HEAVY MOTORCYCLISTS CHALLENGE FREEWAY RIDING LAW|爭取上國道 重機族車友竟召騎士"試辦"

Yesterday, on Father's day, a group of motorcyclists decided to test their bikes on the freeway, in an attempt to demand that freeways be opened to heavy duty motorcycles. Highway police tried to pull over the ones who violated the current traffic regulations. Highway police spotted and tried to pull over a large heavy duty motorcycle rider on the Dajia section of National Freeway Three near Taichung. ==HIGHWAY POLICE== Keep on going, keep on going to the hard shoulder, ok? Keep on going, ride there, it's safer there, and then stop. At eleven o'clock in the morning, many drivers called and reported to the highway police that there were at least four large heavy duty motorcycles riding southbound, and one rider was finally got caught and fined. ==HIGHWAY POLICE== We pulled him over. Yes, he stopped, stopped. The rider seemed to already know the consequences, he took out his phone and made a video of being stopped. Highway police issued a ticket and called a tow truck to transport the motorcycle off the freeway. ==LIN CHIH-HONG, Sub-lieutenant, Dajia Branch, National Highway Police Bureau== Police spotted the rider of large heavy duty motorcycle at the 159km mark point, and pulled him over to the hard shoulder. The rider was riding in the central lane, at a speed of 100km per hour. He wasn't swerving. National Highway Police Bureau revealed that some riders on the internet were planning a group action. Highway police noted this and enforced patrols. Police pulled over a total of five large heavy duty motorcycles. Police remind riders that freeways are not open to any type of motorcycle. If breaking the law, riders can be fined a maximum fine of NT$6,000. Police urge large heavy duty motorcycle riders not to use action to lobby for the right to ride on freeways. TRANSLATED BY：ANTHONY LIN 國道警察在國道三號南下大甲路段，發現一輛大型重機車行駛在中間車道，立即按喇叭向機車騎士示警，要他靠邊停車，不過其它車輛，不斷從旁呼嘯而過，連員警也替他捏一把冷汗。 ==員警== 你往前騎 騎到那個 槽化線那邊好不好 往前騎 騎到那個 比較安全的地方 再停下來 上午11點，民眾陸續打電話報案，在國道三號新竹香山到苗栗後龍路段，發現至少四輛大型重機車一路南下，最後這名賴姓騎士遭警方攔下開罰。 ==員警== 攔下來了嗎 攔下來了 攔下來了 不過這位重機騎士，似乎也早就做好心理準備，被警方攔下來後，還拿手機自拍，最後被遭警方開單告發，重機車也由拖吊車載下高速公路。 ==國道七隊大甲分隊長 林志鴻== 就在159公里發現 該部重機騎士後 就把他攔停在路肩 他是都騎乘在中線車道上面 速度的話 是維持差不多在100(公里)左右 是沒有看到他有蛇行的行為 國道公路警察局表示，日前民眾在網路上號召上國道，就已經掌握訊息，所以8號全台國道都加強巡邏，中午以前一共攔查5輛重機車。警方呼籲，國道並未開放大型重機車，若任意闖入，最高可開罰新台幣六千元，希望重機車友不要用這樣的方式來爭取權益。 記者 邱植培 彭煥群 台中報導