Korea Transportation Safety Authority Intensifies Crackdown on Freight Vehicles with Disabled Speed Limiters

The Korea Transportation Safety Authority, in collaboration with the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and the National Police Agency, will crack down on illegal structural modifications and regulatory violations of cargo trucks.

This crackdown will be carried out until May, focusing on cargo truck accident-prone areas and busy ports and industrial complexes.

The main targets of the crackdown are vehicles with illegal structural modifications such as unauthorized removal of speed limiters and illegal installation of pan springs, as well as vehicles violating regulations including poor maintenance, overloading, and crossing the center line.

In particular, the fatality rate of cargo truck accidents caused by speeding is about 20 times and nearly 12 times higher than that of all vehicles and cargo truck accidents, respectively, so enforcement against vehicles with unauthorized removal of speed limiters will be intensified.

To encourage safe driving among cargo drivers, traffic safety education and publicity will also be conducted. Safety messages such as caution for pedestrians in blind spots when turning right and driver precautions by region and season will be sent regularly, and safety driving education will be carried out in cooperation with cargo associations and transportation companies.

Kwon Yong-bok, Chairman of the Korea Transportation Safety Authority, said, “We will strive to create a safe traffic environment by focusing on managing factors causing traffic accidents such as vehicles, drivers, and facilities.”

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