Many DUIs in Kaohsiung Over 228 Weekend 228連假喝太爽 高雄市查獲164件酒駕

Over the four-day 228 long weekend, 164 drivers were cited for DUIs in Kaohsiung. On Feb. 26, Kaohsiung police asked a truck driver who was not wearing a seatbelt to pull over. As he'd been drinking, he fled instead and was apprehended shortly afterward.

“Where's your seatbelt? Come over here.”Around midday on the 26th, a police officer on Nanzih's Dezhong Road noticed the driver of the white truck wasn't wearing a seatbelt. When she asked him to pull over, he stepped on the gas. After a brief car chase, the driver got out of his vehicle and attempted to flee on foot. The officer caught him quickly.

Police Officer: “Are you wanted? Have you been drinking?”

Driver: “ No. I just had an energy drink.”

Tu Ming-tsung, Captain, Jiachang Police Station: “The man, surnamed Yeh, admitted he'd had a drink earlier in the day. He didn't want to get arrested as a repeat offender, he refused to be tested. Even after the officer told him what the consequences would be, he refused. He was therefore arrested and his vehicle was impounded. ”

Apart from refusing a breath alcohol test, the driver did not have a license and was also running red lights. The driver faces up to NT$246,000 in fines: NT$180,000 for refusing a breath alcohol test, NT$6,000-12,000 for driving without a license; NT$6,000-24,000 for reckless driving; NT$10,000-30,000 for refusing to pull over when asked; and getting his vehicle impounded. 

“Blow in here. ”A taxi driver was caught driving under the influence on the 28th. During the four-day long holiday, Kaohsiung reported 164 DUIs or 16 more than the daily average. Police say no one should drink and drive.

「你安全帶咧? 來，旁邊。」駕駛被要求停靠路邊，卻狂踩油門往前衝。高雄加昌派出所員警2月26日中午，在楠梓德中路發現白色貨車的駕駛沒繫安全帶，準備開罰，沒想到駕駛竟然跑給警察追。雙方狂追幾條街後，駕駛棄車逃逸，結果仍不敵警員追緝被逮。

警員詢問駕駛是否被通緝、有無飲酒，駕駛否認被通緝，表示「我剛剛喝一杯保力達。」

高市警楠梓分局加昌派出所長涂明宗指出：「葉男坦承稍早有喝酒，因為害怕累犯被關才拒檢。警方告知拒檢規定後，葉男仍堅持拒測，依規定告發取締並移置保管其車輛。」

駕駛因心虛遇攔檢不停、沒有駕照，整路又一直闖紅燈，最後拒絕酒測。警方表示，依《道路交通管理處罰條例》，拒絕酒測罰18萬並扣車、無照駕駛罰6000元到1萬2000元、危險駕駛6000元到2萬4000元、攔檢不停1萬元到3萬元。駕駛將面臨4張、總計最高24萬6000元的罰單。

「來，對吹嘴持續吹氣。」計程車司機228當天深夜，被警方攔下酒測，一測果然超標。4天連假，民眾聚餐出遊讓酒駕大增；高雄4天取締164件，平均一天件數比平常多16件。警方也呼籲民眾酒後勿存僥倖心理上路，以免害人害己。