South African national fined for riding YouBike on freeway

woman on YouBike on National Highway 1 in New Taipei City

July 3, 2023July 3, 2023 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment freeway, national highway, New Taipei City

A South African national was fined for riding a bicycle on National Highway 1 in New Taipei City last week, after she was allegedly guided onto the freeway by her smartphone. Police received reports of a woman seen riding a bicycle on the freeway headed northbound between Linkou and Wugu on Tuesday, June 27, at around 7:00 pm, A 24-year-old South African resident was stopped by police around 10 minutes later. The police officers took the errant cyclist back to

mangled wreck of small sedan after being hit by a bus

Traffic Accidents

November 19, 2017November 19, 2017 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment freeway, Kaohsiung, traffic-accident

Four occupants of a small sedan were killed after a tour bus smashed into the car on Freeway 3 in Kaohsiung this morning. Nobody on the tour bus was reported injured. The accident happened at 8:42am in the southbound lanes at Yanchao Interchange. Of the 4 people cut out of the mangled wreck of the car, 3 had no vital signs at the scene of the accident, and one later died at the hospital. The driver of the car was