“I thought I could cross easily, but my body won’t obey me.” On the afternoon of the 6th of last month, while crossing the crosswalk near Cheongnyangni Market in Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul, Ham Da-ik (79) said this while catching his breath at the central bus lane stop in the middle. He started walking as soon as the green light turned on, but before he could even reach the halfway point, the light changed to red. Mr. Ham, who was almost stranded on the lane in an instant, had to get up to the stop to avoid the crowd of buses and taxis. He sighed, saying, “I always wish the signal was a little longer.” The Cheongnyangni Market area is a representative area where elderly pedestrian accidents occur frequently in Seoul. As of April, the proportion of the population aged 65 or older in nearby Jegi-dong was 26.5%, and in Cheongnyangni-dong, 34.4%, significantly exceeding the Seoul average (about 20%). According to the Korea Road Traffic Authority's traffic accident analysis system, there are 9 serious injuries in traffic accidents involving elderly pedestrians that occurred in this area between 2022 and 2024. As we looked around the scene for about two hours that day, we saw an elderly pedestrian with a cane before he had finished crossing the street.