Inexperienced and alarmingly dangerous driving causes havoc on the roads!

[@chrisaviationandgaming]

*If you dare drive in Taiwan, you may encounter those bizarre situations:* 1. *Roundabout with traffic lights installed* We do have some roundabouts, however traffic lights are installed for all types of traffic, instead of providing buses with priority...etc. Such design does not coincidence with traffic demand, causing massive traffic jam in rush hours. That could be the primary reason why people got used to stop inside the roundabout. 2. *Drivers ignoring pedestrians completely while the latter has priority.* This happens very often on all the crossroads. Foreign drivers usually stops to let pedestrians pass, however doing so in Taiwan will trigger those inpatient drivers behind you, prepare to be honked. And yes, drivers will honk at pedestrians while waiting impatiently. More often they will simply buzz through with full throttle, forcing pedestrians to stay back. 3. *The mysterious two-step left turn procedure for moped vehicles.* As Taiwanese regulations categorize vehicles by their speed, moped ones are forced to stay on the right lane. You will find that staying on the left lane is often prohibited for motorbikes, as a consequence, you can't stay left while preparing to turn left. You will have to stay right, and wait inside a white box drawn on the ground facing left, until the red light turns green for your side, then you may proceed. This makes all left turns painfully long, and bikers often get crushed by incoming traffic while waiting in this box. 4. *Not using blinkers at all, at all times.* If another car slows down in front of you without blinkers, be prepared, he will turn. If the windshield wipers are activated, be prepared, the driver used the wrong handle and he will still turn. 5. *Motorcyclists(aka Monkeys) hurting down sidewalks.* Yes, sidewalks are for moped. 6. *Electrical bikes going well above 80km/h (no license required to operate)* It's quite common to see those "field-modified" electrical bikes or scooters here, they can overtake you super easily and they are silent. The riders are often people unable to have driving license or have theirs revoked, accidents are usually serious or fatal. For those wondering why this video got tons of comments in Mandarin, this video has sparked attention within Taiwanese social media and triggered discussions regarding our horrible road culture. And yes, we hated such awful road safety culture, but the government has always turned its blind eye on that.

[@aizhena1116]

See it all every day. And you forgot turning left from the right hand lane (& Vice versa), grandmas driving scooters on the wrong side of the road (looking at you Changhua), red lights being more of a suggestion, and so much more.

[@weichung0319]

The stupid two-step left turn bs is because the government was lying about "any vehicles with two wheels are too slow to keep up with the traffic" ,therefore, they must stay on the right of the road the whole time. When it comes to making a left turn, then you'll have to perform a two-step left turn bs (I believe it was called hook turn?). It was copied from Japan, where it was called 原付で二段階右折. But it was for bicycles and mopeds and small motorcycles (less than 50cc) that wasn't able to maintain the speed of 25KPH (15 MPH). However, the lie Taiwan government was trying to tell, is, all vehicles that has two wheels are all too slow to maintain speed faster than 25KPH (15MPH), that is also the reason they claim motorcycles must not be on highways. A government full of lies.

[@dominicli8681]

very comprehensive summary made, wish everyone who visits TW had a chance to read through

[@nm3kg]

🫶🫶

[@stick77692]

Bro you have summed up the everyday frustration as a foreigner in taiwan. The pain is real.

[@耕田的貓]

感謝這對夫妻發揚台灣交通文化😊😊😊

[@rsn621]

好想讓牠們被袋鼠揍一頓🙂

[@iu1580]

覺得身為台灣人超丟臉

[@Uncle-MADAO]

讓全世界的人都知道，在台灣用雞腿就能換到駕照是真有其事，這樣很好啊！

[@aizhena1116]

I see a hundred of this guy every day on my way to work.

[@00null00null00]

​@@rsn621 紐西蘭沒袋鼠吧XD

[@mikuht4108]

身為台灣人我真的覺得很丟臉也很抱歉，台灣的交通素質差觀念也差，感謝這位警察的友善和努力解說 台灣人現在真的很需要足夠的交通駕駛觀念，不管是機車汽車甚至是行人都很需要

[@JinliangLin]

真的，中華民國現在就是台灣人的交通環境最慘，機車太多了。

[@luolewis2376]

I am proud of being Taiwanese, but sadly said, we've had the worst of the worst traffic environment to live in. The problem is structural, not just education before getting license, neither laws, road design, enforcement from police, nor other factors to drive safely is done properly. The most pathetic part is that the voice not following safe driving instruction is the majority.

