of Public Administration and Security and the Chief of Police to inspect and expand the designation and management of elderly protection zones, and to prepare measures to strengthen the safety measures.368) In response, the Ministry of Public Administration and Security and the National Police Agency each expressed their willingness to accept the plan to expand the designation of the elderly protection zones and to strengthen the safety measures within the protection zones. On Dec. 7, 2022, the National Assembly partially amended the ‘Road Traffic Act.’ The amended ‘Road Traffic Act’ includes the grounds for producing and distributing signs for elderly drivers (newly established Article 7-2) and the expansion of the scope of designation of elderly protection zones (Article 12-2(1)). B) Raising the Question of the Effectiveness of Elderly Protection Zones in Preventing Elderly Traffic Accidents Policies to prevent traffic accidents are in many cases regulations that impose certain duties on drivers or restrict their rights, and opinions for and against them are often conflicting. For example, the Yoon Chang-ho Act and the Min-sik Act are subjected to consideration by the Constitutional Court, or debates are raised about the Safety Speed 5030.369) However, the elderly protection zones, which is a representative measure to prevent traffic accidents for the elderly, raise a different level of problems. Originally, Article 12-2 of the ‘Road Traffic Act’ stipulated the areas to be designated as elderly protection zones were specific areas among the roads surrounding facilities, such as nursing facilities, senior citizen centers, and living sports facilities. As the targets were defined based on the facilities, there were assertions that hospitals with a large number of elderly people and roads near markets are excluded from the elderly protection zones, reducing the effectiveness of the system.370) In fact, according to the 2021 special inspection 368) NHRCK, Recommendations and Opinions on Improving the System to Protect the Human Rights of the Elderly from the Risk of Traffic Accidents, Apr. 7, 2022. 369) Joongang Ilbo, “5030 Policy is at a slow pace” vs “Yet another change,” Mar. 25, 2022. 370) Donga Ilbo, 58% of the deaths while walking are elderly ... even with high traffic accidents, ‘protection zone’ is not established, Jun. 8, 2022. 156