[2020 National Audit] Delivery Market Expands... Motorcycle Hit-and-Run Incidents Surge 30%

Assemblyman Park Wansu "Police Neglect Motorcycle Traffic Violations"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Gwan-joo] Recently, as the delivery market has expanded, accidents involving two-wheeled vehicles such as motorcycles have also surged. However, the number of police crackdowns has decreased, raising concerns that traffic violations by two-wheeled vehicles are being neglected.

On the 8th, Park Wan-soo, a member of the People Power Party, stated during the National Assembly's Public Administration and Security Committee's audit of the National Police Agency that the number of motorcycle accidents last year increased sharply by 19% compared to the previous year, reaching 3,287 cases. Hit-and-run accidents rose by 30%, from 180 cases in 2015 to 234 cases last year. On the other hand, the number of two-wheeled vehicles caught violating traffic laws such as running red lights dropped significantly by about 48%, from over 520,000 cases in 2015 to around 270,000 cases last year.

In particular, Park pointed out that cases of intentionally obscuring motorcycle license plates using devices known as "gopchang padlocks," folding them in half, or painting them black?violations of the Automobile Management Act?are widespread, yet the National Police Agency has not recorded a single crackdown on such violations in the past three years.

He urged enforcement, saying, “Accidents and hit-and-runs involving two-wheeled vehicles are rapidly increasing, but police crackdown results have sharply declined.” “If you spend just a few hours at intersections, you can easily find two-wheeled vehicles with license plates intentionally damaged or obscured using padlocks, but the police have not submitted any crackdown records in recent years,” he emphasized.

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