[@luolewis2376]

We have 3000 death from traffic accident per year with 23m population. We have politicians who support limiting people to import illegal behavior. We have terrible road designs like traffic light inside the roundabout, and a lot of nonsense crap. We have easy license exam and drivers only know how to turn on and move the cars but still don't how to drive after getting the license. And it's very incredible that fixing these problems is not the majority opinion here.

[@KachouFugetsu-gx9cv]

We are Taiwanese, and we are proud of our country because it has a lot of good things, but our traffic is not one of them.

[@isaswa1602]

@@abitgeekie lmfao so true

[@luolewis2376]

@@KachouFugetsu-gx9cv exactly

[@jessechen6612]

Well as a Taiwanese too, I think the problem is many Taiwan drivers have no enough self-conscious that he or she has a bad driving skill or sense but complains that the problem is caused by Government or traffic environment.

[@zio080523]

感謝這對夫妻，讓世界看見台灣

[@DerUngezogene2907]

以台灣人的水準來看 他們大概會馬上發限時動態然後寫 笑死我在紐西蘭坐警車欸 成就解鎖

[@Vancha1122]

跟在日本開到翻車一樣😂

[@解藥-g1l]

台灣這邊也很少正常圓環，圓環設紅綠燈跟十字路口 詭異的道路設計跟濫發的駕照 難怪對汽車之外的車種限制許多權利 怕就是撞死人容易上新聞讓更多人醒來 There are very few normal circles in Taiwan, and there are traffic lights and intersections in the circles. Strange road design and excessive driver's license No wonder so many rights are restricted to vehicles other than cars I'm afraid it's easy to hit the news and make more people wake up

[@weichung0319]

台灣最屌的是圓環還要兩段式左轉 (台北公館圓環)，還有圓環設有停車格 (高雄五福中華圓環)... 但不管哪一個圓環，幾乎都有紅綠燈 世界奇觀。 The most amazing part of Roundabouts in Taiwan, is, some requires motorcycles to perform two-step left turn procedures that blocks the entire intersection (Taipei GonGuan roundabouts), some even have parking slots "in" the roundabouts (KaoShuing WuFu roundabouts) Most of them all have traffic lights. Which, roundabouts were designed to replace..... Taiwan Number one.

[@JinliangLin]

臺灣省島的機車太多了，幾乎每兩個人就1.5台，人口密度都世界排名前面，你以為政府不該限制機車嗎？

[@logan.zw45]

I am a Taiwanese and I feel sorry for the behavior shown in the video. The Taiwanese government is very ineffective and tolerates many unqualified drivers on the road. The pass rate of driver's license for cars and motorcycles is almost 100%, which the government is proud of. Cars and motorcycles do not give way to pedestrians, and tailgating is seen everywhere on the road. Illegal parking is also common. The government even prohibits people from reporting these behaviors. There are many other terrible driving behaviors in Taiwan.

[@weichung0319]

@@gemking999 那些逼車還大言不慚的人其實不是少數。

[@sekiat858]

不只是政府有責任，人民也有責任吧！

[@weichung0319]

@@sekiat858 放任不合格的人民合法持有駕照到處橫衝直撞，你說政府沒有好好發揮審核的責任大還是不合格的人民責任大？

[@ratdirty4330]

⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@weichung0319 當然是都很大啊。就像有人提到的，應該把交通安全觀念納入學校教育裡面，這是政府可以做的。 其二，即便網路上非常多人在罵，然而實際在路上的時候，多數人就是不把交通規則當一回事。也造成警察在執法上與駕駛人的矛盾。 你現在就算政府嚴厲把關，但當現行的駕駛多數還是如此的話，要守規矩而不受影響是非常困難的。所以不只是政府，多數人民也必須自覺才有可能真正改善。

[@caughtinaction]

Not often do we see a situation like this on the roads, what do you think of the highway cops' decision?

[@太囂剛了]

There are so many traffic accidents that there is a youtuber creator who introduces the stupid in taiwan kzbin.infoUgkxX5UrWU0phONh9TC9sAAsJ4cJqKncaiuz As a Taiwanese, I feel ashamed. The license test in Taiwan is too simple, so that stupid drivers can drive in Taiwan. This is how it happens when stupid driver go abroad Those thing whould be happen in taiwan every day every time every second Taiwan traffic is so suck.

[@逫嵕蠫]

Sadly speaking, every driver in Taiwan drive like this. And I can do nothing to change this.

