Found a video of the scooter rider in Kaoshiung turned left without looking and got his by a car that is playing in real-time instead of the slowed down versions on the news. From here it can be seen that the car driver has maybe less than half a second to even react.
But what was the speed of the car? Seems fast for that video
Probably too fast. Too easy to go fast in a car, often in high traffic situation like this the forward creep of a car is often about the right speed, which is about 20 miles per hour.
Seems about the same speed as the bus and other vehicles, and the car came to a full stop right after the collision
The scooter was going about the same speed when they started turning too early and without checking for oncoming traffic. As much as I usually defend motorcyclists and hate on luxury car drivers, in this case it seems pretty clear who is to blame
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Who would have thought that motorists don’t reduce their speed at intersections with exactly zero features to reduce vehicle speed!
Almost as incredible as vehicles doing highway speeds in stroads with painted speed limits of 40-60 km/h.
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What a great crosswalk, courtesy of Taichung.
According to the article there are over 500 places in Taichung where electrical/telecomunication boxes are obstructions for pedestrians. It’s being dealt with in 3 stages, currently a little over 100 of them have been take care of.
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Really? So I should stop taking my car to the dedicated test center and bring it to my local mechanic? Or do we need another fact check on aisle 4?
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Taken care of or “taken care of”? 
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These statements sort of remind me when I found out that my job didn’t pay my health insurance premium for one month because of the summer vacation. HR’s response was, “oh, don’t worry. It’s no big deal”. I pointed out that for them it was no big deal, but for me it was. They looked confused because that wasn’t supposed to be the correct response to their fuck-up.
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I’ve noticed that often cars and scooters increase their speed at intersections because the light is about to turn red. This car is definitely moving faster than the bus going in the opposite direction. Wether it was over the speed limit or if the light was about to turn, I can’t tell.
Either way, the scooter should have entered the intersection and checked for oncoming rraffic before beginning to turn
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Oh, definitely. I see people cutting the corner all the time. It’s just a matter of time before they get plowed over or they slam into someone.
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I don’t know why nobody ever proposed this: why can’t we bar cars and scooters from night markets and traditional markets? They’re fun but vehicles don’t belong in the market.
It would make night markets much better.
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Apparently the argument started because the front car stopped for pedestrians to cross and the following car wasn’t happy about having to wait.
Pepper spray vs meat cleaver.
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