Taoyuan Mayor Simon Chang denied allegations that he drove under the influence before inspecting the water situation in Taoyuan.
Taoyuan Mayor Simon Chang drove himself to inspect the city's water situation in the early morning of the 10th, and was suspected of drunk driving. Chang responded that he only took two sips of wine and did not drink and drive.
Kao Shu-chen, Secretary General, Taiwan Against Drunk Driving Association: “Mayor Chang made a wrong demonstration for drinking and driving. And he did not apologize to the citizens of his city and the country. Our association strongly condemns his actions.”
According to the Taiwan Against Drunk Driving Association, statistics show Taoyuan has always been in the top three among the nationwide counties and cities in terms of the high number of deaths and injuries caused by driving under the influence accidents. TADD severely condemned Chang for taking the lead in drunk driving. The Association demands Chang apologize and ask for punishment. At the same time, he should propose specific policies for the prevention of drunk driving in Taoyuan. Otherwise, he will be deemed the first drunk-driving mayor in the country.
Simon Chang, Taoyuan City Mayor: “I want to emphasize that I absolutely did not drink and drive. I believe I only sipped a bit of wine. I was absolutely far from the legal drink-driving limit.”
Regarding the allegations of drunk driving, Chang said he normally does not drink too much during meals. However, he understands his position as mayor. Chang said he will be more cautious in the future after raising the Association's doubts.
桃園市長張善政10日凌晨自行駕車視察水情，被爆出疑似酒駕。針對張善政日前回應，只是抿了2小口、沒有酒駕，酒駕防制協會批評，跟酒駕肇事違規者回答如出一轍。
臺灣酒駕防制協會秘書長高淑真批評：「張市長他做了一個錯誤的示範，對於自己飲酒駕車，並沒有向市民道歉、向國人道歉。對於此，協會感到非常遺憾，並且強力的譴責。」
酒駕防制協會表示，根據交通部統計資料顯示，桃園酒駕事故造成死傷人數，一直高居全國縣市前3名。嚴厲譴責市長張善政帶頭酒駕，要求張善政道歉並自請處分；同時向桃園酒駕宣戰、提出酒駕防制具體政策，不然，就是被全國認證第1位酒駕市長。
桃園市長張善政說：「我要特別強調喔，我絕對沒有酒駕。我相信我那時候抿一下，跟法定酒駕值絕對絕對差很遠。」
針對酒駕指控，張善政強調自己絕對沒有酒駕，用餐也不太喝酒，餐宴上一杯酒從頭到尾都沒減少。但也了解市長身分動見觀瞻，造成協會疑慮，未來會更謹慎小心。
