A cat was put under “full control” of the expressway… “Safely rescued” = South Korea

A highway in North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea, was temporarily shut down because of a cat. This is an example of using "traffic brakes" rather than completely controlling the roads.
On the 17th, Gyeongbuk Police posted on their official Facebook page that they received a report of a cat sitting on the median strip of Gunwi Expressway last month, and used traffic brakes to control traffic.
After getting it under control, he revealed that he rescued the cat. At that time, the cat was discovered at the 22km mark on the Gunwei Expressway. Highway patrol officers approached to rescue the cat, but the cat ran into oncoming traffic.
It is said that a dangerous situation occurred as a result. North Gyeongsang Police said they safely rescued the cat after controlling the road in both directions using traffic brakes. The traffic brake
, in order to prevent secondary accidents, emergency vehicles such as police cars drive while moving in lanes, intentionally inducing traffic jams.
make it move slowly. This system was introduced in South Korea in December 2016. If the police slow down and cause a traffic jam, vehicles must slow down according to their instructions. passed a police car
In this case, a passenger car standard fine of 60,000 won and 15 penalty points may be imposed for violating the signal instructions. Police said, ``We were able to preemptively prevent the accident by responding quickly.''