Changwon City Rolls Up Sleeves to Prevent Citizen Safety Accidents

Distribution on a first-come, first-served basis from the 12th at Changwon Hyundai Motor branches and dealerships

Changwon City held a business agreement ceremony on the 2nd in the city hall policy meeting room in collaboration with the Korea Transportation Safety Authority Gyeongnam Headquarters and Hyundai Motor Company Gyeongnam Regional Headquarters to promote the campaign of equipping vehicle safety kits for citizen traffic disaster prevention. (Photo by Changwon City)

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Hwang Choi Hyun-joo] On the morning of the 2nd, Changwon City in Gyeongnam held a business agreement ceremony in the city hall policy meeting room with the Gyeongnam Headquarters of the Korea Transportation Safety Authority and the Gyeongnam Regional Headquarters of Hyundai Motor Company to promote a campaign for citizens to carry vehicle safety kits to prevent traffic disasters.

The campaign to carry vehicle safety kits aims to prevent casualties and accidents by equipping emergency escape devices inside vehicles in case of emergencies such as heavy rain or traffic accidents, when vehicle doors cannot be opened.

The city stated that the importance of equipping emergency escape devices can be understood from the tragic accident last July in nearby Busan City, where a driver died after being unable to open the door inside a flooded underground road due to heavy rain.

According to statistics from the Changwon City Fire Headquarters, out of a total of 2,075 rescue requests in the past year, 483 cases, or 23%, involved breaking vehicle windows to rescue occupants. The vehicle safety kit consists of minimal emergency escape equipment such as a glass-breaking hammer and a seatbelt-cutting knife.

On the occasion of this agreement, Hyundai Motor Company’s Gyeongnam Regional Headquarters will distribute 2,000 safety kits free of charge on a first-come, first-served basis starting from the 12th at Hyundai Motor branches and dealerships located in Changwon City.

Jo Young-jin, the first deputy mayor, said, “It is meaningful that our city, as the first in the nation to promote a citizen safety accident prevention campaign under the name ‘vehicle safety kit,’ can realize the city administration philosophy of ‘people-centered, new Changwon.’”

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