You are driving a passenger car, and the following safety sign is installed above one of the lanes. What is the correct way to drive?
A vehicle that is not allowed in an exclusive lane must not use that lane (Article 15(3) of the Road Traffic Act), and the symbol on the sign decides which vehicles the lane is for. Be suspicious of statements that add exceptions not found in the law, such as 'it is fine if none of those vehicles are in sight'.
Answer: ②
Explanation
This sign, with a bicycle symbol, the words '자전거전용' (bicycles only) and a down arrow, indicates that only bicycles and personal mobility devices may use that lane (Enforcement Rule Annex 6, No. 318). Vehicles not permitted in an exclusive lane must not travel in it (Road Traffic Act Article 15(3)), so a passenger car must use another lane. Entering because no bicycle is in sight, or stopping in it, endangers bicycles and personal mobility devices.
Legal basis: 도로교통법 시행규칙 별표6 318 자전거전용차로표지