Road Traffic Act

도로교통법

Act · 경찰청 · English text effective 2025-07-22 · Korean current 2026-07-01

Articles

• CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS
• Article 1 Purpose
• Article 2 Definitions
• Article 3 Installation and management of signal apparatuses
• Article 4 Kinds and installation and management standards of traffic safety facilities
• Article 4-2 Installation and administration of unmanned traffic enforcement equipment
• Article 5 Obligations to observe signals and instructions
• Article 5-2 Exemplary Drivers Association
• Article 5-3 Assistance to exemplary drivers
• Article 6 Prohibition against and restrictions on traffic
• Article 7 Measures to relieve traffic congestion
• Article 7-2 Senior driver sign
• CHAPTER II WAYS OF PEDESTRIANS TO WALK ROADS
• Article 8 Pedestrian traffic
• Article 8-2 Obligations of outdoor mobile robot operator
• Article 9 Movement of processions
• Article 10 Crossing roads
• Article 11 Protection of children
• Article 12 Designation and revocation of designation, and management of protection areas for children
• Article 12-2 Designation, revocation of designation, and management of protection areas for senior citizens and persons with disabilities
• Article 12-3 Establishment and operation of integrated management system for protection areas
• Article 12-4 Fact-finding surveys on protection areas
• CHAPTER III WAYS FOR MOTOR VEHICLES AND HORSES TO PASS THROUGH ROADWAYS
• Article 13 Motor vehicle and horse traffic
• Article 13-2 Special cases on passing methods of bicycles
• Article 14 Marking of lanes
• Article 15 Marking exclusive lanes
• Article 15-2 Installation of bicycle crosscut
• Article 16 Construction of tram roads
• Article 17 Speed of motor vehicles and trams
• Article 18 Prohibition on road crossing
• Article 19 Maintaining of safe distance
• Article 20 Obligations to yield routes
• Article 21 Means of overtaking
• Article 22 Timing and place of prohibition on overtaking
• Article 23 Prohibition on cutting in
• Article 24 Passing through railroad crossing
• Article 25 Means of passing through intersections
• Article 25-2 Means of passing through roundabouts
• Article 26 Yield driving at intersection where traffic is not controlled
• Article 27 Protection of pedestrians
• Article 28 Opening exclusive roads for pedestrians
• Article 28-2 Pedestrian priority roads
• Article 29 Priority traffic of emergency motor vehicles
• Article 30 Special case on emergency motor vehicles
• Article 31 Places for motor vehicles to travel slowly or temporarily stop
• Article 32 Prohibition on stopping and parking motor vehicles
• Article 33 Places where parking motor vehicles is prohibited
• Article 34 Ways to stop and park motor vehicles and restrictions on timing
• Article 34-2 Special cases on places where stopping or parking is prohibited
• Article 34-3 Ways to stop and park motor vehicles in sloping places
• Article 35 Measures against violation of motor vehicle parking
• Article 36 Towing and keeping motor vehicles by agent
• Article 37 Motor vehicle and tram lights
• Article 38 Signals of motor vehicles
• Article 39 Methods of, and restrictions on, boarding or loading
• Article 39-2 Provision of load measurement data
• Article 40 Prohibition on motor vehicles in poor repair
• Article 41 Checks of vehicles in poor repair
• Article 42 Restrictions on similar signs and prohibition on motor vehicles
• CHAPTER IV DUTIES OF DRIVERS AND EMPLOYERS
• Article 43 Prohibition on motor vehicle without driver's license
• Article 44 Prohibition on driving while intoxicated
• Article 45 Prohibition against motor vehicles on grounds of overwork
• Article 46 Prohibition on dangerous collective conduct
• Article 46-2 Prohibition of interference with functions of traffic enforcement equipment
• Article 46-3 Prohibition of reckless driving
• Article 47 Measures to prevent danger
• Article 48 Duties of safe and eco-driving
• Article 49 Matters to be observed by every driver
• Article 50 Matters to be observed by specific drivers
• Article 50-2 null