[@blackrabbit120]

Not every Taiwanese drives like the couple. But maybe 9.5 in 10. I enjoyed my first driving in a rental car in South Island of NZ. I should say it's even easier to obey NZ local traffic rules than in Taiwan. Taiwanese drivers are taught and ruled by an unsuitable traffic authority, that's why most of them cannot keep up with traffic rules out of Taiwan.

[@逫嵕蠫]

@@blackrabbit120 But in terms of yielding the fast car behind, I had never seen a Taiwanese driver do this, then the 2 lane highway just always stuck at 20-30kph even in low traffic😅

[@ttttx4t77607]

Not often? It's everyday in here.

[@宇-s9u]

交通部：真糟糕，我們決定在下次筆試裡面考考大家這樣要罰多少錢

[@l27104850]

笑死 真不懂為什麼要記得會罰多少…

[@宇-s9u]

@@l27104850 不然真的考規定大家會背不起來

[@是影片不是視頻]

到外國租車連警車要攔你都不知道 在美國的話你這樣等於拒檢會被告上法院 這警察算很好心沒讓他上法院

[@edl2000]

You should know that in Taiwan, once you obtain a driver's license at the age of 18, you no longer need to renew it and can continue using it until the age of 75. Even if you develop eye conditions such as cataracts, glaucoma, or narrow vision at a certain age, or even if you secretly use your left foot to brake, nobody will notice.

[@vladimirkutuzov]

3:00 in Taiwan, we even have traffic lights and parking space in roundabout, so most of Taiwanese dont know how to drive in a roundabout

[@bokuai73237]

Is 99% of the roundabout have intersections and traffic light in Taiwan.

[@王昱盛-f8v]

這對台灣人夫妻在紐西蘭自駕時，上路不到半小時就多次違規，當地民眾氣得向警方投訴，其中犯的幾項錯誤包括「圓環內切西瓜、圓環中停車、危險超車、不禮讓後車、末理會警察鳴笛、隨意停車、起歩末注意後車」等。上述幾項違規可以說是台灣交通環境的縮影

[@dhong168]

Being chased for 10km before they stop? They should be glad that it didn't happen in US. I can imagine there would be 5 police cars, roadblocks set up, 2 helicopters (one from police one from local news), and 10 guns pointing at them. Honeymoon ended up having husband and wife thrown in jail!

[@吳秉樺-b7j]

In Taiwan, having a driving licence doesn't corresponde to knowing how to drive.

[@呂信雄-g1v]

台灣在交通方面根本第三世界⋯⋯

[@sha2616]

隔熱貼問題也是😂

[@Luvacanuck]

CHEERS NZ! I know every country has issues but when asked “if you had to choose anywhere to live if Canada disappeared (or the USA invaded lol) where would you go?” Myself and most people I know would choose New Zealand. Your civil, humane, kind and generous reputation is as close, if not better, to ours out of any we can think of. Again, cheers and be well❤️🇨🇦🍁

[@jaylin1208]

drivers like him are everywhere in Taiwan, that’s why thousands of people die on road each year in Taiwan

[@KK-vk9ym]

Imagine almost all car (including motorcycle) drives like this, for 20 years.

[@j.f.k.cs.]

Facts about Taiwan: - Taiwan's GDP per capita stood at US$32,811 in 2022, ranked the fifth in Asia (only behind Singapore, Hong Kong, Macau and Japan) - 3,085 traffic deaths + 498,887 traffic injuries in 2022 out of 23,57 millions population despite of a relatively intensive network of public transport. Means an average of two traffic-related injuries per person at the course of his/her life. - As an expat working at Taiwan (a company of

[@緒-b9c]

Thank you, New Zealand police. I believe Taiwanese people are friendly. However, Taiwan needs significant and immediate reform policies. We need a change.

[@Kanazawa1997]

And road infrastructure renewal too.

[@fritzwacker3771]

NZ Policemen are very friendly and helpful. I know it, because I was 6 times driving in NZ.👍👍

[@Kanazawa1997]

I must thank to New Zealand police to teach this couple a lesson.

[@Kanazawa1997]

@@globalgourmand thanks so much. I’m a Taiwanese and Taiwan is notoriously traffic hell. Our government never does anything fruitful to improve the traffic.

[@RevonTW]

​@@globalgourmand Me too 👍👍👍👍👍

[@咪咪貓貓-d9t]

台灣的四輪垃圾就是這副德性

[@bin64077]

孩子，這樣你也能戰四輪？

[@robertrees345]

Many thanks, cheers NZ Police

[@MartinEstherAndre]

各國需聯合拒絕來自臺灣的駕照，以免發生危險。 Countries need to jointly reject driver's licenses from Taiwan to avoid danger.

