Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport to Conduct Nationwide Crackdown on Illegal Vehicles for One Month Starting the 16th

On the 13th, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced that starting from the 16th, it will conduct a one-month intensive crackdown on illegal car tuning and violations of safety standards in collaboration with the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, the National Police Agency, and local governments.

The crackdown on cars and motorcycles will focus on illegal tuning of lighting devices and mufflers, unregistered (unreported) vehicles, missing license plates, and unauthorized abandonment.

The crackdown on freight vehicles will target violations of safety standards such as unauthorized removal of speed limiters, illegal attachment of pan springs, and defective rear reflectors.

Earlier, in the first half of this year, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport detected a total of 176,000 illegal vehicles and completed dispositions including license plate seizures (71,930 cases), fines (12,840 cases), and prosecutions (2,682 cases).

Im Wol-si, Director of the Vehicle Operation and Insurance Division at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, stated, “We will make every effort to create a traffic environment where the public can feel safe, and we also urge citizens to actively report illegal vehicles.”

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