Continuing the discussion from Is traffic the worst part of Taiwan's lingering third worldism? 2018-2024

[image] lunlan: 18yr. old, with a car she bought with her own money Where did an 18 year old get that much money?

In California the cars that drive like Taiwanese are the driverless Waymo. They don’t slow down or give you room when passing, approach quickly, and often look like they might turn but don’t. I saw one run a red yesterday. Meanwhile the human operators are decades ahead of Taiwan’s. The respect for…

WTF was the driver recording waiting for? We’re they waiting for what was going to happen and indeed happened? [【車禍影片】阿罵違規穿越馬路，先被一輛機車，隨即又被後方小客車...（2025.05.16 基隆市安樂區麥金路]

Horrible accident at school crossing in Sanxia. 16 hurt, 4 sent to hospital without life signs. Condolences.

It’s looking really really bad…latest I could find said 7 students are OHCA. [image] How do we make drivers yield to pedestrians at crosswalks? Living in Taiwan Edit: It seems the latest is that 7 students are OHCA. Holy shit…major incident in New Taipei’s SanXia. Ju…

That is outside my kids scool. Saw the aftermath picking up my kids. Horrible. 2 students crossing the street got hit head on at full speed. Others got hit too. Video is horrific…every parents worst nightmare. Watch with caution. [image] 耶癡癡 (@ncc.223) on Threads 提供行車記錄器希望大家都沒事 …

It’s devastating. And yet right now what I’m thinking is that Taiwan will learn nothing from this. It’ll be treated as just a deranged individual act. Move on, because traffic have to keep moving on. See the drivers association as an example of the thinking here.

[image] Membrillo: It’ll be treated as just a deranged individual act. He’ll just claim he was 不舒服~ and it’ll all be forgotten in a week. This is gut wrenching. Had to stop watching videos otherwise I was going to cry. What a tragedy.

Is traffic the worst part of Taiwan's lingering third worldism?

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lunlan May 19, 2025, 9:51am 314

It’s looking really really bad…latest I could find said 7 students are OHCA.

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