The locomotive driving training subsidy is 1,300 yuan, and the subsidy will be increased next year, at least 40,000 places will be subsidized.

(File photo, photo by reporter Huang Liangjie)

[Reporter Zheng Weiqi/Taipei Report] This year, a subsidy of 1,300 yuan was given to those who attended a driving training class before taking the motorcycle license test, with more than 25,000 people. They are all lower than those who have not attended driving training classes. Therefore, the subsidy will be increased next year, at least 40,000 people will be subsidized.

Many people only practice on the roads, riverbanks, and parking lots near their homes instead of taking driving classes before taking the motorcycle driver's license test.

The Ministry of Communications conducted an external survey on the effectiveness of people participating in motorcycle driving training classes. According to the data from 2008 to 2010, there were a total of 773,306 people who had not received motorcycle driving training, and the number of violations was 150,474. Five times, the violation rate was 20%; the number of accidents occurred 80,709 times, and the accident rate was 11.

three%.

A total of 28,489 people had attended driving training classes, and the number of violations was 2,514, with a violation rate of 8.

8%; the number of accidents occurred 2089 times, and the accident rate was seven.

three%.

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Violation of regulations and accident rate has been greatly reduced after attending driving training classes

In other words, the violation rate of those who have participated in driving training classes is reduced by 11%.

2 percentage points, the risk of violations is reduced by 56%; the accident rate is reduced by 4 percentage points, and the accident risk is reduced by 35%, showing that after perfect driving training, drivers can indeed improve traffic safety awareness.

In order to encourage people to take driving training classes before taking the license test, the Ministry of Communications has introduced subsidy measures since 2019. In the first year, there are 8,000 places, each with a subsidy of 1,000 yuan, which is in short supply.

The original plan for this year is 20,000 places, but the local government will increase the quota. After the Ministry of Communications increases the budget, the total subsidy will be two.

fifty thousand people.

Zhang Shunqing said that next year, the number of subsidized people will be increased, and at least 40,000 people will be subsidized.