76 repeat DUI offenders required to attend lecture in funeral parlor in New Taipei City
Taiwan News
Date: 2019/03/07
By: Keoni Everington, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
(By Central News Agency)
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — As part of an effort to reduce drunk driving deaths, 76 repeat DUI offenders were required to attend a workshop on road traffic safety at a funeral home in New Taipei City today, according to local media reports.
At 2 p.m. today, the Banqiao Motor Vehicles Supervision Station implemented its first traffic safety workshop in a side auditorium at the Banqiao Municipal Funeral Hall in New Taipei City. The Directorate General of Highway (DGH) said that it singled out 77 DUI repeat offenders, who had been arrested for the offense at least twice within five years, to attend the lecture.
The DGH said that, with the exception of one person who requested special leave in advance, the 76 other drivers attended the workshop.
The interior of the room was arranged to look like a funeral parlor for grieving a deceased loved one. A white couplet was hung on the front of the auditorium which read “Mourning the loss of 3,088 people who have died in drunk driving accidents across the country over the past five years.” [FULL STORY]
