Annual Report 2014
President, and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court to establish provisions on
selection/appointment procedures of the commissioners in their internal regulations,
reflecting contents of the Guideline, as well as to carry out selection/appointment
procedures pursuant to the Guideline on September 22, 2014. Each nominating body
replied to work on implementing the recommendation.
F. Policy Recommendation on the Improvement of Inside Safety
Devices of Special Means of Transportation
In response to complaints about accidents regarding call taxies for persons with
disabilities (hereafter special means of transportation) in operation across the country,
such as a wheelchair having turned over in transit due to the lack of a seat belt
for the passenger or wheelchair stabilizing device, resulting in a passenger hitting
his/her head on the car body or hurting his/her back from a sudden turn or stop,
the Commission reviewed the relevant legal provisions.
The Commission found that since the introduction of special means of transportation
by the enforcement of the Act on Promotion of the Transportation Convenience of
Mobility Disadvantaged Persons on January 28, 2006, safety incidents including a
wheelchair user being turned over in his/her wheelchair causing injury due to a slipped
or loosened wheelchair locking device in transit, or cases of a wheelchair user hitting
his/her body on a car frame during a sudden turn or stop, though he/she was wearing
a seat belt, have been consistently reported every year.
Therefore, the Commission, on October 21, 2014, presented the following
recommendations to the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport: i) to establish
detailed requirements regarding the structure, material, and safety level of inside
safety devices (e.g. wheelchair locks and seat belts specially designed for wheelchair
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