Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/10/02
By: Lee Hsin-Yin
Taipei, Oct. 2 (CNA) Transportation Minister Ho Chen Tan (賀陳旦) said Monday that
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one his primary goals is to reduce the number of road fatalities in Taiwan, which now averages eight per day, but it would also require the efforts of the wider society.
Some of the preventative measures adopted by the transportation ministry include stricter laws on drunk driving and tighter controls on drivers’ licenses, Ho Chen said.
For instance, he said, drivers 75 years old and over are now required to renew their driver’s licenses every three years, on condition that they pass cognitive and physical coordination tests.
The minister said that since he took office last year, he has been focused on the incidence of road traffic deaths, which remains high at an average eight per day despite a decline in recent years. [FULL STORY]