[@kinojai7005]

我同意，在台灣整體交通改善前，我們須避免國人到外國造成他人的傷害，在歐洲國家等，都有支持Vision Zero 零死亡願景，一次的事故可能會讓歐洲國家對於台灣徹底失望進而拒絕往來 I agree that before the overall traffic improvement in Taiwan, we must avoid our compatriots from causing harm to others in foreign countries. In European countries and others, they support the Vision Zero vision of zero deaths. One accident may cause European countries to be completely disappointed with Taiwan and refuse to interact.

[@evrbtn120]

我也同意

[@RevonTW]

Totally agree 👍👍👍👍👍

[@dongningprc]

会不会有人骂你卖台？

[@RandomVideos-re9ux]

所以大家都必須為特定一些人承擔錯誤？那乾脆全台灣駕照都被收回好了 然後禁止任何車輛跟機車 不然每年那麼多人違規太危險了

[@carolhaupapa4661]

Well done NZ Police. Safety for them and safety for other road users. I hope the tourists enjoy their time in NZ.

[@余金雄-t1d]

Please ROC government do some education on traffic

[@actuallyn]

lol impossible.

[@ubi6422]

忙選舉

[@little_frog-lee]

當一個國家 沒有基礎的交通教育 別說要與世界接軌這種話 還在禁行機車的獨裁專制國家 比中國更糟糕

[@rebeccawang1112]

所以台灣不被聯合國認為是一個國家啊😅

[@weichung0319]

一個首都的人行道普及率不到 50% 的國家，覺得從國小強制推動雙語教學就可以變得國際化，真的笑死。 一個罵警察 "你很誇張" 就會觸犯刑法 (刑法侮辱公務員) 的國家，自稱自己是民主國家，真的笑死。 一個摩托車上高速公路的法律可以三讀通過但不執行十幾年的國家，自稱自己是法治國家，真的笑死。 台灣自稱自己是民主法治國家，還一堆人傻傻跟著說自己和中國不一樣，真的笑死。

[@siphoonnyanyanyanyanya7715]

In Taiwan people ask police always turn on the light almost in patrolling , because they want to see patrol car faster(I don`t know why maybe easy to violated the rules). And people will say ''police light toooooo bright in night , buy the darker light bar '' that`s terrible .

[@十六夜結弦]

駕駛習慣（人民）、 道路規劃（政府單位）、 交通法則（執法單位） 這三點不改台灣交通真的不會進步

[@杜忠晏]

What really irritates about drivers in Taiwan is not just in terms of behavior. It's the lack of awareness which led to them innocently saying "I'm not sure what I'm doing is wrong."

[@NIM_Engr]

In Taiwan, it doesn’t matter how many wheels are underneath their bottom, they do traffic like the era when everyone is on-foot.

[@chenzoe4611]

Shame😡😡😡😡

[@Roman-mg4ie]

As a Taiwanese, I feel ashamed and apologize to all the audience.😢

[@jonathan.knowles]

This kind of driving is the norm over here in Taiwan, unfortunately. Driving schools in Taiwan give people almost no training on real roads, almost no training in the presence of other road users, and basically do nothing to help people develop any hazard awareness or road safety awareness skills. The vast majority of training is done on an artificial road circuit, with no other road users. And the Taiwanese driving test has the same problem. It's basically all held on the same artificial circuit, with just a small portion held on a road (around 10 minutes), specially chosen to be low risk, with very few other road users. And the vast majority of current licence holders got their licences at a time when there wasn't even a road test! If I were in charge of transportation policy for New Zealand, I would be very skeptical of allowing holders of Taiwan's driving licence to drive on NZ roads, at least without extra training or testing. There are good drivers in Taiwan, but they are good despite the driver education system, not because of it. Unfortunately, good drivers are in the minority here, which makes me very sad, but this is the reality.

[@weichung0319]

I am from Taiwan. When I went to driving school to get my class B driving license, I got my license without even taking a road test. Anything about driving on highway was never mentioned in the entire class. I didn't know anything about highway when I got my driving license in Taiwan. I got my driving license in Taiwan in 2013. I learned how to use highway when I travel to US in 2016. There was three years I had a valid driving license but know nothing about driving on highways: how to merge, how to pass, how to yield, etc. Also, driving license in Taiwan issued after 2013 will never expire. Mine will be valid forever, even until I am 90 yo and cannot see or hear well, I will still be legit to driving on the road. When in the driving school, you will be taught how to operate the vehicle in a closed area: how to start the car, how to switch gear from P to D, and how to turn on the lights. That's all. You will also have to take a written test, but it focuses not about what signs means, but on memorizing how much will you get fined if you've done what behaviors. e.g. How much will you get fined if you run through the red light? a) 300 NTD (about 10 USD) b) 600 NTD (about 20 USD) c) 1200 NTD (about 40 USD) d) 1800 NTD (about 60 USD)

[@OkinInc]

If I tried that 10 kilometre drive without pulling over I’d be arrested….. in NZ. 😂 Gotta try the “tourist card” next time.

