Police Crackdown Deters Speed Racers; About 10 Suspicious Vehicles Dispersed in Busan

The Busan Metropolitan Police Agency announced that no illegal street racing or reckless driving took place as it conducted a crackdown across the city of Busan from last night (August 14) through this morning to prevent reckless driving by motorcycles and other vehicles in celebration of Liberation Day.

The Busan Metropolitan Police Agency deployed around 150 personnel, including traffic patrol officers and police riot squads, dividing the city into three zones to crack down on reckless driving activities.

At around 9:55 p.m. yesterday, acting on intelligence that reckless driving was expected in Gijang-gun, police pre-positioned forces at expected gathering spots and dispersed about 10 suspicious vehicles.

In a simultaneous crackdown on drunk driving conducted alongside the reckless driving enforcement, police caught two violators and issued traffic tickets for 24 infractions, including failure to wear motorcycle helmets.

(Photo provided by Busan Metropolitan Police Agency, Yonhap News)
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