Anyone who has reached the age of 18 for the license examination, regardless of their residence in Taipei City, and completes the driving training course at the driving training class and obtains a driver's license, can enjoy a subsidy of 1,300 yuan in training fees.

(Photo by reporter Cai Yahua)

[Reporter Cai Yahua/Taipei Report] Motorcycle accidents and casualties have remained high year after year. There were more than 33,000 traffic accidents in Taipei City last year, of which more than 2.8 were motorcycle casualties. Therefore, the Taipei City Transportation Bureau promotes training subsidies before the motorcycle license examination. 18-year-old license examination age, not limited to Beishi, those who have completed driving training and obtained a driver's license for ordinary heavy-duty vehicles can apply for a subsidy of 1,300 yuan.

According to statistics from the Transportation Bureau, there were 62 A1 accidents (traffic accidents causing death on the spot or within 24 hours) in Taipei last year, including 35 locomotives, accounting for more than 20%; A2 accidents (causing injuries or death within 24 hours) Traffic accidents) accounted for 33,534 cases, and motorcycles accounted for 28,458 cases, accounting for nearly 30%.

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In order to improve the riding safety of motorcycle beginners and strengthen the concept of defensive driving safety, the Transportation Bureau has promoted training subsidies before the motorcycle license examination since August 2012. According to the statistics of the Transportation Bureau, the accident rate has dropped significantly after receiving the driving training class. The average accident rate is 4.88%, and the average accident rate of the driving training class is 1.96%.

Ye Zhihong, section chief of the Transportation Bureau, said that this year, the General Administration of Highways of the Ministry of Communications will subsidize 2,050 places in Beishi, and there will be no upper limit for the number of subsidy places in Beicheng. This year, Huafeng Driving Training Class and Binjiang and Dahu Driving Training Class will be added to improve the public's ability to master safe riding motorcycles.

In addition, the Taipei City Parking Management Engineering Office responded by encouraging the public to participate in motorcycle driving training. The Transportation Bureau stated that starting from now on, you can take classes in 6 ordinary heavy-duty motorcycle driving training classes in Taipei City. After completing the ordinary heavy-duty motorcycle driving training and obtaining a driver's license, you can enjoy the motorcycle roads provided by the parking management premises. Free parking for one month.