Incheon Unlicensed Driving Accidents 200 Cases Annually, 17% Minors... "Many Rental Car Accidents"

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Hyesook] More than 200 traffic accidents involving unlicensed drivers occur annually in the Incheon area, and about 17% of these are caused by minors.

According to data submitted by the Incheon Metropolitan Police Agency to Heo Jong-sik, a member of the National Assembly Land, Infrastructure and Transport Committee from the Democratic Party of Korea (Incheon Dong-gu Michuhol-gu Gap), a total of 1,090 unlicensed traffic accidents occurred in Incheon over the five years from 2017 to last year.

Among these, 189 traffic accidents were caused by unlicensed minor drivers, accounting for 17.3% of all unlicensed accidents.

During the same period, a total of 147 unlicensed rental car accidents were recorded, of which 41 were caused by unlicensed minors, representing 27.9% of all unlicensed rental car accidents.

Currently, the Korea Transportation Safety Authority manages vehicle rental businesses through the Vehicle Rental Business Information Management System, but only provides information on business status and suspension or closure.

Assemblyman Heo Jong-sik emphasized, "It is necessary to specially manage businesses repeatedly caught renting vehicles to unlicensed drivers through information sharing among related organizations," and "Furthermore, as non-face-to-face car-sharing companies are increasing, it is essential to mandate one device per account to prevent unlicensed minors from renting vehicles using someone else's account."

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