Gwangju City to Conduct Intensive Nighttime Truck Parking Crackdown Next Month

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Gwangju Metropolitan City announced on the 29th that it will conduct a joint crackdown next month with five autonomous districts, the National Police Agency, and the Freight Association on illegal overnight parking of commercial freight vehicles.

Overnight parking refers to parking for more than one hour between midnight and 4 a.m. in locations other than designated garages.

The crackdown will focus on traffic accident-prone areas such as residential neighborhoods, side streets, and open spaces within the jurisdiction, as well as areas with frequent complaints to the city and districts, and locations with high accident risk.

In particular, intensive enforcement will target apartments outside of legal garages, densely populated residential areas with heavy traffic and frequent pedestrian movement during late-night hours, road shoulders, crosswalks, school zones, and narrow two-lane roads.

Vehicles found violating the regulations will be subject to a suspension of operation for 3 to 5 days or a fine of 100,000 to 200,000 KRW in accordance with the Freight Transport Business Act.

Park Gap-su, head of the city's Transportation Policy Division, stated, “We will continue strict enforcement to eradicate overnight parking of freight vehicles, which causes accident risks and traffic inconvenience. We ask for the active participation and cooperation of vehicle operators to resolve citizen inconveniences and to establish an advanced traffic culture at an early stage.”

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