{"id":75525,"date":"2026-07-06T01:45:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T01:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/75525\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T01:45:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T01:45:07","slug":"seoul-korea-opens-first-scenic-rest-area-on-olympic-expressway-to-help-prevent-drowsy-driving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/75525\/","title":{"rendered":"Seoul, Korea opens first scenic rest area on Olympic Expressway to help prevent drowsy driving"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mb2-plus4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/olympic-rest-area.jpg\" alt=\"Scenic Rest Area in Seoul\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"default-font lh-default ma0 mh3 mt0 pb3\">\n\t\t\t\t (Photo by Seoul Metropolitan Government\/courtesy of haps Magazine Korea)<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"storyline-p f4 \">Drivers using Seoul\u2019s Olympic Expressway can now take a break while enjoying views of the Han River, as the city opens its first scenic rest area designed to help prevent drowsy driving.&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"storyline-p f4 \">The new facility officially opens on July 1 on the Gimpo-bound side of the Olympic Expressway, near the southern end of Olympic Bridge. It is the first rest area of its kind on one of Seoul\u2019s urban expressways.&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"storyline-p f4 \">Unlike traditional drowsy driving rest stops, the facility combines practical amenities with a riverside viewpoint overlooking the Han River, offering a place for motorists to rest during long drives while taking in sunset and nighttime views.&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"storyline-p f4 \">The site includes 27 parking spaces, a 24-hour public restroom, an indoor lounge, an observation deck and a walking path. CCTV cameras, emergency call buttons and dedicated acceleration and deceleration lanes have also been installed to improve safety.&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"storyline-p f4 \">The project addresses a lack of rest facilities along Seoul\u2019s expressways, where drivers have had few opportunities to stop despite long stretches of uninterrupted road.&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"storyline-p f4 \">According to the Seoul Facilities Corporation, four drowsy driving accidents were recorded on the 43.1-kilometer Olympic Expressway between 2021 and 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Photo by Seoul Metropolitan Government\/courtesy of haps Magazine Korea) Drivers using Seoul\u2019s Olympic Expressway can now take a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":75526,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[41021,41024,41019,41018,41022,13234,41023,31,41020,41017,41016,112,33],"class_list":["post-75525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-south-korea","tag-cctv","tag-drivers","tag-driving-in-korea","tag-drowsy-driving","tag-expressways","tag-han-river","tag-highways","tag-korea","tag-night-view","tag-olympic-expressway","tag-scenic-rest-area","tag-seoul","tag-south-korea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75525"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75525\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}