Gangdong-gu, Signage Maintenance to Prevent Child Traffic Accidents

Point signs that allow drivers to easily recognize school zones... Preventing child traffic accidents

Comprehensive survey of 212 signs; outdated signs replaced with highly visible solar-powered LED signs

Children Protection Zone Sign in front of Myeongwon Elementary School

Gangdong-gu (Mayor Lee Suhee) announced on the 23rd that it has begun a large-scale maintenance of point signs indicating the start of school zones.

School zone point signs are facilities that help drivers easily recognize the presence of a school zone and drive with caution, thereby preventing child traffic accidents.

In March, Gangdong-gu conducted a comprehensive survey of 212 school zone point signs, which play an important role in child pedestrian safety, and replaced 33 outdated signs requiring maintenance with solar-powered LED signs.

The solar-powered LED signs are eco-friendly safety facilities that charge using solar energy during the day and illuminate the LED signs when it gets dark. They are economical as they do not use separate electricity and have the advantage of being more visible than regular signs at night or during rainy weather.

The district is making efforts to prevent child traffic accidents through annual maintenance and replacement of school zone signs, and plans to gradually maintain areas where installing LED signs is difficult due to unsuitable solar charging conditions by replacing them with regular signs.

Yoon Hee-eun, head of the Traffic Administration Division, said, “LED signs have high visibility, which effectively alerts drivers to pay attention, encouraging safe driving and speed reduction. We will continue to strive to create a safe traffic environment for children.”

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