KMT legislator You Yulan.

(Provided by You Yulan's office)

[Reporter Wang Qianhao/Taipei Report] Return my right of way!

A netizen said on PTT that pedestrians were not allowed to report to the police because vehicles passed the zebra crossing, but the police used Article 48-2 of the "Regulations on Road Traffic Management Penalties" to evade the report, which aroused public criticism.

In this regard, KMT Legislator You Yulan specially invited the Ministry of Communications and the Police Department to clarify this (8th). After discussion, no matter turning or going straight, those who do not suspend the passage of pedestrians should be punished according to Article 44, Item 2. Violators can be reported by the public.

You Yulan pointed out that recently, many people have responded to her and found that there are vehicles that do not give priority to pedestrians when they turn. Item 2 "When a car driver makes a turn, except for prohibiting pedestrians from crossing the road section, if he does not suspend pedestrians to pass through first, he will be fined NT$1,200 to NT$3,600", and the public cannot report.

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You Yulan specially invited the Ministry of Communications and the Police Department to clarify today. After full discussion, the conclusion is that no matter turning or going straight, when passing a crosswalk when there are pedestrians crossing, those who do not suspend to let pedestrians pass first should be punished according to Article 44 Item 2 .

Violators can be reported by the public.

You Yulan said that she has always advocated equal rights on the roads, and put more emphasis on the priority of pedestrians. She asked the Ministry of Communications and the Construction Department of the Ministry of the Interior to universally build physical sidewalks, remove pedestrian bridges or fill in parallel underground passages, allow pedestrians to cross the road at a level, and generally install pedestrian-only time zones. , to implement people-oriented transportation.

You Yulan reminded all drivers that when you leave the steering wheel, you are a pedestrian, so everyone must have the concept of giving priority to pedestrians, no matter whether you are going straight or turning, and whether there is a crosswalk or not, you must give way to pedestrians.

After the meeting, the Police Department immediately wrote the correct regulations to each police agency. You Yulan praised that the Police Department is really efficient. Regarding this afternoon's meeting, each unit can immediately write down the regulations, so that traffic safety can take effect immediately.

The Police Administration pointed out today that for vehicles that do not give priority to pedestrians when turning or going straight, they should be punished in accordance with Article 44, Item 2 of the "Regulations on Penalties for Road Traffic Management", and all police agencies should abide by it.

(Provided by You Yulan's office)