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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I doubt those who presided over the mess will be able to clear it: it has become normalised. They need to get a new set of eyes. Perhaps the Dutch and Japanese could help? There is precedence for this (bringing foreign expertise).
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What a poorly written article. It doesn’t even explain what’s in the law.
Or has nothing even been written yet beyond the name?
Should start a Go Fund Me for the knife guy.
Sports car baby wants to sue awwww
I’ve noticed recently in Taipei more yielding than before.
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This is not as crazy as it sounds.
Remember when Taipei wanted to plan the MRT system they brought in some British guy(s) to advise them. As I recall, the advice given (this was in the 1970s) was to adjust the planned perpendicular routes to “bending” routes (think here of the Green Line as we know it) so that transfer points would be smoother (think of Taipei Main Station as a negative example here).
There may be similar subtle adjustments in road design that could help. For an example in Taipei City, see the intersection at Xinhai Road and Xinsheng South Road, where the widening of the sidewalks (really wide!) and the extension of the pedestrian zone made the drivers’ turn, say, from Xinhai to Xinsheng South slower (the cars need to slow down to make this turn). It works brilliantly, you don’t need cops standing there, the design itself changes bad driving behavior.
More of this across the island would be very helpful.
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Knife guy is the sports car baby. He has enough money.
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