(1) Reasons for Proposal

This Amendment aims to expand the scope of vehicles subject to mandatory installation of lane departure warning systems, thereby strengthening traffic safety with respect to large business-purpose vehicles such as buses, trucks, etc.

- Require newly manufactured vehicles and existing operating vehicles to install lane departure warning systems to prevent traffic accidents caused by large business-purpose vehicles such as trucks, buses, etc.

- Attempts* being made to reduce the scope of new vehicles exempt from such mandatory installation to strengthen traffic safety. Accordingly, the same should apply to existing vehicles for consistency. 

*Amendment to and promulgation of the Rule on Performance and Standards of Motor Vehicles and Motor Vehicle Parts (Ordinance of the Ministry) planned (end of June)

- Concerns over some blind spots and civil petitions for subsidies in cases of exceptions from installation requirement due to structural changes (4-shaft or more, etc.), etc.

(2) Major Provisions

(Enforcement Rule of the Traffic Safety Act)

A. Expand the scope of subjects required to install lane departure warning systems (Article 30-2 (1))

Prescribe that the scope of subjects exempt from the requirement to install lane departure warning systems from among large business-purpose vehicles (vans of 9 meters or more and trucks/special vehicles exceeding 20 tons) shall be reduced and that exceptions to the requirement thereof shall be made in unavoidable cases