• Article 50-3 Matters to be observed by drivers who have obtained conditional driver's license upon installing ignition interlock device
• Article 51 Special protection of school buses for children
• Article 52 Reporting on school buses for children
• Article 53 Duties of drivers and operators of school buses for children
• Article 53-2 null
• Article 53-3 Safety education for operators of school buses for children
• Article 53-4 Provision of information on violations committed by school buses for children
• Article 53-5 Obligations of drivers of school buses for children where no guardian is onboard
• Article 54 Measures taken when accidents occur
• Article 55 Prohibition on hindering measures taken when accident occurs
• Article 56 Obligations of Employers
• CHAPTER IV-2 DUTIES OF DRIVERS OF AUTONOMOUS MOTOR VEHICLES
• Article 56-2 Matters to be observed by drivers of autonomous motor vehicles
• Article 56-3 Matters to be observed by drivers of autonomous motor vehicles
• CHAPTER V SPECIAL CASES OF EXPRESSWAYS AND AUTOMOBILE ROADS
• Article 57 Common provisions
• Article 58 Measures taken to prevent danger
• Article 59 Installation and management of traffic safety facilities
• Article 60 Prohibition against traffic of roadside
• Article 61 Marking of exclusive lane on expressway
• Article 62 Prohibition on crossing
• Article 63 Prohibition on traffic
• Article 64 Prohibition on stopping and parking motor vehicles on expressway
• Article 65 Priority order for access to expressway
• Article 66 Measures taken for breakdown
• Article 67 Matters to be observed by drivers on expressway
• CHAPTER VI USE OF ROADS
• Article 68 Prohibited conduct on roads
• Article 69 Reporting on roadwork and safety measures
• Article 70 Notification of permission for occupation and use of road
• Article 71 Measures against artificial structures illegally installed on road
• Article 72 Measures taken to prevent danger of ground artificial structures installed on road
• CHAPTER VII TRAFFIC SAFETY EDUCATION
• Article 73 Traffic safety education
• Article 74 Designation of traffic safety educational institutions
• Article 75 Persons in charge of operation of traffic safety educational institutions
• Article 76 Qualifying standards for traffic safety education instructors
• Article 77 Confirmation of participation in traffic safety education
• Article 78 Reporting on suspension or discontinuation of operation of traffic safety educational institutions
• Article 79 Revocation of designation of traffic safety educational institutions
• CHAPTER VIII DRIVERS' LICENSES
• Article 80 Drivers' licenses
• Article 80-2 Conditional driver's license upon installing ignition interlock device
• Article 81 Effect of learner's licenses
• Article 82 Grounds for disqualification from obtaining driver's licenses
• Article 83 Driver's license tests
• Article 84 Exemption from driver's license tests
• Article 84-2 Measures against cheaters
• Article 85 Issuance of drivers' licenses
• Article 85-2 Issuance of mobile drivers' licenses and verification of drivers' licenses
• Article 85-3 Issuance of conditional driver's license
• Article 86 Re-issuance of drivers' licenses
• Article 87 Renewal of drivers' licenses and regular aptitude tests
• Article 87-2 Verification of identities of persons to whom drivers' licenses are to be issued
• Article 88 Occasional aptitude tests
• Article 89 Notification of personal information pertaining to occasional aptitude tests
• Article 90 Measures taken for persons suspected of suffering from mental illness
• Article 91 Temporary driving certificates
• Article 92 Duty to carry and produce drivers' licenses
• Article 93 Revocation and suspension of drivers' licenses
• Article 94 Filing of objections to disposition to revoke or suspend drivers' licenses
• Article 94-2 Inquiry about criminal records and investigation records
• Article 95 Return of drivers' licenses
• CHAPTER IX INTERNATIONAL DRIVERS' LICENSES
• Article 96 Driving of motor vehicles using international drivers' licenses or mutually recognized foreign driver's licenses
• Article 97 Prohibition against motor vehicles
