Ewha Med J.  1978 Jun;1(2):95-111. 10.12771/emj.1978.1.2.95.

The Study for Safety Traffic and Automobile Accident Control

• Choi KH

• KMID: 1969604
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.12771/emj.1978.1.2.95

Abstract

The present status of traffic conditions is reviewed, especially in the urban area on the basis to seek for the prevention of traffic accident. The large cities of our country have not yet solved the mass transportation system in rush hour. Subway covers only a limited number of people in Seoul. The most of peoples have to depend on the city bus system which are too hard to give them proper service on time. The questionaries had been made for the traffic status on the 3,234 persons who are legislators and administrators of traffic law, drivers, pedestrians and businessmen of transportation and insurance company. Also the drivers who had auto-accident and accident wounded persons were interviewed for their particular accident. The review has made also on the traffic and criminal laws which are applied for the drivers with accident. The results of this studies are summarized as follows: 1. The very heavy charge was made against drivers who have had traffic accident with person injuried. The charge were not only against the violations of traffic law but include arrest by the criminal law on the basis of the result of injury of the person. 2. The charge against automobile accident with injuried person should be legislated in the traffic law instead of criminal law. Because of the injury was caused by auto-accident which has some different point of views in breaking law as an accident. 3. The almost of all the chauffeurs had continuous driving more than 15 hours a day. It is expected to be reduced by the proper administration of the labor system for the chauffeurs. 4. The traffic rules should become a part of living for both of driver and pedestrian in keeping them to avoid the traffic accident. 5. The automobile liability insurance service should be improved in someway to prevent the arrest of driver by police on the accident. 6. The permanent and temporary plans should made immediately for the relief of the urban traffic mess in rush hour by the construction of more subway or expressway for the city bus. 7. More rate of automobile accident was observed in younger drivers and the main causes of accident were responsible on each of the drivers and pedestrians in a half.

MeSH Terms

Accidents, Traffic
Administrative Personnel
Automobiles*
Criminal Law
Humans
Insurance
Insurance, Liability
Jurisprudence
Police
Railroads
Seoul
Transportation
Wounds and Injuries