TOUGHER PENALTIES: The nation’s first case in which two passengers were fined for riding with a drunk driver happened in Hsinchu City, the National Police Agency said
Taipei Times
Date: Jul 03, 2019
By: Shelley Shan / Staff reporter
Police on Monday caught 357 people nationwide on drunk driving charges as tougher penalties on
The Kaohsiung Motor Vehicles Office displays a warning sign on June 28 to remind people of a series of new penalties for drunk driving, which came into effect Monday.
Photo: Chen Wen-chan, Taipei Times
Lawmakers passed amendments to the Road Traffic Management and Penalty Act (道路交通管理處罰條例) in March.
The agency on Monday launched a nationwide crackdown on DUI that is to run through today.
The agency said 198 of the drivers had a blood alcohol level of more than 0.25 milligrams per liter (mg/L), adding that 62 were car drivers and 136 were motorcyclists.
Police fined 25 people traveling with the drunk drivers, issuing tickets of NT$600 to NT$3,000, the agency said. [FULL STORY]
