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On March 29, 2020, a part-time delivery part-timer died due to

unlicensed driving by teenagers. These teenagers were driving
their stolen cars from Seoul to Daejeon and fleeing the police.

Some of them were under the age of 14 who could not face
criminal charges. In addition to this incident, the number of
unlicensed driving by teenagers has been increasing day by day.

In the past five years, unlicensed driving by teenagers accounted
for 37.3 percent of traffic accidents, an annual increase of 14.2

percent.

In South Korea, the law stipulates that you can obtain a driver's

license from at least 18 years of age. This is because too young
an age reduces the ability to judge things. But these days,

teenagers drive without a license just because they are curious, to
show others, or because friends around them drive. This has

caused many accidents and caused many deaths.

Under the Road Traffic Act in Korea, if a person dies while

driving without a license, he or she is sentenced to life
imprisonment or imprisonment for more than 5 years. However,
minors are not punished or just fined hundreds of thousands of

won. Even responsibility for compensation goes to their parents,
not minors themselves. They don't get punished at all, or they

can barely clean up their sins with money, and they don't even
get the punishment themselves for causing the incident.. It is
natural for people to get angry. Many have called for tougher

punishment for underage unlicensed driving cases through
national petitions.

I think we should strengthen the punishment for underage

unlicensed driving cases more strongly, giving teenagers a chance
to be alert. In particular, early education on traffic safety should
be strengthened as a moment of curiosity can cause great

damage.

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