[@johnnywang7644]

三個字，超級可悲

[@willylin4766]

超級可悲是三個字喔

[@jeff730928]

​@@willylin4766 就是個梗而已，別認真好嗎

[@todutofu0914]

好像有人不懂欸

[@倚窗聽風雨]

發現新警察

[@vanilaice1820]

I’ve done biz driving from Germany to Italy last week and I have to say it is shame on those Taiwanese who thought they could do self driving in other countries cause Taiwanese Traffic DP never do their job well on training the drivers in Taiwan Yes, they do it badly honestly, now they let these clueless drivers go across the world damaging others safety , shame on Taiwanese

[@doggielin1126]

另外提醒一下去紐西蘭租車自駕的民眾，他們的高速公路一般的小客車速限是100，但是但是你如果租的是大台的那種當地的露營車速限只有90，記得只有90！

[@a7721523]

建設性的發言值得肯定

[@hookhan8907]

沒被抓到 你提醒再多都不會注意的 還會很自豪地說 我都開100+ 沒人管啊 我遇到去沖繩自駕的 就是這種得意臉

[@ly7517]

其實本地人也沒好到哪裡去,我今天早上6:30出門從Mission Bay到Mt Albert, 走16號高速公路,一路跟在我後面的人有3個都開著遠光燈,迎面而來超過10個開著遠光燈,晃得我根本看不見路;回家的時候一輛不進行載客服務的bus開在Tamaki Drive上全程時速40公里(限速50,依照這邊的習慣要保持50到55km/hr不然請閃邊讓路),整條Tamaki Drive全都塞起來了.別和我說開公車的是個遊客,我不信. 這還只是今天而已,每天出門都是一次折磨,和在台灣開車沒差多少. 但是紐西蘭駕駛看到有人要過馬路,絕對會讓路,雖然我大概十次裡面會碰到一次眼瞎不看路的.

[@熊汶氨]

在台灣100台會有100台不會讓

[@BellLabs]

@@熊汶氨 你錯了，是100台有101台不會讓，多出來的那一台正準備從紅線上發動

[@ly7517]

@@BellLabs 我猜錯了,我猜警車

[@hn815]

In Taiwan, driver 's license is in exchange for drumstick 😂

[@smallrock18]

真的覺得很丟臉… 臺灣政府該反省了，這樣的駕駛是怎麼考過駕照的，以及考到後不會過期重考，這樣是對的嗎？

[@david123761able]

真是謝囉這一對爛人，台灣再度名揚國際

[@RogerCYZ]

台灣駕照太好考，很多用路觀念都不會，別說他們夫妻，做計8成台灣人去到都會違規

[@rui-xuehuang9884]

不要再為了汽機車銷售量而有浮爛濫的監理考照制度。

[@Shiang-g6u]

This is how Taiwanese drive every single day

[@tonythereal3901]

丟人現眼 開慢還不准別人吵 被攔在那邊裝無辜

[@alexokanenas7456]

thats what happens when you go NZ for holidays lol

[@Ariel_9]

好丟臉…真的

[@誠摯終招忌-p3f]

兩個天兵

[@DYH39]

Taiwan is one of the worst places in the world for traffic, so you cannot expect drivers from Taiwan to perform well in your country. All you can do is pray for God to keep you safe. In Taiwan, it is common for pedestrians to be hit by cars. If a driver doesn't kill you in an accident, you should genuinely be thankful to them. At least they didn't end up killing you, even though they might have initially intended to do so. In addition to that, there are even some people who believe that traffic violations are justified. If someone dies as a result, there are individuals in Taiwan who may blame the deceased, considering them to be not careful enough. For some Taiwanese people, the importance of personal safety is outweighed by the desire to avoid waiting for a traffic light.

[@globalgourmand]

Let's just say it's one of the worst in the developed world. Certainly countries like India and Vietnam fare worse. But I expect better of Taiwan, for sure!

