Americans psyching me out about safety

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Is traffic the worst part of Taiwan's lingering third worldism?

Is traffic the worst part of Taiwan’s lingering third worldism?

How do we make drivers yield to pedestrians at crosswalks?

One of my biggest pet peeves about living in Taiwan is how drivers always fail to yield to pedestrians at a crosswalk when they are making a turn. This must cause hundreds of accidents a year in Taiwan, all of which are preventable. Per the Road Traffic Management and Penalty Act of the Republic of China “Any car driver who fails to yield pedestrians on a pedestrian crosswalk shall be fined from NT$1,200 to NT$3,600.” Whenever some hot-headed local makes an attempt to swerve into a crosswalk w…