The police station and the Zhunan Police Station under the jurisdiction of the Houlong Section of the Taiwan Route 61, in conjunction with the Miaoli Public Works Section of the Maintenance Engineering Office of the Second District of the General Highway Administration of the Ministry of Communications, carried out a joint inspection of large vehicles on the liaison road between the Taiwan 61 and the Taiwan 1 highway yesterday. Set "Mobile Weighbridge" to perform road inspection and check weighing.

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[Reporter Peng Jianli/Miaoli Report] The Xibin Highway of Taiwan Line 61 is a long-running trunk road. However, due to the road improvement project in the back-long section of Taiwan Line 61, large vehicle accidents often occur. The Miaoli County Police Department and the General Highway Administration conducted a joint inspection. From January to the end of August, a total of 155 cases of overloading large vehicles, 339 cases of speeding and 2,228 cases of other violations of various types were banned, resulting in a total of 2,722 cases of large-scale vehicle violations.

The police station and the Zhunan Police Branch under the jurisdiction of the Houlong Section of the Taiwan Route 61, in conjunction with the Miaoli Public Works Section of the Maintenance Engineering Office of the Second District of the Highway General Administration of the Ministry of Communications, also carried out a joint inspection of large vehicles on the liaison road between the Tai 61 Route and the Tai 1 Highway yesterday. , set up "mobile weighbridges" on site, carry out road inspection and check weighing, and inspect whether large vehicles are equipped with and use the driving vision assistance system and driving recorder, and advocate to obey the speed limit and not overload the cargo.

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The police department appeals to the drivers of large vehicles (gravel trucks, large trucks and linked vehicles, etc.), overloading on the road will not only cause damage to roads and bridges, but also drive under the conditions of overweight, changed body or even poor maintenance, and the braking distance will also be reduced. Increase, once there is a traffic accident that is prone to fatalities and injuries, it will continue to carry out the ban on overloading of sand and gravel trucks in places prone to violations, and strengthen the ban on major violations such as overloading and speeding, so as to ensure the safety of passers-by and the police to enforce the law. There is no room for ambiguity, and large cars should not take chances.

The Guanhai Bridge, Houlong Town, Miaoli County, Taiwan Line 61, is undergoing reconstruction due to serious structural erosion. In order to carry out the demolition of the Houlong Guanhai Bridge, the traffic flow on Line 1 of the replacement road has surged, and large vehicles such as gravel trucks and large trucks are frequently seen. Frequent access to and from the roads surrounding the construction has resulted in many large vehicles causing traffic accidents.