South Korean Police to Begin Enforcing New Seatbelt Law with Awareness Campaign
Here is a reminder to all my readers in South Korea, seatbelts are now mandatory to wear:
Starting tomorrow, all car passengers will have to buckle up.
The National Police Agency said Thursday that a new enforcement ordinance requiring all car passengers to wear seatbelts on Korea’s roads will come into force on Friday.
A driver will be fined 30,000 won ($27) if any passenger violates the rule. The fine will be 60,000 won if the passenger is 13 or younger.
Police said they are planning to start cracking down on seatbelt violations in December, after a two-month awareness campaign. [Korea Times]
So, the standard once a month “crackdown” followed by 28 days of not giving a crap?
Just a money grab for the KNP.
Next step is requiring prescribed haircut standards, IIRC…
https://pickle.nine.com.au/2017/04/18/13/48/north-korean-haircuts-and-other-fun-facts
Mandatory and Korean traffic law just don’t go together. They still don’t stop at red lights so how you going to get them to buckle up?
Flyingsword, you already know it’s virtue-signalling, nothing more…
OTOH, there are a lot more cameras on the roads these days… “Click” and a ticket in the mail?
All the fines will go to the Interkorean Commie fund.
My M35A2 didn’t have seat belts. Am I gonna get fined? Course mine was gone in 1992,so I suppose it doesn’t matter…
I think we found the problem. It’s not seatbelts, it’s that everyone in Korea keeps their eyes closed while in the car. 🙄