Yongin City Proactively Implements 'Minshil's Law' Child Traffic Safety Measures

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Park No-hun] Yongin City announced on the 7th that it will complete the installation of unmanned traffic enforcement cameras in front of all elementary schools in the city by year-end.

This move comes ahead of the enforcement of the revised Road Traffic Act (tentatively named "Minshil's Law"), which passed the National Assembly plenary session on December 10 last year, to proactively strengthen child traffic safety in front of schools.

There are 105 elementary schools in Yongin City, and traffic enforcement cameras are already installed in child protection zones in front of 47 schools (approximately 44.8%). The city plans to complete the installation of traffic enforcement cameras in front of the remaining 58 elementary schools by year-end to prevent speeding and traffic signal violations and encourage safe driving.

For this, the city plans to prioritize requesting 2.3 billion won in national funding, and if there is a shortfall, it will secure the necessary funds through a supplementary budget.

In addition to installing traffic enforcement cameras, the city decided to continuously expand child traffic safety facilities such as yellow traffic lights, diagonal crosswalks, and speed bumps.

A city official said, "In keeping with Yongin's status as a safe city, we decided to prepare and proactively implement child traffic safety measures before the law takes effect," and added, "We will do our best to create safe school routes where both children and parents can feel at ease."