<Anchor> Some
steel coils wrapped around a wide iron plate weigh more than 20 tons.
Recently, there was an accident in which an 8-year-old child died when such a coil fell off a freight car on a highway.
<Reporter> On
the 14th, a 13-ton coil fell from a truck that was changing lanes and hit a vehicle with a family member.
An 8-year-old girl in the back seat died, and her mother, the driver, had a major operation.
The family complained of extreme trauma and filed a national petition demanding measures to prevent recurrence.
It is important to secure the coil when loading it above all, but there is no proper regulation.
Relevant laws and regulations and guidelines from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport all say to use wedges and ties.
Even if you look at actual transport vehicles, most of them are flat trailers with coils supported by support and iron chains.
[General trailer owner: If you catch a sudden brake, you can't fall.
There is no other way to do it, slow and careful.] There
are no custom loading regulations for coil sizes,
and it is
purely at the discretion of the driver.
[Pil-soo Kim/Professor, Department of Automotive, Daelim University: Japanese things (instructions) are even on the thickness of the chain.
How do I fix something more than that...
.
For each object, the size and weight are more detailed (a standard is required.)]
There is a dedicated trailer with a coil loading area that is grooved, but it is difficult to find.
Compared to a flat trailer, the cargo that can be carried is limited, so it is neglected by the owner of the truck.
[Coil-only trailer owner: This is shallow and there is (coil) in it, so there is no fear of falling.
Everyone doesn't do this because it's not very profitable.] A
steel coil accident is classified as a simple road fall accident, and there are no accurate statistics.
It is urgent to establish strict loading and transport standards to prevent accidents.
(Video editing: Seunghee Lee, VJ: Hyungjin Kim)