Kaohsiung’s revenue from traffic fines is estimated to be 1.5 billion, but it exceeds the revenue every year, and it is criticized for stealing money.

(Photo by reporter Huang Liangjie)

[Reporter Huang Liangjie/Kaohsiung Report] The Kaohsiung City Council reviewed the annual revenue budget of 1.5 billion traffic fines for this year. Blue camp members questioned the city government’s performance pressure to meet the standards. He emphasized that the fines for traffic violations are mainly used to improve traffic safety and improve road quality. The final accounts of traffic fines in Gaocheng City exceed the budget, and the same is true for the other five cities.

Members of Lanying criticized that since 2015, 1.5 billion traffic fines have been budgeted every year, but the budget has been exceeded every year. The budget is not true. Due to inflation and rising prices, the city government should not treat citizens as ATMs. The government should review the reasons why the income from fines cannot be reduced, and traffic violations should also be based on persuasion and publicity.

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In response to the query from the Kuomintang party group in the parliament, the Transportation Bureau stated that police enforcement is not for the purpose of banning, but to protect the traffic rights of law-abiding passers-by, to maintain traffic order and ensure traffic safety.

Relevant traffic violation fines are mainly used for road traffic quality improvement, road traffic safety publicity and other purposes to achieve the goal of reducing traffic accidents, reducing the number of traffic casualties, and improving the safety of pedestrians. Snatching purses" and "being a cash machine".

Kaohsiung City’s revenue from traffic fines, the city government also increased the construction funds for road paving and maintenance, and used it for road quality improvement and improvement at the same time. Taking 111 years as an example, the road maintenance funds increased by 1.056 billion yuan compared with 109 years. 3.3 million square meters were completed, an increase of 440,000 square meters or 15.8% compared with 2.86 million square meters in 2011. Kaohsiung City will continue to improve road quality and road use environment.