[@DYH39]

@@globalgourmand The government of Taiwan has stated that improving Taiwan's transportation would take a hundred years. However, they have not provided any explanation regarding how they intend to utilize this hundred-year period. Therefore, I cannot feel optimistic about Taiwan's poor traffic conditions. Even if the traffic conditions in other countries are equally as bad as in Taiwan, it still cannot change the fact that over three thousand people die on Taiwan's roads every year.

[@globalgourmand]

@@DYH39 Wow, a hundred years is absurd!!! I am sure we could see noticeable improvement in as little as 15 and significant improvement in as little as 30 years. Even something as simple and cheap as removing the tint from all front windows is sure to see an immediate reduction in injuries and fatalities. Would cost hardly anything except votes. I have SO many ideas to improve driver's education in Taiwan! I just wish I had the power to do something about it. I have ideas to improve many parts of Taiwan! I wish I could vote or run for office.

[@dtronic]

In Taiwan if you leave 100 meters in a city...you're not in Taiwan anymore

[@goldl3147]

以後這種人拜託不要出國。 無知到極點，然後完全不知道自己哪裡無知，丟臉丟到國外。 這位男駕駛，以後請你好好待在台灣，不要出國夏細夏井。

[@Cynical.4]

Everyone in Taiwan is like this. Don‘t come to Taiwan. Please.

[@sharan711513]

把台灣的開車習慣放到國外駕駛,駕照遲早會被吊銷的...

[@youletmecrazy]

台灣違規仔：你憑甚麼攔我，不能勸導嗎，政府缺錢喔，你有拍到嗎？憑甚麼要我搭大眾運輸啦？是有發生車禍膩？警察妨礙自由啦

[@tommyc4016]

I'm Taiwanese. Do not issue international driver's licenses to Taiwanese people anymore. All the dangerous driving behaviors mentioned in the video are everyone and everyday occurrences in Taiwan.

[@linszz]

In Taiwan, you can trade in your chicken leg for a driver's license.

[@mimicqneb]

😂😂😂Real Taiwanese never fail me.😂😂😂

[@CrazyBlue748]

近年來也是因為外國人在台灣道路上遭遇危險甚至發生死亡事故躍上國際版面才開始稍微重視 要不然台灣還是永遠沉浸在每年交通死3000人還覺得很安全的夢裡 難道現在只能讓外國人在台出事或台人出國自駕搞事來引發國人對交通改革的重視? 沒有想到現在只能用家醜外揚這招，讓國際來刺激我們改革

[@sha2616]

台灣人表示不要動到我的錢就好 生命安全？沒關係拉

[@michaellaudahn]

As an experienced driver throughout a major number of countries all over the world, in both RHT and LHT (you can see a few clips on my channel), also NZ and Taiwan, my overall impression is that the cop overreacted, starting with relying on hearsay by people - kiwis are known to be a bit hysteric when it comes to foreigners, other languages and the RHT/LHT divide. Not to forget that he had not the slightest idea of what it means to speak a (very) foreign language, as is english for chinese speakers. Just another case of ambarassing anglo-autistic folly - shame on their politicians for failing to provide for an adequate education. From what we see in the clip: While it is right that the driver should have stopped upon being followed by a patrol car displaying emergency lights, his other driving didn't appear unreasonable enough to warrant for an on-the-spot prohibition of driving. I would recommend the police department responsible to become familiar with the legal framework (which they presently can't be) of foreign tourists driving on their national licence in NZ (the UN's '68 Vienna Convention on Road Traffic and its stipulations - which, due to its reciprocal nature, also applies to kiwis driving in Taiwan, or anywhere else), then apply them, instead of making case law as they go/drive along. I will try to share this with governments, hoping this episode will be used for some additional investigation and schooling.

[@yoheitcy1]

I live in Taiwan but I don't agree that a Taiwan driver's license can be exchanged for another country's driver's license without taking another test.

[@cucykey]

感謝國、民兩黨這二十年來教育出來的駕駛執照者。讓世界看見呆丸。

[@eoinc9511]

The wait for sitting a license in NZ is months and months and months. It takes almost 3 years to get a full license. And yet, terrible and dangerous foreign drivers can be on the road and causing problems within 15 mins. Great job New Zealand. 🙄

[@actuallyn]

Yep that’s how most driver drive in Taiwan, wild people everywhere.

