page_title: Kōreisha mark
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Kōreisha mark / Description
caption_attribution_description: old kōreisha mark (古い高齢者マーク)
context_page_description: The Kōreisha mark is a statutory sign that is set up in the Road Traffic Law of Japan to indicate "aged person at the wheel". Its official name is "aged driver sign".
  The law decrees that when a person who is aged 70 and over drives a car and if their old age could affect the driving, they should endeavor to display this mark on both the front and rear of the car. Drivers aged 75 and over are obliged to display the mark.
  Conversely, the green and yellow shoshinsha mark denotes new drivers. Both marks are designed to warn other drivers that the marked driver is not very skilled, either due to inexperience or old age.
context_section_description: The system was instituted in 1997; until January 2011, its shape was an orange and yellow teardrop-shape, and it was accordingly also called "momiji mark" (紅葉マーク, autumn leaf mark). Some people call it "kareha mark" (枯れ葉マーク, dried leaf mark) or "Ochiba mark" (落葉マーク, fallen leaf mark), but this is a more informal title, and considered less polite.
  As of 1 February 2011, the shape was changed to the new, four-leafed form.
caption: The old Koreisha mark on a truck in 2017.
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