Receive Traffic Fines on Mobile and Pay Immediately... Nationwide Implementation from the 21st

From now on, traffic violation notices can be received on mobile devices and paid all at once.

The National Police Agency announced on the 18th that the system of sending traffic violation notices via mobile instead of paper printing will be implemented nationwide starting from the 21st of this month.

On the 2nd, police officers were conducting a crackdown on drivers not wearing seat belts near Seocho IC in Seoul. The National Police Agency will carry out a special crackdown on violations of the mandatory seat belt wearing on all seats for one month from December 1 until the end of the year. All vehicles, including passenger cars, taxis, and buses, must have seat belts fastened regardless of front or rear seats, and violators will be fined 30,000 KRW. Photo by Dongju Yoon doso7@

Until now, police officers entered personal information on a 'Polyphone' (PDA) and printed the violation notice using a separate portable printer to issue it. However, going forward, a new method will be introduced where the violation notice is sent to the violator's mobile phone (KakaoTalk) with their consent. If the violator does not agree to mobile delivery, the notice will be printed and issued in paper form as before.

Violators who receive the mobile notice can view it through identity verification and then pay the fine via a virtual account. To address complaints such as non-receipt of the notice, records of sending, receiving, and viewing will be stored on a separate server.

As part of simplifying the equipment carried by field officers and activating digital platforms, the police established a plan in May this year to digitize traffic violation notices. After implementing the mobile sending function within the Polyphone in September, a pilot operation was conducted for one month starting from the 6th of last month at the Sejong Police Agency, during which 145 out of 375 total violation notices (38.7%) were sent via mobile.

The police plan to improve any shortcomings through intensive monitoring for one month after the system is implemented.

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