cross the road.
[Junseop Lee/Mapo-gu, Seoul: Originally, I had to get off and cross, but it is quite inconvenient to do that.
I have to walk.
If there is a dedicated crosswalk (I think it would be nice.)]
[Flood Soo-in/Seoul Gangseo-gu: It's good to have a (cross-section), but people's perception is also changed, so if you don't walk around here with a bicycle...
]
[Sung-Hoon Oh/Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Architecture and Space Research: Even if the crosswalk is marked (cross-section), the crosswalk must be connected to a bicycle or private transportation (PM) road, but the current dedicated road is clearly visible. The problem is that they are not installed separately.] As
delivery increases, the invasion of crosswalks by motorcycles is particularly increasing, and some say that the paparazzi system should be activated to prevent entry to the crosswalk, even for a temporary period.
(Video coverage: Lee Byeong-ju, Kim Tae-hoon, Video editor: Jeon Min-gyu, VJ: Kim Cho-ah, Jung Young-sam, Jeong Han-wook, CG: Hong Sung-yong, Choi Jae-young, Lee Ye-jeong, Sung Jae-eun, Jeong Si-won)