Get a ticket if you check phone while waiting on stop light riding scooter

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I read an article the other day where the scooter driver got a ticket because he looked at his phone while waiting on the read light.

I got pulled over today for the same reason. More than 60 seconds remaining at the red light but the officer motioned me over to the curb. I was told that you are not allowed to look at the phone even for GPS.

I didn’t get a ticket. I am thinking because I don’t speak Chinese is the reason they let me off.

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Everyone food panda and Uber eats delivery man does that ALL the time, most drivers too.

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They have it mounted on the scooter. Not sure if that matters.
Might be you only get a ticket if you take it in your hand.

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This

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So its a “hands free” type situation?

I never understood how taxis, uber, food panda etc gets away with their borderline communist invasion level of crappy driving! It’s literally terrifying, even moreso than the regular taiwan roadway skillsets.

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I think they have to see if it is open. It can be mounted but you cannot watch the GPS on its screen. Better to use a blue tooth ear phone for GPS. I will ask my brother in law next time I see him.

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Chabuduo at its best here.

That is correct. You can’t have it in your hand, it’s fine if it’s mounted and you’re typing away at it at the stop light.

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Since the law was brought out I have been sitting behind a police car in Taipei city on a busy road when the light changed and the driver just sat there blocking the road because he was still checking his phone :banana:

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