A new scheme involving sensor-clad traffic cones is to be trialed in 2019
Taiwan News
Date: 2018/12/17
By: Ryan Drillsma, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
An accident on the national highway earlier this month (By Central News Agency)
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — DPP legislator Lee Kun-tse (李昆澤) has called for better protection for road safety personnel across Taiwan, according to a report by CNA.
Lee reminded fellow ministers today (Dec. 17) that since 2011, five national highway police have been killed on duty. The Ministry of Transportation and Communications promised to install a special traffic cone signal and warning system next year to guarantee the better protection of all road safety personnel.
At a Traffic Safety Committee meeting today, Lee commented that over the past 10 years, road accidents have claimed the lives of 43 construction workers. Between 2011 and 2018, two officers were killed and 32 were injured.
A further three officers have been killed this year, including two that died after being hit by an oncoming truck while issuing a traffic violation in April. [FULL STORY]