Well said! Taiwanese must understand the pedestrian's right is part of human right. This video should be wide spread among general public and media to increase awareness and safety. Population density is just an excuse. It is the expression of respect, patience, education, compliance of traffic law. It is the biggest shame in Taiwan.
感謝妳,我第一擺佇美國時,過車路斑馬線時,車輛攏會停咧予人過。所以有一擺,我上語言課寫作文時,講美國人真好,攏會讓人先過車路,美國女老師講因為佇美國罰金非常重。臺灣除了路面規劃要重視安全性,另外一方面愛提懸罰金佮刑罰。(Thanks Tristan, Taiwan need to learn the lessons from US, Japan, EU, ...etc. )
I totally agree with you ! Love everything in Taiwan Except traffic, pedestrian’s right and I hope government can strictly focus on pedestrian’s right and safety! Especially for disability pedestrians too !
When talking about Taiwan with other foreigners here we all could list a couple of dozen reasons we love Taiwan and want to stay in Taiwan, but almost every time the transportation safety is listed as being one of the biggest problems and even is enough of an issue that it almost completely negates the dozens of positive things as it add so much stress to daily life and even crossing the street just to go to 7-11/Family Mart/etc. is so dangerous.