POLICE FINDS 32 TEA PICKERS CRAM IN ONE TRUCK|鹿谷採茶車嚴重超載 整車33人好驚險

The harvest season for winter tea has arrived. As tea pickers flock into the mountains, carried by pick-trucks, safety has become a pressing concern, because in the span of just 4 days, police in Nantou County have cited nine incidents of truck overloading and illegal structural alterations. In on case, the driver managed to cram 32 tea pickers on to his truck. Police stopped the work truck and was shocked by what he saw. ==POLICE Nantou== Everyone step down for counting, OK? Otherwise, I cannot count how many passengers. (How many? Ask him, he knows.) How many passengers? (Maybe...) Don't say maybe. This three-and-half tons work truck had overloaded passengers, nearly all available space were used. Many of them were over 60-year-old women. They were on the way for picking tea leaves. The number of the overloaded passenger was 33, including three people at the front seat. Yes, their ages exceeded over one thousand years old. My gosh. ==POLICE Nantou== Including three passengers at the front seat, a total of 30 passengers, correct? (Please make fine less. We're all hard-earning labors.) Those tea-picking labors pleaded for mercy on behalf of the driver. But violation ticket was issued. The driver got another ticket by converting backseats illegally. In order to harvest winter tea leaves, labors were risking their lives every early morning. Several accidents made police to enforce traffic laws at no mercy. Police fined nine violation cases within four days. However, a tea grower said: ==TEA GROWER== Some pick-up trucks are not allowed to transport passengers. But only pick-up trucks can run on mountains and hills. This is the problem. Tea growers said they were forced to make such risky transportation. But the police said they will continue to enforce the laws and stop overloading passengers. TRANSLATED BY：ANTHONY LIN 警方攔下這部貨車，眼前的景像，也讓員警嚇一大跳 ==南投警方== 人先下車來點一下好嗎 不然這樣怎麼點 (幾個人 你問他 他知道啦) 幾個人(可能)不要說可能啦 三噸半的貨車後車斗擠得滿滿，幾乎沒有空隙，好幾位大嬸的年紀都超過60歲，為了上山採茶，硬是把自己擠進狹窄小空間，前座還載了三個人，竟然擠了33人，整車採茶工的年紀加起來超過千歲。 ==南投警方== 包括前座三個 總共30人對嗎 (你罰單也開少一點) (我們都是賺辛苦錢的人) 這些採茶工還幫忙求情，希望員警網開一面，不過超載情節太嚴重，警方還是依法開單；除了違法超載，後車斗全部改成座椅，也屬於違法。 為了趕收冬茶，採茶工每天凌晨都是這樣冒險上山，意外頻傳，南投警方加強查緝，四天就抓到九件違規，不過茶農也有苦水。 ==茶農== 有的貨車根本不能載人 山坡沒有貨車又上不去 問題就出在這裡 茶農表示，因為山區地形需要貨車接駁，才會鋌而走險；不過違規是事實，警方表示取締不會停止，杜絕違法改裝超載的惡習。 記者 林健生 南投報導