Gov't to strictly enforce five-day vehicle restriction system for public sector

The government will strictly enforce a mandatory five-day vehicle restriction system for the public sector to respond to possible oil supply disruption amid persisting tensions in the Middle East, while implementing additional energy-saving measures, the climate ministry said Tuesday. The government will beef up monitoring of the public sector's compliance with the five-day driving restriction system, under which cars are divided into five groups based on their license plate numbers and each group is prohibited from driving on a designated weekday, according to the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment. The system has been in place but run loosely. Electric and hydrogen vehicles are exempt from such restrictions. The government will advise the private sector to voluntarily participate in the program amid growing uncertainties surrounding crude supplies, and consider making the system mandatory for the private sector as well if a Level 3 national resource crisis alert is issued for oil supply. The ministry said it decided to adopt such a system as the government raised last week the

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