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By Chen Hsin-yu / Staff reporterA petition on the government’s Policy Network Participation Platform for the Ministry of Transportation and Communications （MOTC） to hold a weekly media briefing to address casualties in traffic accidents last week reached the threshold to be considered for a policy proposal.
Minister of Transportation and Communications Wang Kwo-tsai (王國材) yesterday confirmed that the Central Epidemic Command Center has approved Genting Hong Kong’s plan to restart its island-hopping tours in Taiwan using the Explorer Dream, one of its cruise ships based in the Port of Keelung. The company plans to restart cruise ship tours next month, he said. Because of the northeast monsoon, the tours would be limited to Taiwan proper, travel agencies said, adding that island-hopping tours would not become available until summer. Meanwhile, at a meeting of the legislature’s Transport...
Over half a million people injured yearly in traffic accidents in Taiwan | 2021-12-12 21:15:00
Fewer traffic offenses can be reported by the public under updated regulations passed by the legislature yesterday in response to public and police frustration over excessive reporting. According to the new rules, only offenses with serious implications for public safety can be reported, such as driving without a helmet or double parking. Reporting minor infractions, such as parking on road lines, would no longer be permitted. The number of traffic offenses reported by the public has climbed to an unsustainable volume for police in recent years, many of which are retaliatory. National Police A...
By Hsieh Chun-lin and Kayleigh Madjar / Staff reporter, with staff writerFewer traffic offenses can be reported by the public under updated regulations passed by the legislature yesterday in response to public and police frustration over excessive reporting.