What are small cars … how small or how big are they … is a Lexus small? BMW 728i?
and why would anybody here care… most rented cars dont even have working seat belts… and taxis are even worse. :loco:
I see parents letting their kids ride in the back seat without helmets. They just don’t love their kids.
There’s [url=http://tw.forumosa.com/t/how-to-ask-taxi-cabs-if-they-have-functional-seat-belts/62394/35 thread on that, including people’s efforts to change the situation[/url].
April Fools?
not to joke about … this is serious … :ohreally:
It has also been posted over here, with a link to an article in TT. I suspect that ‘small cars’ is a bad translation of 小客車, which is passenger cars as opposed to 大客車, buses.
[quote]The legislature yesterday gave preliminary approval to a legal amendment that will require backseat passengers in small cars to wear seatbelts, with the driver liable to be fined if they don’t.
The amendment to Article 31 of the Act Governing the Punishment of Violation of Road Traffic Regulations (道路交通管理處罰條例) mandates that drivers could be punished if passengers sitting in the backseat do not buckle up. However, for taxi services, passengers will be penalized if they refuse to follow the taxi drivers’ verbal and written instructions to fasten their seatbelts.
…The ministry said it would initiate a campaign of between one and three months to inform the public of the change in policy before officially implementing it.[/quote]
My sister-in-law rides in the back seat with my niece (who just turned one) on her lap. While we were visiting a few months ago I saw a 3 year old riding in the front standing on her mom. Here in the states, I still have my almost 5 year old in a 5 point hardness (I know, she really doesn’t need to be in it anymore, but I just feel safer)
HAHA! Brilliant!
I got in a cab that had this clear plastic sheet covering the entire rear seat and the seat belts were nearly tucked away under the plastic sheet. When I tried to dig them out from underneath the seat cover the driver started yelling at me…
This was 2 days ago.
When I rode a taxi in America, I never wore my seat belt nor do I wear my seat belt in a taxi here.
Do you guys really wear a seat belt in your own countries taxi cabs?
Did you guys go on forums and have discussions about not wearing seat belts in your own countries taxi cabs?
I am seriously asking.
Perchance the traffic situation isn’t as dire in one’s “home countries”, Savvon? Perhaps that is why people ask?
Born and raised in Brooklyn, NY and went to college and worked in Portland, Or. Both those cities have more accident related deaths than any city here in Taiwan. This is why I ask.
Born and raised in Brooklyn, NY and went to college and worked in Portland, Or. Both those cities have more accident related deaths than any city here in Taiwan. This is why I ask.[/quote]
I’m sorry. I don’t get the analogy. Could you please elaborate? The ratios are disproportional.
Born and raised in Brooklyn, NY and went to college and worked in Portland, Or. Both those cities have more accident related deaths than any city here in Taiwan. This is why I ask.[/quote]
I’m sorry. I don’t get the analogy. Could you please elaborate?[/quote]
Meaning, the traffic is statistically (2006-2009) more “dire” in both those cities mentioned above (Brooklyn, NY/Portland, Or)than that of lets say, Taipei. Yet I never once had a conversation in person or on any forums about not wearing seat belts in USA taxis and it seems to be a daily topic in Taiwan amongst us.
You want to see bad traffic? Go to Jamaica or some rural parts of Mexico. /shiver
The traffic in Taiwan for me is not that difficult to understand and adapt to because it is nearly identical in (certain parts) New York. Not to mention the other places I have been to (Jamaica/Mexico/India) that have been far worse than Taiwan.
I am just curious is all.
Yes.
[quote]
Did you guys go on forums and have discussions about not wearing seat belts in your own countries taxi cabs?
I am seriously asking.[/quote]
No. Would seem strange to log onto a forum to say I wore a seatbelt at all. It’d be like loggin on and saying I didn’t speed, didn’t park illegally, or didn’t break any other normal, everyday law.
I’m personally glad this thread is around. Reminds me to look for them more regularly. If they don’t have them, I can gladly give my business to the next guy. If they don’t want to change and fix it, they can just lose out on my business. No sweat off my back.
I even saw one taxi the other day that had the clip part of the buckle broken off and the female fitting dug into the seat. It was entertaining to see the taxi driver try to show me how the seatbelt can work. He started off on the driver side with no luck. Went to the passanger side and, with the same desperation, tried to plug it in to nothing. I couldn’t understand his line of thinking, but it was funny to see.
Even the other taxi drivers started pointing and laughing at him.
That’s nice.
Of course, I value my life.
[quote]Did you guys go on forums and have discussions about not wearing seat belts in your own countries taxi cabs?
I am seriously asking.[/quote]
If internet forums had existed back when I lived in my own countries, I would have been discussing the same safety issues I discuss here, sure. Why does it seem to bother you so much? :eh:
[quote=“Savvon”]Did you guys go on forums and have discussions about not wearing seat belts in your own countries taxi cabs?
I am seriously asking.[/quote]
It’s a new legislation. It’s been in the news and press quite a bit lately. Suppose that makes it forum worthy, too.
Savvon,
I have lived in many different countries, and frequently visit other countries. I find Taiwan to be one of the worst places for traffic accidents. Last night, for example - and I’m not posting this to be dramatic - LAST NIGHT, I stopped to help a woman who had crashed into a concrete post. Because she was not wearing seat belt, she scalped herself on the dashboard. Her skull was revealed and I had to pinch two flaps of skin together and then seal it with wound closure strips while waiting for the ambulance to arrive.
Last week, someone drove off a 6 ft drop into a rice field. None of the occupants were wearing seat belts and the two front seats were crushed up against the dashboard with the driver and passenger pinned in. The front passengers were more injured than the rear because of the velocity of the rear seated passengers.
I rarely see this kind of thing in other countries. In car accidents in other countries, most occupants get out and walk away with nothing more than a cut and a quick phone call to the insurance company. In Taiwan, I see minor bumps every week - especially in Taipei, but the passengers always seem to be bleeding or otherwise injured, even from low speed bumps. That seems to suggest that not wearing seat belts seems to be a big issue in Taiwan and the cause of much needless injury and death.
I didn’t realize it bothered me so much. I am (was) just having a conversation, or trying to have one…
Anyways, thank you jimipresley, puppet, citizen k and Super Hans for giving me your perspectives and sharing your experiences. They are always appreciated.