Gwangju City Strengthens Safety Management of Sloped Parking Lots

Gwangju City Hall

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Gwangju Metropolitan City is strengthening safety management of sloped parking lots within the jurisdiction.

Gwangju City announced on the 27th that, following the enforcement of the amendment to Article 6 of the Parking Lot Act (commonly known as the ‘Hajun Law’) on the 25th of last month, those who intend to install parking lots on sloped areas are required to have facilities such as wheel chocks to prevent parked vehicles from slipping and warning signs cautioning about slipping.

The improvement of sloped parking lot facilities was promoted after a child fatality accident occurred in April 2017 at a sloped parking lot in Seoul Grand Park, leading the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport to prepare a ‘Parking Lot Traffic Safety Improvement Plan’ in cooperation with the National Police Agency.

Additionally, since March of last year, the Road Traffic Act was amended to require drivers to take measures to prevent slipping accidents when stopping or parking on slopes, such as installing wheel chocks or turning the steering wheel toward the roadside edge.

Recently, the enforcement regulations of the Parking Lot Act were also revised to establish detailed safety standards for sloped parking lots. Initially, facility improvements will be applied to public parking lots and gradually expanded to private parking lots.

Accordingly, Gwangju City surveyed sloped public parking lots for facility improvement over two months starting last month and identified a total of 31 locations. The city plans to install and improve safety facilities such as wheel chocks and warning signs by district from next month until the end of this year.

Park Gap-su, head of the city’s Transportation Policy Division, said, “We expect that with the strengthened safety standards for sloped parking lots, facilities will be properly installed to protect citizens’ lives.”

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