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electric kickboards placed randomly on the road or sidewalk made it difficult to pass, the city of Seoul announced that they would tow kickboards that were left unattended.
Today (1st) was the first day of implementation, and reporter Han So-hee looked around the site.
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An electric kickboard blocking the crossing in front of a subway station.
The ward office staff writes down a notice and pastes it, and a tow vehicle that has been modified to carry a kickboard arrives and loads the kickboard.
The same goes for the kickboard blocking the braille blocks.
This is in accordance with the measures of the Seoul Metropolitan Government to immediately tow electric kickboards left in the vicinity of subway entrances and exits, bus stops, and taxi stands from today.
[Lee Mi-sook/Songpa-gu Office Traffic Administration Team Leader: (Except for designated places) General sidewalks will be towed if relocation or collection is not done within 3 hours after reporting by residents.]
However, kickboards were found scattered all over the street.
India near subway station.
If you look at it this way, you can see the kickboards left in front of the store, and if you walk a little, you can see the kickboard blocking the crosswalk like this.
Citizens were also seen in India throwing away their kickboards and disappearing.
[(Teacher! Hello, teacher.) … ] Although it is a
two-week pilot operation period, only 5 autonomous districts completed preparations for towing on the first day of implementation.
The remaining 20 districts have not even come up with an implementation plan due to lack of budget.
In addition, there is even a complaint from the kickboard rental company that charging a towing fee of 40,000 won like a compact car will lead to an increase in the usage fee.
The traction system for the safety of citizens is not smooth from the start.
(Video editing: Tae-ho Yoon, VJ: Hyung-jin Kim)