True. Third world drivers meet first world infrastructure. Except sidewalks. We’re still waiting for those in many places.
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I was no chasing no one, no where.
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Not counting, obviously, your life-long dream of an Olympic gold in Synchronised Swimming.
But that goes without saying.
#daretoodream
Eons ago, owner of a cafe i frequented had a band aid on his forehead. I asked him what happened. He said he had a few with a friend from japan and was on his way to the airport the evening before to drop him off for his flight when one moment he was driving and his friend was in the front seat (both not wearing seatbelts) and next thing you know he and his friend were in front of his vehicle. Shaken AND stirred.
He had hit a tree and the both of them crashed through the windshield of his Audi ! Amazingly both were uninjured. The car had its front end all smashed. Was repaired at high cost.
Could have been much worse. And he didn’t even get a ticket for drinking ! Those were the days…
i also have no problem with calling most taiwanese shitty drivers.
driving selfishly and dangerously is basically the system here. its hardly a generalization.
and as for the OP. the guy had 6 beers… thats a hell of a lot to be driving on.
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Yeah. 0.17/0.18 BAC is a lot harder to forgive than say a 0.08 or 0.09. OP was blitzed and this will be a hard lesson for him, but one he has to learn before he kills someone. Unfortunately it probably means he won’t have much of a future in Taiwan.
you can say that again
Sending a letter saying you are to leave because your visa is revoked is not an official deportation. They are simply canceling your visa or declining to renew it. It does not leave a black mark on your record and you may still be able to come back as a tourist later on.
An official deportation is when they come to you, place you under arrest and in immigration custody, and then deport you after a few months (depending on how long it takes for them to come around to it) under escort, either going with you to ensure you entered your home country, or standing guard at the plane until it takes off. They pay for the flight by the way. In the US it’s almost always done this way… you have to actually ask the judge to grant you voluntary departure. The default way there is official deportation.
That leaves a black mark on your record and coming back is difficult, if not impossible.
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Is it just me or is anyone else’s mind boggled by the fact that people can fly through windshields and not break their legs backwards?
Fair enough, so what should I call it?
He was given 2 weeks to leave the country. I considered that a deportation.
It is but legally it’s really voluntary departure.
Numbers of deportations
12,756 in 2012; 8,166 in 2014; and 7,500 during the first ten months of 2015
ordered leave/exit? It is not forced yet.
It was not voluntary. His work permit was revoked and he was given 14 days to leave Taiwan. Since the work permit was revoked, his ARC was also cancelled. There was legal way he could remain in the country. There was nothing voluntary about it
zero tolerance" era on drunken driving, under the revised Criminal Code, motorists will be subject to prosecution if they are caught with a breath alcohol content of 0.25 milligrams per liter or higher, or a blood alcohol content of 0.05 percent or above.
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you may need to check on entry ban.
I don’t know if Taiwan ever arrest a foreigner and then deport him, but in the US that is voluntary departure, and yea, nothing voluntary about that too. If you fail to depart they would arrest you and deport you.
You’re not understanding the legal term for it. Voluntary departure means they tell you you must leave in x days or face arrest. Non voluntary means they arrest you, detain you, then escort you to the plane.
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taiwan has done thousands.
Well, then it looks like they’re being easy on him and his case is probably not so aggravated that it warrants immediate detention and deportation. He’s just being told his visa has been canceled and he is to leave in 2 weeks. So they are within their rights to cancel a visa if a condition is met but to be immediately detained it steps it up a notch, and future admission may be difficult if not impossible.
And you don’t even have to commit crimes to be asked to leave in 2 weeks… violating terms of the ARC does that too.
Perhaps we can ask for anyone who’s well versed in Taiwanese immigration laws to chime in (I am not, I only know in the US it’s 2 different thing. “Deportation” is not even in their legal language anymore, it’s called “removal”. “Voluntary Departure” is actually a legal procedure there where you’re given a time to leave the country and it doesn’t count as “removal”)
Yeah most people die when they hit a tree