On March 25, 2020, the ‘Minshik Act’ was enacted due to a traffic accident among children in the child protection zone. The 'Minshik Act' includes the 'Road Traffic Act Amendment Bill,' which mandates the installation of speed cameras and traffic ...
On March 25, 2020, the ‘Minshik Act’ was enacted due to a traffic accident among children in the child protection zone. The 'Minshik Act' includes the 'Road Traffic Act Amendment Bill,' which mandates the installation of speed cameras and traffic lights in the child protection zone, and the 'specific specific punishment for the perpetrators who cause death or injury in the child protection zone due to negligence in the duty to drive safely. Amendments to the Act on the Aggravated Punishment, etc. of Crimes'. Accordingly, on January 1, 2020, the government will adjust the speed of vehicles on all roads within the child protection zone to 30 km/h or less, lower the speed to 20 km/h or less in areas without pedestrian spaces, and all vehicles must stop at crosswalks even if there are no traffic lights. 'Measures to strengthen traffic safety in children's protection areas' were announced, such as strengthening enforcement of regulations and parking violations.
The purpose of this study is to investigate and analyze the perceptions of parents, teachers, and school helpers with elementary school children about the factors affecting the satisfaction of walking in the children's protection zone in Eunpyeong-gu, Seoul.
For this purpose, the following problem was set. First, elementary school parents, teachers, and school helpers analyze the factors and risk factors that give satisfaction to the facilities installed in the child protection zone and the pedestrian environment. Second, factors for creating a safe school route for children protection were investigated and analyzed.
For this study, literature study and survey were conducted and analyzed. In the literature study, previous studies were considered based on the definition, background and purpose of the introduction of the child protection zone and related laws and regulations. The survey was conducted using basic statistics and a step-by-step regression analysis method based on the results of a total of 370 people, including 258 parents, teachers, and school helpers, who have elementary school children in Eunpyeong-gu, Seoul.
As a result of this study, while enforcement and punishment for children's traffic accidents have been strengthened, I think that public services perceived from the point of view of actual child protection are insufficient. Accordingly, it is considered that the installation of consumer-oriented transportation facilities viewed from a ‘children’s perspective’ is insufficient. I think that the reality is that the model that protects and warns children has reached its limits when transport facilities centered on suppliers are installed for the purpose of crackdown that do not take into account the level of the consumer.
In the case of tasks transferred from local governments, I think the effectiveness is insufficient due to the indiscriminate installation of individual smart transportation facilities for each department. In the future, it is necessary to continuously seek efforts to prevent accidents as well as create a safe pedestrian environment by installing traffic facilities that integrate departments that integrate the Internet of Things and new IT technologies by receiving signals from existing traffic lights and speed cameras.