Improvement: 160,000 of 250,000 Unclear Reported Motorcycles Decommissioned or Discontinued

From June, Local Governments Can Deregister Two-Wheelers Without Mandatory Insurance Registration by Their Own Authority

[Asia Economy Reporter Jo Gang-wook] The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced on the 11th that it has taken corrective measures on 160,000 out of 250,000 motorcycles subject to cleanup following a comprehensive investigation of motorcycles with unclear registration information.

Motorcycles with unclear registration information refer to cases where information such as the vehicle identification number, owner's name, resident registration number, or address is missing or inconsistent.

As part of strengthening motorcycle management, the Ministry conducted a joint investigation with 17 metropolitan cities and provinces starting in June last year, completing the updating of information with 14,000 corrections and 140,000 usage cancellations (updating refers to modifying or supplementing information to reflect the current situation).

For the 94,000 cases that could not be updated due to unclear ownership, additional investigations will be conducted or usage cancellation will be pursued after receiving loss reports.

Most motorcycles subject to cleanup are identified as models from the 1990s, with registrations dating back over 30 years, and are likely not in actual operation.

Meanwhile, a new Automobile Management Act allowing local governments to cancel the usage of motorcycles that have not been insured for a long period will be enforced starting June.

According to the law revision, local governments can order vehicle owners to obtain mandatory insurance, and for uninsured vehicles that have not complied with the order for over a year, usage cancellation can be enforced ex officio.

Accordingly, the 94,000 cases that were not updated in this comprehensive investigation will also be subject to ex officio usage cancellation by local governments starting from July next year, one year after the insurance order.

Park Ji-hong, Director of Automobile Policy at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, stated, "We will continue to investigate and correct omissions and errors in motorcycle management information to improve the accuracy of management data."

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