SEOUL, Oct. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. announced on Thursday the launch of the Staria Kinder, a school bus for children. The minivan comes in two different configurations, 11-seat and 15-seat trims based on the Staria LPi 3.5 Tourer Modern. As children are expected to be the primary passengers, the 11-seater trim features [...]
CHUNCHEON, May 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The Gangwon Provincial Office of Education of Education said on Monday that it will start a pilot project for a new system designed to prevent the use of smartphones for drivers of school buses as part of efforts to protect the safety of children. Under this system, if a [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — A revised law will require 12 more types of facilities to follow school bus safety regulations starting Friday, police said. The new categories include alternative schools, international schools and public libraries, according to the National Police Agency. The six original types of facilities were kindergartens, elementary schools, special education [...]
CHEONAN, Oct. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Special school bus cushions developed in South Korea that send the status of children entering and leaving school vehicles to smartphones in real time and sound a warning if children are left behind will be exported to Vietnam. According to the Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH) Tuesday, Vietnam’s [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will implement a law this week aimed at requiring operators of day care centers and kindergartens to install devices that prevent children from dying or suffering harm after being left alone aboard school buses, the Korean National Police Agency said Monday. Under the revised law concerning roads [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has enacted a law aimed at requiring operators of daycare centers and kindergartens to install devices that prevent children from dying or suffering injuries after being left alone aboard school buses, the Korea Police Agency said Monday. Under the revised Road and Traffic Law, the driver of [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul metropolitan government said Monday it will introduce a new safety rule this month to prevent children from dying or suffering injuries after being left alone aboard school buses. The “sleeping child check” system, to be mounted on 53 buses of the city’s public elementary schools, forces the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Lee Sun-hee, a working mom of two preschool-age children in Seoul, shudders whenever new stories pop up about a child being left behind on a school bus for hours, and now she has decided to make her concerns heard. She recently joined an online petition to require all school [...]
BUSAN, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – The safety of school children when they are transported on school buses is becoming a concern among parents, due to frequent accidents and traffic law violations involving school bus drivers. According to police statistics, 13,256 traffic violations from school bus drivers were reported this year, which was 5.7 times higher [...]