SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced on November 5 that it will become the first city in South Korea to designate “scooter-free zones” on streets with high accident risks, marking a significant shift in urban mobility management. The city will also begin immediate towing of illegally parked e-scooters, with municipal officials, [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Accidents and deaths caused by electric scooters and other personal mobility vehicles have increased dramatically over the last five years, data showed Monday. Rep. Oh Yeong-hwan of the Democratic Party referred to a report submitted by the Korea Road Traffic Authority indicating that the number of accidents caused by [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s traffic authority said Monday that it will launch research to map out safety instructions for personal mobility devices, like electric scooters, amid a hike in deaths of their riders in recent years. The Korea Road Traffic Authority said the project is aimed at setting new safety standards [...]
SEOUL, March 28 (Korea Bizwire) — A private research institute has called for the protection of pedestrians from electric scooters by reducing their maximum speed. A reduction in the maximum speed limit from the current 25 kilometers per hour to 20 km per hour shortened the stopping distance by 26 percent from 7 meters to [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The Songpa District Office in Seoul said Tuesday that it had joined hands with startup Olulo, the operator of the electric scooters sharing service Kickgoing, to create new jobs for its elderly residents. After signing a business agreement with Olulo in December last year, the district office decided to [...]
SEOUL, June 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of accidents involving e-scooters more than tripled between 2018 and 2020 in Seoul, fire authorities said Wednesday. The Seoul Metropolitan Fire and Disaster Headquarters said it responded to 366 e-scooter accidents over the three years: 57 in 2018, 117 in 2019 and 192 in 2020. The increase [...]