Radio Taiwan International
Date: 06 September, 2019
By: John Van Trieste

A Yunlin County man has designed a new, safer car door that he hopes will put a stop to one common

type of road accident.

A Yunlin County man has designed a new, safer car door that he hopes will put a stop to one common type of road accident.

Hsieh Ming-lung works as an accountant in Yunlin County. But he’s also the holder of US and Taiwanese patents for an invention he’s hoping will save lives.

Each year, Taiwan sees several hundred incidents of drivers absent-mindedly opening their car doors into a passing scooter riders or cyclists. Between January and June this year, there were 247 accidents of this kind in the central city of Taichung alone. 275 people were injured.
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