What is the Eco-Drive Zone?

 Government needs to create the Eco-Drive Zone for sustainable future. Eco-Drive Zone indicates the area of cutting fuels off. Drivers can lessen fuels at that area by refraining sudden unintended acceleration and taking their foot off gas pedal on the way down. It leads to cut the energy down and therefore we can reduce environment contamination. Saving natural resource and reducing global warming are just two reasons for creating the Eco-Drive Zone.

 One reason is that EDZ Impedes the depletion of a natural resource by using fuel-cut. Fuel cut means to prevent fuel supply for avoiding increasing velocity while vehicles speed up to some standard. We can raise fuel efficiency from fuel cut. If we move our foot off on accelerator, function of fuel cut operates at the speed from 1500 to 2000. In this, it allows to run itself by momentum, so it can achieve the fuel efficiency. A downhill road is the best for taking advantage of the fuel cut and it is designated as the Eco-Drive Zone. Drivers could drive their car only by inertia at that area without the accelerator. According to government notice, drivers can reduce about 5% of fuels from starting point to the end of area. So EDZ could let cars run with specific speed not exhausting their fuels. Ultimately they can drive more with the same amount of fuels.

 Another reason to make the EMZ is that it reduce emissions of carbon dioxide. Most of the carbon dioxide, which is the main factor of global warming, are emitted from fumes of the cars. So we can contribute to preserve environment by reducing carbon dioxide from cars. For example, there are 74 sections, which is a range of 25.7km, that have 65000 tonnes of carbon dioxide reduction effect as well as 26000kl of energy saving effect in Seohaean Expressway.

 Designating the Eco-Drive Zone is a good way to ensure sustainable future because it enables drivers to use less natural resource, and it also reduces carbon dioxide emissions. Besides being good for the environment, Eco-Drive Zone has additional benefits. Eco-Drive Zone induces drivers to form good driving habits. So it leads reduction of traffic accidents in the black spot, especially in the downhill road. By creating the Eco-Drive Zone, we can ensure the reduction of environment risk and the reduction of exposure for us from the risk at the same time.