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A new immigrant from South Africa fined by the police for riding YouBike on national highway

A new immigrant from South Africa fined by the police for riding YouBike on national highway.  Photo provided by the police
A new immigrant from South Africa fined by the police for riding YouBike on national highway. Photo provided by the police
Taiwan Immigrants' Global News Network】Editor/ Tim Wu (吳宗翰)

On National Highway No. 1, a woman was recently cycling on the road shoulder. The police received a call right away from the public. The female rider was stopped by the National Highway Police when they arrived on the scene. They discovered that she was a South African and that she was likely unfamiliar with the road conditions and traffic laws when she accidently crossed the national highway. The police not only fined the woman in line with the law but also brought her to a secure location.

Read more: On June 30, a new traffic laws will go into effect, and failure to yield to pedestrians by motorbikes and automobiles will result in harsher fines.

A new immigrant from South Africa fined by the police for riding YouBike on national highway.Photo reproduced from Wikipedia

The South African woman, 24, is employed in Taiwan at the moment. She was planning to travel to Linkou District of New Taipei City after renting a YouBike that day. The woman also accidently went onto the national highway, as suggested by the GPS. When the police arrived to halt the South African woman shortly after receiving the report, the woman recognized she had broken the traffic law.

The police immediately demanded that workers remove the YouBike before driving the woman to Linkou, issuing a citation, and making it plain that the bicycle was not to be used on a national highway

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