上班族必備軟實力

[Richard is an excellent driver.]

The police send me pictures of my car. Every so often, I will get a letter from them that has a picture of the car breaking some sort of traffic law. (Because it’s the car breaking the law, not me.) They say that I need to give them money for that.

Taiwan police don’t often pull cars over ; they just take pictures. Lawbreakers will get fines plus photographs in the mail. Some cameras are set to trigger automatically. Others are manned at police checkpoints. If it is dark outside, you can see the flash as the camera goes off.

I still have pictures of some of my old cars on the road.

There are cameras set up all over the place. They are ready to flash and snap a picture if they spot a wrongdoer. I have gotten tickets for speeding, improper lane change, not using turn signals, and running a red light. All of these were based on pictures taken by stationary cameras.

Before I moved to Taiwan, I drove a car for over 20 years in America and never received a ticket. I usually get several tickets a year in Taiwan. It is because the use of cameras is not allowed in America.

Breaking the rules is not a good idea, even if there are no cameras. Thank you for reading.