[@low0622]

臺灣交通安全簡直是笑話 警察在路上要攔停危險駕駛 還不知道要攔哪一輛呢 因為危險駕駛的車輛實在是太多了 所以大部分的台灣駕駛都不曾有過被攔停的經驗 更何況只需要一個月的課程 一次考試即可考過駕照 考照內容也並無現代圓環的駕駛方式 還有獨步全球的內線禁止機車 兩段式待轉

[@javexu1197]

或許該感謝這些在國外出名的駕駛 沒有他們，其他國家不會知道我們台灣的交通有多麼糟糕 但我覺得最悲哀的是我們管理交通大權的交通部還在睡

[@a2011521]

對這就是台灣，這問題已經根深蒂固了。我會繼續與交通改革者努力，拯救這個國家。

[@OmeletChef]

感謝這對寶讓台灣上新聞，未來紐西蘭可能會取消使用台灣國際駕照

[@mansirster]

中立點來說，台灣就沒有正常的圓環，不知道如何使用很正常 再來，台灣對於駕駛素質要求，取締的積極度，也有差，執法人員跟台灣政府就不重視了，這是從上到下的問題，整個大環境是如此，妳怎麼會怪罪最下面的人而不是最上面制定法律規範的人呢？ 我相信在場留言的人多數都一定會犯下這些錯誤 另外就是關於超車的安全車距來說，台灣地小車多，紐西蘭的安全超車車距在台灣並不適用，太多狹小車道及空間你如果不超車只舉報的話，你大概會被塞一整個上午都無法超車吧 你看那警察對於安全超車的車距手勢就知道有多要求 他要前方超車的車輛對向道及同向道都離很遠一段距離，幾乎可以說是清空的程度，然後正常來說還要按一聲喇叭示警一下 然後停在路邊攔檢的部分，其實台灣很多警察也是直接這樣停….我相信絕大多數人你只要看過被攔的都是這樣 最後那個擋到人開太慢應該要禮讓，確實就是台灣駕駛個人素質的問題了，後面卡一排車卻沒有意識要讓道只能說對於駕駛意識的不足，不會眼觀四面耳聽八方 以致於警車跟了一路都沒有意識到可能是自己

[@yuchou6557]

感謝補充說明

[@王昱盛-f8v]

這對台灣人夫妻在紐西蘭自駕時，上路不到半小時就多次違規，當地民眾氣得向警方投訴，其中犯的幾項錯誤包括「圓環內切西瓜、圓環中停車、危險超車、不禮讓後車、末理會警察鳴笛、隨意停車、起歩末注意後車」等。上述幾項違規可以說是台灣交通環境的縮影

[@Snackertarian]

I reckon all visitors coming into NZ for the very first time, should take driving exams before hitting the road. Anyway, this would be a great NZ tourism promo ad!

[@Snackertarian]

Huh? Who does what is the county who claims Taiwan as their’s? What are you talking about mate. Trying to get political? I’m saying too many tourists has caused chaos especially in the South Island of New Zealand.

[@黃尚維-f6h]

As expected Republic of “China” 😂

[@LunBian3011]

Please international media report this case as much as possible, Taiwan's traffic is the worst in the world. We need international pressure to force governments to improve driving training policies (From Google translate)

[@axeon0259]

My english is not very well, so l can't understand very well the content which talk about my countent. Im Taiwanese,and live in walker hell . Our traffic minister always said walkers should be politely hand up when people through the road ,and drivers aren't shameful when they parking unlawful. In downtown, almost streets without sidewalk, it's normally in taiwan city . And news medias are good at lead the rage about traffic accident to motorbikes even the bike without any wrong ,they just say ''its wrong about bikers was too fast lead the car had no time turn round on two yellow lines.''

[@YUSHAOTONA]

有夠丟臉🤦‍♀️

[@Victor-fp3ip]

走在台灣路上就好比在亞馬遜叢林裡探險一樣，你永遠無法知道你會存活多久，也無法預測會以什麼樣的方式死去，你能做的只有儘快的穿越，抵達你的目的地

[@joshuahill5271]

In New Zealand it is very easy for international/foreign licenses within a 30 minute test in a licensing office to get permission to drive on NZ Roads for a limited time, I believe up to 6+ months depending on papers etc. People do not even need to know very basic English as you can translate the quiz/electronic test into your language. Many buses and cars crash in NZ with foreign drivers especially on icy roads and windy roads because they do not react in time before the consequences can occur.

[@jessishandsome]

The road experience in Taiwan will make you wonder if those drivers have a driving license.

[@xytt11]

Taiwan is the hell of pedestrian, you can see someone like this guy everywhere. So for your security, you better hold onto your hat before you visit Taiwan.

[@馮小花-z5m]

厲害了 讓世界看見台灣!! 交通行人世界地獄 NO.1

[@Chris.in.taiwan]

Taiwan ☕

[@ktm2916]

這對夫妻拜託不要把臉丟到國外去好嗎?超級垃圾的行為

[@aizhena1116]

Trash behavior yes, but also standard for Taiwanese drivers.

