Please consider filling this out. The Control Yuan plays an important role in establishing the facts in Taiwan. It makes sense to participate in their outreach even if it might be years before any of their findings are acted upon.
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Filled it in. It does seem a little misguided, with an implied idea that there needs to be more English-language information provided in order to improve safety. I mostly consider the amount of English on signage irrelevant.
I was amused by how their example of clear English signage has on it “Pedestrians Fave Rigst of Way”.
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It’s because foreigners just don’t understand Taiwanese culture, that’s why they think the roads are dangerous!
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I filled in the form too. I stated clearly that the problem in Taiwan is NOT foreign drivers but Taiwanese drivers who regularly break traffic rules with no penalty. It’s insulting to suggest that we are the problem here!
Guy
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It’s similar to the Traffic Trainers the MOTC sponsor on ICRT. It’s the English speakers who aren’t aware that running red lights is bad driving.
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Yeah, I felt the only useful part was the very end, where I emphasized a) unsafe driving, b) nowhere near enough enforcement. I also pointed out the English on their sign was quite wrong.
There were slightly odd questions too about if I was aware some kind of scooters need plates. No? And completely irrelevant to anything I have to deal with?
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Those questions may be irrelevant to you but not to hundreds of thousands of migrant workers.
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Somewhere in some office, someone who studied in the US just said, “Oops, my bet.” 
I said more cops writing more tickets is how you make the roads safer. Fucking people passing on the right down here from Taitung to Donghe are a gd menace. It’s why I run in the hills now. Highway 11 is way too dangerous in the morning.
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Special tailored for the migrant workers, afterall their accident stats have increased terribly so they must be the problem! I wonder how much the population of migrant workers increased during that period, are the increased accident numbers simply because there are more migrant workers?
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I also said that. I mean, duh.
Maybe … but what percentage? It stood out to me as an oddly niche question. Why ask about that rule and not about the hundreds of other rules?
I’m probably overthinking it, but it struck me as something of a trap. “70% of respondents didn’t know about this rule, and therefore that proves this lack of knowledge is the main reason accident rates have increased. Our main measure to improve safety on roads in Taiwan will therefore be posting safety placards explaining the rules about plates on dormitory walls.” But they neglect to find out that those 70% don’t actually drive and therefore had no reason to know about this rule.
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I’m not filling in a survey so they can hold it up as evidence that competent people are taking responsibility.
Green paint.
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The Control Yuan is tasked with overseeing other government agencies; it does not set or implement policy. At best (no guarantees here) it could hold the feet of the relevant ministries to the fire . . .
At worst, it could be another report that gets filed away somewhere, where hopefully future researchers can find it as they excavate and piece together why Taiwan had such barbaric road (lack of) safety at this point in its history. 
Guy
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Sounds like the survey is even more useless than I thought
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Yup. I am pretty sure some supervisor just ticked off the "weekly target " but no one will bother to actually care about it
I mean the government hardly care about what locals feel about the traffic here, let alone us foreigners
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Watching this thread, it’s clear some forumosans don’t understand the function of the Control Yuan, despite some clear explanations upthread. Surprisingly some forumosans also pretend not to understand how research works.
More seriously, some forumosans seriously underestimate how change happens here in Taiwan and how public pressure can redirect public policy. I am NOT saying that traffic safety is at the top of the list now for change, but I’m pretty sure nothing will change for the better without some pressure . . .
Guy
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I understand lots of things. Box ticking, raised sidewalks, turning signals, traffic lights, left turns…
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It’s probably more fun for many to wallow in passivity and believe that Taiwan is governed by incompetents who preside over a stupid and primitive people.
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The survey is nearly as bad as the safety engineering.
I filled it in anyway as it might be better than nothing.
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There’s a free text field down the bottom. I left a note there about the survey design 
I also wonder how the visa categories and time in Taiwan categories were chosen No concept of long term residence, it seems.
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