• Article 98 Issuance of international drivers' licenses
• Article 98-2 Restrictions on issuance of international drivers’ licenses
• CHAPTER X DRIVING SCHOOLS
• Article 99 Registration of driving schools
• Article 100 Conditional registration of driving schools
• Article 101 Standards for establishing driving schools
• Article 102 Grounds for disqualification from driving school registration
• Article 103 Instructors and educational courses of driving schools
• Article 104 Designation of specialized driving schools
• Article 105 Superintendents of specialized driving schools
• Article 106 Instructors of specialized driving schools
• Article 107 Skill examiners
• Article 108 Skill examinations
• Article 109 Training, education for instructors
• Article 110 Tuition fees
• Article 111 Refund of tuition fees
• Article 112 Reporting on suspension or closure of driving schools
• Article 113 Administrative disposition taken against driving schools
• Article 114 Hearings
• Article 115 Measures taken against driving schools
• Article 116 Prohibition on unregistered and paid driving education
• Article 117 Prohibition on using similar names
• Article 118 Legal fiction of superintendents of specialized driving schools as public officials
• Article 119 Federation of specialized driving schools
• CHAPTER XI DELETED
• Article 120 null
• Article 121 null
• Article 122 null
• Article 123 null
• Article 124 null
• Article 125 null
• Article 126 null
• Article 127 null
• Article 128 null
• Article 129 null
• Article 129-2 null
• Article 129-3 null
• Article 130 null
• Article 131 null
• Article 132 null
• Article 133 null
• Article 134 null
• Article 135 null
• Article 136 null
• CHAPTER XII SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS
• Article 137 Management and provision of information pertaining to drivers
• Article 137-2 Request for data
• Article 138 Keeping of drivers' licenses in custody
• Article 138-2 Subsidization of expenses
• Article 139 Fees
• Article 140 Tuition fees of traffic safety educational institutions
• Article 141 Guidance and supervision
• Article 142 Relation to administrative litigation
• Article 143 Enforcement by Si/Gun public officials against motor vehicles traveling in exclusive lanes
• Article 144 Formulation of traffic safety rules and guidelines for traffic safety education
• Article 144-2 Survey and utilization of traffic safety indicators
• Article 145 Provision of traffic information
• Article 145-2 Large area traffic information project
• Article 146 Merit points for accident-free and meritorious drivers
• Article 147 Commission and entrustment
• Article 147-2 Re-examination of regulation
• Article 147-3 Designation of dedicated institutions in charge of international cooperation
• CHAPTER XIII PENALTY PROVISIONS
• Article 148 Penalty provisions
• Article 148-2 Penalty provisions
• Article 148-3 Penalty provisions
• Article 149 Penalty provisions
• Article 150 Penalty provisions
• Article 151 Penalty provisions
• Article 151-2 Penalty provisions
• Article 152 Penalty provisions
• Article 152-2 null
• Article 153 Penalty provisions
• Article 154 Penalty provisions
• Article 155 Penalty provisions
• Article 156 Penalty provisions
• Article 157 Penalty provisions
• Article 158 Concurrent sentence of punishment
• Article 158-2 Reduction or exemption of punishment
• Article 159 Joint penalty provisions
• Article 160 Administrative fines
• Article 161 Imposition and collection of administrative fines
• Article 161-2 Method of paying administrative fines
• Article 161-3 Formulation and implementation of plans for operating information system for receiving administrative fines and penalties
• CHAPTER XIV SPECIAL PROVISIONS ON TREATMENT OF VIOLATION OF REGULATIONS
• Article 162 General provisions
• Article 163 Notification disposition
• Article 164 Payment of penalty
• Article 164-2 Methods for paying penalties
• Article 165 Treatment of persons who fail to implement notification disposition
• Article 166 Prohibition on abuse of official authority

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