Below: Excerpt from the National Police Agency<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n 1. Penalties
(Effective December 1, 2019)
(1) Mobile phone use (traffic danger)
Penalty: Up to 1 year imprisonment or a fine of up to \u00a5300,000
Fine: Not applicable
Base points: 6
(2) Mobile phone use (holding)
Penalty: Up to 6 months imprisonment or a fine of up to \u00a5100,000
Fine: Large vehicle \u00a525,000, standard car \u00a518,000, two-wheeler \u00a515,000, moped \u00a512,000
Base points: 3<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2. Penalties
(Until November 30, 2019)
(1) Mobile phone use (traffic danger)
Penalty: Up to 3 months imprisonment or a fine of up to \u00a550,000
Fine: Large vehicle \u00a512,000, standard car \u00a59,000, two-wheeler \u00a57,000, moped \u00a56,000
Base points: 2
(2) Mobile phone use (holding)
Penalty: Fine of up to \u00a550,000
Fine: Large vehicle \u00a57,000, standard car \u00a56,000, two-wheeler \u00a56,000, moped \u00a55,000
Base points: 1<\/p>\n\n\n\n
3. Revised Road Traffic Act provisions (effective December 1, 2019)
(Duties of drivers)
Article 71: Drivers of vehicles must comply with the following matters.
(5-5) When operating an automobile or motorized bicycle (hereinafter referred to as “automobile, etc.” in this section), except when such automobile, etc. is stopped, drivers must not use a mobile phone device, automobile telephone device, or other wireless communication device (limited to those that cannot transmit or receive without being held in hand; referred to as “wireless communication device” in Article 118, Paragraph 1, Item 3-2) for calls (excluding emergency calls made while the automobile, etc. is running to rescue the injured or maintain public safety; the same applies in Item 3-2 of Article 118), nor must they gaze at images displayed on an image display device installed in or brought into the automobile, etc. (excluding devices specified in Article 41, Items 16 or 17, or Article 44, Item 11 of the Road Transport Vehicle Act; the same applies in Article 118, Paragraph 1, Item 3-2).\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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