교통수단의 구분 및 관리에 대한 도로교통 관계법령 개정방안 연구

Abstract

Korea Road Traffic Act classifies road users vehicles - including animal served to transportaion - and pedestrians, and vehicles are subdivided several units. The classification and definition of transport modes arised from the First Road Traffic Act enacted in 1962, and has not changed fundamentally. As to the classification of transport modes and use of the each modes the following problems have been raised. First, the provision of current road traffic act in respect of the classification and definition of transport modes does not reflect the changes of traffic environment and transport modes during last 50 years, and it is difficult for road users to understand its meaning because administrator determined the criteria to distinguish each transport modes. Second, international treaties or laws of other countries change the policy paradigm and focus on transportation in order to reflect this, due to the means of transportation becoming more unstructured and diverse, whereas the case of our country still consists mainly of the typical four-wheel automobile. In this study, we look at the history and current status of the contents of the regulations of Korea, analyze the problems of our traffic act, and has been studied comparatively International Convention on Road Traffic and the regulation of major foreign country in terms of classification of transport modes and how to operate each modes on the road. We proposed redefining the criteria to distinguish transport modes and reforming definition and how to drive each transport modes including new transport modes. And we urged to established the exceptional clause about registration and safety management, way of traffic of unconventional vehicle.