TRAFFIC SAFETY ASSN. PROPOSES MOTORCYCLE LICENSE TEST TO INCLUDE REAL ROAD TESTS|機車事故多 協會籲"路考"納考照項目

Every year, over three thousand people died in traffic accidents, and 80% of the accidents are related to motorcycles. To enhance road safety, an on-road driving test has been adopted in the driver's license test since this May. The Taiwan Traffic Safety Association believes the same on-road test should be held for motorcyclists. The motorist wearing a pink raincoat was driving forward side by side with a bus. But when the bus slowed down, the motorist could not see an oncoming vehicle from the left, due to a blind spot, so a traffic accident occurred. Starting on May 1, driving tests were conducted in real traffic. The Taiwan Traffic Safety Association is promoting the same model to test motorists. ==MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC== You need to get onto the real road, in order to know what exactly may happen. ==MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC== It would be safer in the exam area. Road tests make people nervous, it may cause some unnecessary injuries. Taiwan has a mixture of traffic flows from automobiles and motorcycles, the number of the fatal accident is as high as three thousand people per year, and 80% were related to motorcycles. The current test for obtaining motorcycle license is conducted in a closed test area, and it has no way to ascertain rider's responsiveness. The association suggests adopting the same institution used in Japan and the European Union, either an actual road test or a mixture of traffic flows in closed test area. ==CHUNG HUI-YU former Commissioner, Taipei Dept. of Transportation== The most important thing is to have a real road test. Take Japan for example. The authority randomly selects from 60 or 70 items. That is to say, examinee needs to learn 60 to 70 items. In Taiwan, we test four items and teachers teach four items; or test six items, then the examinee only learns six items. This is absolutely not a test which confirms driving ability on the road. According to the Association, over five thousand people have endorsed actual road test for motorists. The proposal has been submitted to the Ministry of Transportation and Communications. The proposal aims to improve traffic safety in Taiwan. TRANSLATED BY: ANTHONY LIN 國內每年交通事故死亡人數多達3千人，有8成的道路肇事都跟機車有關，為提升道路交通安全，今年5月起，汽車考照已經全面實際道路路考，台灣交通安全協會也認為，機車考照也該納入路考，或在考場內採機汽車混合考試方式，才能檢測出機車駕駛人面對道路交通環境的能力。 穿著粉紅色雨衣的機車騎士，跟在公車旁邊一起前進，公車看到左方來車減速，但機車被公車擋住出現視線死角，繼續向前騎就發生意外，馬路上交通狀況多，只要一不小心就很容易發生車禍，今年5月1號起，汽車考照已經全面實施道路路考，現在台灣交通安全協會也提倡，機車考照也該納入路考。 ==民眾== 你要在實際的道路上 才能夠知道 實際的道路會有什麼狀況 ==民眾== 考場內相對就是比較有保障 （實際路考）會緊張 會造成一些不避要的傷害 台灣交通安全協會表示，汽機車混流的交通狀況是駕駛人每天都會面對的狀況，國內每年交通事故死亡人數高達3千人，有8成的道路肇事都跟機車有關，但現行機車考照制度卻是在一個封閉獨立的空間，完全無法檢測機車駕駛人面對道路交通環境的能力，建議應該比照日本或歐盟，納入路考，或在考場內採汽機車混和方式來考試。 ==前台北市交通局長 鍾慧瑜== 最重要還是要放到實際道路考 或是說像日本一樣 他們是考6 70項 你進去的時候是抽考 考6 70項的話他就會教6 70項 我們現在考4項教4項 考6項教6項 這是完全沒有辦法去達到我們說 經過一個考照的制度 然後去確認駕駛人是有能力上路的 根據協會統計，目前機車納入路考提案連署人數已經超過5千人，提案書也已經送交交通部，希望可以透過公民的力量，來改善台灣的交通環境。