2023-04-27 14:58:04
The police are also “based on guidance”
Traffic police are cracking down on ‘right turn pause’ at an intersection in Gangnam-gu, Seoul on the 27th. Reporter Cho Tae-hyung
At 2:20 pm on the 27th, a white Benz car running to the Dosan Park intersection in Gangnam-gu, Seoul turned right along Eonju-ro, and a whistle rang.
“Sir, you violated the traffic rules at the intersection. I will check your ID.”
When Superintendent Park Sang-do of the Gangnam Police Station cracked down, Mr. Lee (40), sitting in the driver’s seat, rolled down the window with an annoyed expression. “What is a violation? Ha, I’m really busy… .”
On this day, the 6th day since the full-scale crackdown on the right turn suspension began, a total of 23 vehicles were caught in the police crackdown network alone at the Dosan Park intersection crackdown from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm. There were also more than 50 vehicles that received guidance measures. Drivers responded with confusion, such as “I didn’t know that (the system) had changed” and “I knew, but I didn’t get used to it.”
The police, who came to the crackdown, were clearly embarrassed. Park, who was entering the driver’s personal information on the portable terminal, said, “There are too many drivers who do not know about the changed system.”
As the guidance period of the Enforcement Rules of the Road Traffic Act ended on the 21st, vehicles turning right at intersections must ‘pause’ unconditionally if the signal in the direction of going straight is red. The key is to drop the speedometer to ‘0 km’ in front of the crosswalk, whether or not there is a pedestrian.
There are many times when drivers get confused, so there is a saying that it would be nice to have a ‘right turn signal’. Experts said that it would be practically difficult to install right turn signals at all intersections, and that it could cause greater confusion in the traffic system. Kim Yeong-chan, a professor of traffic engineering at the University of Seoul, said, “Installing additional traffic lights means that the level of regulation is higher.”
There is also a proposal to partially change the shape of the crosswalk to relieve traffic congestion caused by the temporary right turn stop. Jeong Young-jae, a senior researcher at the Seoul Institute of Technology, said that congestion could be improved by moving the four crosswalks installed in a ‘ㅁ’ shape outward by about 10m each or installing diagonal crosswalks.
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