[@坂井德章]

呃呃呃呃⋯⋯台灣99.99999999都是這類違規仔

[@RogerCYZ]

台灣駕照太好考，很多用路觀念都不會，別說他們夫妻，做計8成台灣人去到都會違規

[@aizhena1116]

This guy is driving the exact way people drive in Taiwan. Drivers education teaches people how to operate a car, to make it go. NOT how to actually drive on the roads. When I got my license here the instructor just told me to memorize the formula for the track at that location. Damnest thing I’ve seen on the roads. And the cops here keep their lights on all the time so it can be confusing in other nations where the lights only come on when there is a problem.

[@wanderinglobo9665]

Same thing if you ask a Taiwanese if they can swim. "Of course, I've taken swim lessons, I know how to swim." Then you go to the ocean for some swimming and suddenly it's, "I can't swim in open water, only in swimming pool that's 1.5m deep."

[@ccellboxcc8632]

In Taiwan, broke the rear window and committed theft. Totally impossible to happen. This is the norm in New Zealand and New Zealand police should take time to think about it. Why is law and order so bad? This will help foreign tourists not be afraid of traveling to New Zealand.

[@00chancm]

Welcome u guys come to Macau. People had the highest driving skill and the baddest traffic environment.

[@wainanchang9341]

I am Taiwanese and I apologize for the actions of my stupid compatriots, 90% of the drivers in Taiwan are like this couple, please be careful.

[@andy055072]

In Taiwan ,that’s normal we called it “treetreasurerice”

[@zack.explosion]

台灣人簽到處👇

[@peterhsieh7832]

Welcome to Taiwan, the hell of walkers!

[@葉小翰-b5i]

好像沒看到人提到 有個很奇怪的地方 台灣很多警察不管騎機車還是開車的時候 總是閃爍著警示燈 執勤啊 處理車禍就算了 好幾次看到回派出所休息也是全程亮著燈 除了刺眼以外 也會造成其他駕駛無法清楚分辨 你閃燈的時候是不是要攔停我 還是只是閃爽的 最近該高速公路塞車的時候 不幸前面是一台警車 整路狂爆閃 眼睛痛得要命 你如果要值勤 旁邊不是有很空的路肩嗎… 真的很想開他遠光燈

[@sha2616]

照理來說執勤除了閃爍還要有警示音？

[@byhoo88444]

台灣交通真的世界第一 幸好住在台灣沒有被同化 真希望腳通部可以改善 不然每天在混亂的車流上~~不知道下一個倒下的是不是我.............................. I'm sad, see this video on youtube, but trues this is a big problem in TW traffic condition...................... But really want everyone to know how free traffic is in Taiwan. 台灣警察: 1.建議用路人應具備同理心，體諒別人的無知與過失的行為，注意別人的不注意，小心別人的不小心。 2.他有惹到你嗎? 3.應注意未注意

[@NIKO-yf2un]

Sorry that our driving skills, law enforcement, infrastructures on traffic are terrible as hell.

[@EntaYang]

I am from Taiwan but I don't drive like that. It's them to make Taiwan a living hell for pedestrians.

[@TWRayJohn]

I won't say sorry for them, instead, I feel angry, angry about our (Taiwanese) bad driving education. No one cares about bad drivers, or dangerous environment, and our law enforcement is lax. The Government doesn't want to change it because of the benefit. If you see some Taiwanese driving around, stay away from them.

[@超越神的神隊友]

台灣政府在這樣放任不適任駕駛人 只會造成所有人的麻煩 希望台灣也可以這樣 直接攔下來開罰

[@sha2616]

大家都趕時間 警察也趕時間 對他們最重要的不是保護人民生命安全 而是做業績賺$$$$

[@michaellaudahn]

PS There's another aspect that shouldn't fall under the table, when we try to judge the NZ state's acting in this case: During the 'pandemic', the gov displayed a degree of utter disregard for the people's will and good arguments, that went against the gov's official course of that time. But in this case, some random callers and their stories were enough to make the state comply with their request and act in such an excessive manner, as is the forceful interruption of the travel plans of a lifetime (we may assume) of a civilised foreign couple? To me, this looks like a contradiction. There's something rotten in the state of NZ...

[@davidlee2438]

there are rules that no one follows.

[@BCL-rc7ut]

Shame on they!!!!!! 為什麼要幫那兩個傻蛋打碼？

[@w7402wone]

them