Police say that migrant workers in the southern industrial district around Kaohsiung have become serial road safety offenders, with officers stopping them regularly for offences like drink-driving and riding a motorbike without a license.
There are more than 8,000 migrant workers from Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, Vietnam and Indonesia at factories in the county, according to Gangshan Precinct of the Kaohsiung City Police Department, which admits it has problems communicating with them.
Nonetheless, the precinct believes the workers are not making themselves familiar with Taiwan’s road safety regulations, Taiwan Times reported. It cited the case of a 31-year-old Vietnamese man riding a motorcycle with a compatriot on the back who was stopped for suspected drink-driving after the bike was seen speeding by police.
The rider allegedly pretended that he could not understand the police officers when ordered to undertake an alcohol breath test. Police used a Google Translate app, together with body language, to get him to follow their instructions. The man was found to be drink-driving.
Kaohsiung City Police also reminded migrants that it was illegal to ride motorcycles or electric-powered bicycles without the correct government license. Companies were advised to inform and educate their workers about the country’s traffic regulations.
Tsk. Its really a serious problem by the Taiwan’s government foreign workers driving without professional license. They doesn’t know the safety and regulations of Taiwan traffic rules as much they can drive and go..
Taiwanese have licenses and they can’t drive either. I hear a dozen ambulances a day and 9 out of 10 times you see an accident it’s a Taiwanese person riding a scooter. Taiwan has a total lack of courtesy, respect and common sense when it comes to driving in Taiwan. The religious people burning their religious garbage on busy roads isn’t helping anyone either. I can’t tell you how many times Ive been blinded by ashes or smoke while driving the speed limit. Every time there’s a religious event where they burn their religious garbage there is a sharp uptick in ambulance frequencies.
Taiwanese have licenses and they can’t drive either. I hear a dozen ambulances a day and 9 out of 10 times you see an accident it’s a Taiwanese person riding a scooter. Taiwan has a total lack of courtesy, respect and common sense when it comes to driving in Taiwan. The religious people burning their religious garbage on busy roads isn’t helping anyone either. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been blinded by ashes or smoke while driving the speed limit. Every time there’s a religious event where they burn their religious garbage there is a sharp uptick in ambulance frequencies.
Don Mac based on my observation Taiwanese are very disciplined in abiding traffic rules. I’ve never been in many places here thats why i can tell i havent encountered such situations you are saying.
Jinevib Largo Cabonita I’ve driven on every major road around this country, by scooter and then by bicycle. I can tell you Taiwanese drivers are horrible drivers with no consideration for the safety of others and the rules of driving.
Put their vehicles impound they are abusing the rule of law because of democracy that the government provides they are abusing it..
Taiwanese concerned by road safety and traffic regulations. I’m laughing my belly out.
Jinevib Largo Cabonita Taiwanese are not abiding to the traffic rules at all, especially those riding scooters. I’ve witnessed a lot of accidents occurred due to non sense and total ignorance to the traffic rules.
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This article is a joke, right??? Taiwanese drivers have never paid the least bit of attention to traffic rules or safety. Ask a Taiwanese driver what a stop sign is and they’ll be dumbfounded, or they’ll say it must be something foreign. Even in Taipei, you will regularly see people on scooters who don’t put helmets on children and infants, and one can only imagine how bad it gets in the south. Spend some time in Taipei and you’ll experience cars and scooters zipping through red lights without a care in the world while pedestrians are crossing the street. Taiwan is a nice place to live in some respects, but it’s thirdl world in terms of traffic.
Don Mac and they dont know how to use signal flash they just turning left and right without using it
In this article they only blame the south east Asians for bad behavior in the traffic. Caucasians aren’t any better. They often don’t even have a license for the scooter, and enjoy taking advantage of the careless behavior of the locals by riding recklessly themselves cutting the red lights and making an illegal turn at high speed. Drink driving is nothing unusual. I think the most fun is the strategies that locals use to bring their scooter to the front of the line at the red light, and turn right at many times. Either ride on the sidewalk or do a slalom around the cars. Riding on the sidewalk will avoid them from being caught by the camera.