(1) A person who intends to obtain a driver's license shall undergo traffic safety education regarding each of the following matters before applying for an examination provided for in Article 83 (1) 2 and 3, as prescribed by Presidential Decree; provided, the same shall not apply to a person who has received mandatory special traffic safety education pursuant to paragraph (2) 1 or has completed the driving education in a specialized driving school provided for in Article 104 (1): <Amended on Dec. 30, 2014; Oct. 24, 2017; Mar. 27, 2018>
1. Basic manners for drivers;
2. Statutes and regulations and knowledge governing road and traffic;
3. Skills needed to drive motor vehicles safely;3-2. Matters concerning the prevention and settlement of traffic accidents;
4. Matters concerning the prevention of traffic accidents of children, persons with disabilities, and senior citizens;
5. Knowledge and skills needed for eco-driving;
6. Gist of making way for an emergency motor vehicle;
7. Other matters necessary to ensure the safety of traffic.
(2) Any of the following persons shall receive mandatory special traffic safety education, as prescribed by Presidential Decree. In such cases, he or she may be allowed to postpone such mandatory education, as prescribed by Presidential Decree, if he or she falls under subparagraphs 2 through 5 and where there is any unavoidable cause: <Amended on Dec. 30, 2014; Aug. 11, 2015; Oct. 24, 2017; Oct. 20, 2020>
1. Any person who intends to re-obtain a driver's license after having been subject to a disposition to revoke his or her driver's license (excluding a person subject to a disposition to revoke his or her driver's license by falling under Article 93 (1) 9 or 20);
2. Any person who has received or is subject to a disposition to suspend his or her driver's license by falling under Article 93 (1) 1, 5, 5-2, 10, and 10-2, for whom the period of suspension has not yet lapsed;
3. Any person exempted from a disposition to revoke his or her driver’s license or suspend his or her driver’s license (limited to where a person is subject to a disposition to suspend his or her driver’s license by falling under Article 93 (1) 1, 5, 5-2, 10, and 10-2), for whom one month has not elapsed from the date of such exemption;
4. Any novice driver who has received or is subject to a disposition to suspend his or her driver's license and for whom the period of suspension has yet to lapse;
5. A person within one year from the date he or she receives demerit points under Article 93 (2) for causing an accident leading to an injury or death of a child while driving a motor vehicle in a protection area for children under Article 12 (1).
(3) Where any of the following persons files an application with the commissioner of a City/Do police agency, he or she may receive recommended special traffic safety education, as prescribed by Presidential Decree. In such cases, this shall be limited to a person who has not received such recommended education within one year before he or she receives it: <Added on Oct. 24, 2017; Dec. 22, 2020>
1. A person subject to or to be subject to a disposition to suspend his or her driver’s license on other grounds than those referred to in paragraph (2) 2 and 4, including the violation of traffic laws and regulations;
2. A person who is likely to be subject to a disposition to suspend his or her driver’s license due to the violation of traffic laws and regulations, etc.;
3. A person who has received the mandatory special traffic safety education under paragraph (2) by falling under paragraph (2) 2 through 4;
4. A person who is 65 years of age or older on the date he or she intends to receive education, from among persons who have obtained a driver’s license.
(4) Any person driving an emergency motor vehicle, who is prescribed by Presidential Decree, shall receive education regarding the safe operation, etc. of emergency motor vehicles regularly as prescribed by Presidential Decree. <Added on Oct. 24, 2017>
(5) Any person who is 75 years of age or older and intends to obtain a driver’s license shall undergo traffic safety education regarding each of the following matters before applying for an examination provided for in Article 83 (1) 2 and 3, and any person who is 75 years of age or older on the date of renewal of his or her driver’s license shall undergo such education within the renewal period of his or her driver’s license: <Added on Mar. 27, 2018>
1. Matters concerning aging and safe driving;
2. Matters concerning drugs and driving;
3. Matters concerning coping with driving according to cognitive ability, such as memory and judgment;
4. Matters concerning the understanding of traffic-related statutes and regulations.
(6) Any person who intends to obtain a conditional driver's license upon installing an ignition interlock device under Article 80-2 shall receive traffic safety education on how to operate such device and the prevention of driving while intoxicated, as prescribed by Presidential Decree, before applying for a driver's license test on the matters provided in Article 83 (1) 2 and 3. <Added on Oct. 24, 2023>[This Article Wholly Amended on Jun. 8, 2011]