Suwon Metropolitan City Corporation and Road Traffic Authority Join Forces to Strengthen Safety of Transportation Vehicles for the Mobility-Impaired

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Jung Jun-sung] On the 6th, Suwon Metropolitan City Corporation (President Heo Jung-moon) signed a business agreement with the Gyeonggi Province Branch of the Road Traffic Authority to prevent major occupational accidents involving transportation vehicles for the mobility-impaired (Hanaareum Call Center) and to build innovative transportation safety infrastructure.

The agreement ceremony, held on the afternoon of that day at Hanaareum Call Center located in Daehwang-gyo-dong, Gwonseon-gu, was carried out to enable citizens to use transportation services for the mobility-impaired more safely and comfortably, based on the creation of a safe working environment.

The ceremony was attended by approximately 10 officials from both organizations, including Oh Hyun-jae, head of the Transportation and Environment Division of the Corporation, and Kwon Ki-hwan, regional director of the Gyeonggi Province Branch of the Road Traffic Authority.

Detailed agreement contents include △conducting joint research and establishing a joint cooperation body for prevention and response to major occupational accidents related to work vehicles, and △building innovative transportation safety infrastructure.

Additionally, the Corporation will also implement 'Safe Driving Certification,' which is led by the Authority.

The certification is a system in which, after completing programs such as operation safety diagnosis and driving behavior tendency assessments conducted by the Authority to establish safe transportation culture, the Corporation certifies the achievement of transportation safety.

Upon certification, benefits include reduction in vehicle insurance premiums and industrial accident insurance premiums, as well as improved customer trust.

President Heo Jung-moon stated, "We will make every effort to eliminate potential safety accidents and improve service quality."