Korea Road Traffic Authority Opens 'Jeju Disabled Driver Support Center'... Ninth Nationwide

Additional Openings Planned in Gangwon Region for the Second Half of This Year

Jeju Disabled Driver Support Center Opening Ceremony. [Photo by Korea Road Traffic Authority]

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Gwan-joo] The Korea Road Traffic Authority announced on the 25th that it has opened the 'Jeju Disabled Driver Support Center' within the Jeju Driver's License Examination Office to support the acquisition of driver's licenses for disabled residents in the Jeju area.

With the opening of the Jeju Disabled Driver Support Center, the number of Disabled Driver Support Centers nationwide has increased to nine, including Busan, Jeonnam, Gyeonggi Yongin, Seoul Gangseo, Daejeon, Daegu, Incheon, and Jeonbuk.

The Disabled Driver Support Centers provide free services such as counseling for obtaining a driver's license, advice on vehicle modifications suitable for the type of disability, driving ability assessments, classroom education, functional training, and road driving education.

Utilizing existing driver's license examination office facilities as training locations and equipped with specially manufactured vehicles for the disabled, professional instructors are assigned to provide a 'one-stop service' covering the entire process for obtaining a driver's license for disabled drivers.

As the number of disabled individuals wishing to obtain a driver's license continues to increase, the Korea Road Traffic Authority plans to open an additional Gangwon Disabled Driver Support Center in the second half of this year.

Lee Joo-min, Chairman of the Korea Road Traffic Authority, stated, "For our country to become an advanced nation, it must be a society where disabled people enjoy equal rights with non-disabled people and live without discrimination. Through the opening of the Jeju Disabled Driver Support Center, we expect to provide systematic driver's license administrative services to realize social values such as improving mobility rights for disabled people in the Jeju area."

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