Yan Nan was fined 23,000 yuan and had his driver's license suspended for 6 months because he stopped waiting for a red light to use his mobile phone and refused to be inspected by the police. Although he filed a lawsuit against the penalty, he was still defeated by the North Court.

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[Reporter Wen Yude/Taipei Report] Last year, Yan Nan used his mobile phone while driving at a red light. He was asked by the police to stop for inspection but then drove away. He was fined 23,000 yuan and had his driver's license suspended for 6 months, but he denied "Handheld" mobile phone use, and only left because his wife was in an emergency, and filed a lawsuit to resist punishment.

The Administrative Litigation Division of the Taipei District Court determined that Yan Nan had indeed violated the regulations and should be punished based on the secret recorder, and sentenced him to lose the case; he can appeal.

According to the judgment, at around 6:00 p.m. on May 4 last year, when Yan Nan was driving at a red light, he was asked by the police to move the vehicle to the side of the road for inspection because he was using his mobile phone "handheld". , the Taipei City Traffic Accident Tribunal imposed a fine of 3,000 yuan for using a mobile phone while driving, and fined him 20,000 yuan for refusing to stop for inspection, and suspended his driver's license for 6 months.

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But Yan Nan explained that because he heard the phone ringing, he took out the phone and put it on his right thigh to watch, and at the same time, he paid attention to the situation ahead and around him, and opened the car window. It was not the police knocking on the window to warn, so there was no safety concern; The photo is blurred and cannot prove that he was using the mobile phone in a "hand-held" manner. Instead, it proves that he put the mobile phone on his lap, and the road conditions in the video are inconsistent with the actual situation and may be re-edited.

As for the "escape" part, Yan Nan said that because his wife was in an emergency, he moved the car to the side of the road and waited for 4 to 5 minutes according to the police's instructions. He still didn't see the police, so he thought that since there was no violation, why? Personal freedom was restricted by the police, so he decided to leave first and rush back home; he emphasized that he has always been law-abiding and has no criminal record, so why should he be afraid of police inspections and asked the court to revoke his punishment.

The court believes that the policeman saw Yan Nan using his mobile phone while waiting for a red light, and the officer warned him: "Hello driver! You can't use your mobile phone in your hand! Show your ID card... you turn left first, turn left and pull over I will pass, don't drive away", but did not stop for inspection according to the instructions, so the penalty was correct according to law.

During the trial, the North Court inspected the secret recorder and found that Yan Nan was indeed using the mobile phone "handheld", and the police once approached his car and asked him to move the car to the side of the road, and clearly told him not to drive away in order to accept the inspection. Although he had He stopped at the side of the road and waited for the police to arrive, but when the police took about 45 seconds to walk to the indicated location, he had already driven away. He did violate the rules.