Yilan County Government Launches "Motorcycle Driver's License Coaching Class" to help new residents integrate into life in Taiwan

【Taiwan Immigrants’ Global News Network】Edited by Raymond Rodriguez

The Yilan County Government (宜蘭縣政府) considers that new residents who come to live in Taiwan tend to be discouraged from taking motorcycle license examinations. This is because of the differences in national conditions, language, road driving habits, etc. At the end of July 2021, there will be a special "New Residents Motorcycle Examination Coaching Class" (新住民機車考照輔導班). The exam will be on the 16th. In addition, the 19 students in this special class are from the United States, South Africa, Vietnam, Indonesia, and the Philippines. Among them are second-generation new immigrants and their family members.

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New residents learn to ride motorcycles and study Taiwan's traffic regulations. Photo/Provided by Yilan County Government

According to statistics from the National Immigration Agency (移民署), there are about 9,000 new residents in Yilan County, accounting for about 2% of the county’s population. To make it easier for the new residents to cope with the motorcycle licensure exams, the county government especially cooperated with Yilan Motor Vehicles Office to hold classes on “Traffic signs and regulations”, Defensive Driving, Accident Prevention, Examination Reminders, Actual Driving Practice, etc. The 3 days of classes are not only free of charge but are also assisted by interpreters. 

The Yilan County Civil Affairs Office (宜蘭縣民政處) hopes to provide convenience and improve the employment of new residents and help them smoothly integrate into Taiwan society.

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Lin Tsu-miao presented new residents with safety helmets to encourage new residents to integrate into Taiwan society. Photo/Provided by Yilan County Government

Yilan County Magistrate Lin Tsu-miao (林姿妙) said that she would personally go to the Yilan Motor Vehicles Office to see the situation of new residents learning about the motorcycle licensure exam, and prepared motorcycle helmets to give encouragement because the new residents came from far away, came to Yilan and got married. Although they are nominally their husband’s family, they must be like a "Taiwan daughter-in-law", She hopes that the coaching for the licensure test will make it easier for the new residents to live in Yilan.