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Road Traffic Act — Article 20 (Obligations to yield routes)

도로교통법 제20조

This English translation is based on the Korean text effective 2025-07-22. The Korean law has since been amended (current version effective 2026-07-01) — check the Korean original.

(1) Where he or she intends to drive at a speed slower than that of a motor vehicle behind, any driver of every motor vehicle (excluding emergency motor vehicles) shall yield the way for the motor vehicle behind by driving his or her motor vehicle along the right side of the road.

(2) When motor vehicles other than an emergency motor vehicle go through opposite to each other on a narrow road, a motor vehicle according to the classification referred to in the following subparagraphs shall yield the way by getting out of the way to the right side of the road:

1. Where motor vehicles go through opposite to each other on the sloping narrow road, a motor vehicle going up;

2. Where a motor vehicle carrying a person or loading goods and an empty motor vehicle without carrying a person or goods go through opposite to each other on a narrow road other than a sloping narrow road, an empty motor vehicle.[This Article Wholly Amended on Jun. 8, 2011]

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