Korea Transportation Safety Authority and Coupang Sign Agreement to Strengthen Delivery Driver Safety Management

On the 16th, the Korea Transportation Safety Authority announced that it signed a business agreement with Coupang to prevent traffic accidents involving freight vehicles and to ensure stable logistics activities.

The main contents of the business agreement include strengthening safety management for freight delivery drivers, traffic safety education and consulting, safety management of freight vehicles through vehicle inspections, and obtaining freight transportation qualifications for delivery drivers.

Kwon Yong-bok, Chairman of the Korea Transportation Safety Authority (left), and Yoo In-jong, Vice President of Coupang, are posing for a commemorative photo after signing a business agreement to strengthen safety management for delivery drivers.
[Photo by Korea Transportation Safety Authority]

Prior to the agreement, the Authority and Coupang have been operating mobile inspection stations at 18 inspection centers nationwide and logistics hub areas since December last year, conducting driver aptitude detailed tests and supporting the acquisition of freight qualifications.

Going forward, both organizations will continue to expand this project and install mobile tachographs on Coupang delivery vehicles, sharing analysis data such as driving information and driver driving habits.

According to the Enforcement Rules of the Road Traffic Act, small freight vehicles with a load capacity of 1 ton or less are exempt from the mandatory installation of tachographs; however, Coupang will pilot the installation of devices on some delivery vehicles. The data obtained here will be used for driver safety management and other purposes.

Kwon Yong-bok, Chairman of the Korea Transportation Safety Authority, said, “Through this business agreement, we expect not only safety management in the freight industry but also the cultivation of professional logistics personnel, leading to the creation of high-quality logistics services.”

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