Ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday, a bulletin spread that puzzled drivers of the minivan’Carnival’.
It was argued that a large number of carnivals running on the expressway bus lanes during the Lunar New Year holidays were under crackdown.
On the afternoon of the 10th, a post called “Current Carnival Highway Crackdown” was posted in major communities such as Efem Korea. Here, the original article written by a member of a Naver Cafe was captured.
The author posted an article in Naver Cafe on the 10th, saying, “Don’t ride a dedicated lane. No more than 5 people are allowed to gather.”
He argued, “It is the current condition of the highway. Carnivals riding on expressway lanes are all caught. As a result, the standard for exclusive lanes is 9 passengers, with more than 6 people boarding, but now it is prohibited to gather more than 5 people, so they are all caught.”
He also argued, “If there are more than 6 people (carnival), it violates the group ban for more than 5 people, and if there are less than 6 people, the private lane is violated. I will have to give up the private lane until the ban on grouping more than 5 people is released.”
This is the full text of the article.
The article spread online, and a large number of netizens took it as fact.
Is the article on the New Year holiday highway bus lane carnival true? News 1 on the 11th confirmed the facts with the quarantine authorities and the police regarding the article.
In conclusion, the quarantine authorities said that if five or more people who are not living with family members boarded in a private carnival, not on public transportation, in principle, it would violate the ban on gathering of five or more people. However, it is said that crackdowns by quarantine authorities on highways are difficult in reality. However, if there are fewer than six people on the carnival but they run in the exclusive bus lane, they are subject to police crackdown due to violation of the Road Traffic Act. If caught, penalties and fines will be imposed.
News 1 says, “Who got in the vehicle is the criterion for determining whether or not to violate the quarantine law. In short, if there are 5 or more people who are not family members on the resident registration (living together), it violates the law against private gatherings. There are 5 people excluding family members. It is stipulated that the above private meeting is a violation of the Infectious Disease Prevention Act. The problem is that it is not easy to crack down in reality. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is virtually impossible to crack down on all.”
News 1 said, “However,’trick driving’ driving a dedicated lane even though there are fewer than 6 passengers is subject to crackdown as before. If caught, you have to pay a penalty of 60,000 won in addition to 30 points.” A police official said in News 1, “Civil complaints related to carnival trick driving have been continuously raised. It is also subject to crackdown on this Lunar New Year holiday.”
Under the Road Traffic Act, cars with 9 passengers or more and 12 passengers or less, including carnivals, can travel on the expressway bus lanes when there are more than 6 passengers.