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Road Traffic Act — Article 46-3 (Prohibition of reckless driving)

도로교통법 제46조의3

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.

No driver of a motor vehicle, etc. (excluding personal mobility devices) shall threaten or endanger any other person or cause danger to traffic by consecutively committing at least two of the following offenses or by committing any of the following offenses continuously or repeatedly: <Amended on Jun. 9, 2020>

1. Violation of a signal or instruction under Article 5;

2. Driving over the median lane under Article 13 (3);

3. Violation of speed under Article 17 (3);

4. Violation of prohibition of crossing the road, making a U-turn, or moving backward under Article 18 (1);

5. Failing to maintain a safe distance or violation of prohibition of changing course or applying brake abruptly under Article 19;

6. Violation of the method of overtaking another motor vehicle or of prohibition of impeding any other motor vehicle trying to overtake his or her motor vehicle under Article 21 (1), (3), or (4);

7. Generation of any noise without good cause under Article 49 (1) 8;

8. Violation of overtaking method on an expressway under Article 60 (2);

9. Violation of prohibition of crossing, making a U-turn, or moving in reverse on an expressway, etc. under Article 62.[This Article Added on Aug. 11, 2015]

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