SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Despite progress in promoting safe driving habits, a significant portion of the South Korean population still use smartphones while driving or walking through crosswalks, a government data showed Thursday. According to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, last year’s traffic culture index reached 81.18 points, an increase of [...]
SEOUL, June 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The rising cost of driving a car, driven primarily by higher gasoline prices, is frustrating drivers. Among 12 types of expenditure in May under the consumer price index, transportation costs had jumped the most, by 14.5 percent, according to the data compiled by Statistics Korea. Transportation costs include transportation [...]
SEOUL, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Due to the aftereffect of the COVID-19 pandemic, South Koreans are increasingly showing preference toward spending time alone not only at home but also in their cars, a major credit card company said Monday. According to Shinhan Card Co.’s analysis of its card users, the use of driving schools [...]
SEOUL, July 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The Constitutional Court ruled that banning the use of cellphones while driving does not violate the constitution. The court reached a consensus that a provision stipulated in the Road Traffic Act that bans the use of mobile phones while driving is in alignment with the constitution, the court said [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Police said they are considering restricting elderly people’s driving at night and on expressways as part of measures to improve the nation’s traffic safety. The National Police Agency (NPA) said Tuesday that it will map out comprehensive measures including law revisions by year’s end to cope with a growing [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. announced on Sunday that it will run a ‘Driving Plus’ program, a social contribution activity to help people overcome their fear of driving., along with the Citizens’ Coalition for Safety. According to Hyundai, the ‘Driving Plus’ program offers educational content that allows people to experience various [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The environment ministry’s ‘no-driving day’ policy to fight fine dust in the country is drawing mixed reviews. The Ministry of Environment announced on Wednesday that it is considering the idea of introducing a nationwide alternate no-driving day, and even making it mandatory, which means cars that drive on the wrong [...]
CHUNCHEON, South Korea, Feb. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – There is no need for an explanation – one should not play Pokémon GO while behind the wheel. Korea is going through the same troubles that other countries, which launched the AR game six months earlier, struggled with – trespassing and driving while playing – with growing [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Drivers on highways start to get drowsy about halfway to their destination but stay on the road a little longer before stopping to rest, a study said Friday. The Korea Expressway Corporation (KEC) conducted the study in September and October last year by surveying approximately 800 drivers at four [...]
BUSAN, Dec. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Korea rolled out a new, more challenging, driving test on Thursday, and it has already been met with sighs and groans from test takers. “A”, whose identity was withheld, visited a driving test facility in Busan early Thursday to renew his license after 10 years of driving. To his [...]