[사회]”Starting next month, you can drive an electric skateboard without a license” …

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Recently, a high school student riding an electric skateboard crashes into a car and is killed.

In the midst of this, concerns mount as they can ride electric scooters without a license starting next month and don’t have to wear helmets.

This is reporter Jung Hyun-woo.

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In the middle of a crossroads in Incheon, where cars come and go quickly.

The electric skateboard crosses the street and crashes into the taxi.

Two high school students driving without a license and without protective gear such as helmets.

Driver A, transferred to the intensive care unit, died three days after the accident.

[경찰 관계자 : 많이 단속도 하고 계도도 했는데 아무도 (전동)킥보드 탈 때 안전장비를 차야 한다고 생각 자체를 안 하잖아요.]

Five days before the accident in Incheon, an electric skateboard rider in his 50s who crashed into a bulldozer was killed.

I used the electric float board on the way to work, but was not wearing a helmet at the time of the accident.

An electric skateboard driver running on the sidewalk under the bridge collided with an excavator attempting to turn right after leaving the road.

Electric skateboard related accidents continue to increase.

There are about 50,000 shared electric scooters across the country.

This is more than three times higher than last year, and the number of accidents in the first half of this year increased more than 60% compared to the same period last year.

However, as of the 10th of next month, the relevant regulations will be relaxed enough.

If you are 13 years of age or older, you can drive without a license and are not subject to fines even if you do not wear protective gear.

[공유 전동킥보드 업체 관계자 : 중고등학생은 타지 못하도록 성인인증을 지금 하고 있거든요. 그건 계속 유지하려 하고 있어요. 헬멧은 분실이 빨리 되고 실제로 이용하는 사람이 없어서….]

Experts are concerned that the number of accidents will increase due to deregulation in situations where safety awareness is not enough, such as the use of protective equipment.

In addition, bike lanes have been set up, but there is a high possibility of pedestrian-related accidents as there are not enough roads to ride on the sidewalk.

[박무혁 / 도로교통안전공단 교수 : 안전보다는 편의에 입각한 정책 같은데, 개인형 이동수단이 잘 운행되려면 자전거전용도로 등 시설이 확충된 다음에….]

Although deregulation is good, it seems more urgent to propose measures to reduce safety accidents.

YTN Jeong Hyun-woo[[email protected]]it is.

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