Taoyuan Luzhu Modified Scooter Disturbs Night, Unlicensed Repeat Offender Rams Police Car, Fined NT$60,000
In Taoyuan's Luzhu District, police responded to complaints about noisy, modified scooters. During the intervention, a repeat offender for unlicensed driving, surnamed Lan, attempted to flee by ramming a police car. It was his fourth offense within 10 years, and his license plate was already confiscated. He was fined NT$60,000 on the spot, and his vehicle was impounded.
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(CNA reporter Wu Jui-chi, Taoyuan, 19th) The Luzhu Precinct of the Taoyuan City Police Department announced that in the early hours of this morning, they received reports of modified motorcycles with obscured or no license plates gathering and causing a disturbance around Section 3 of Nanshan Road and the Fushan Temple in Dagushan. During a police stop, a man surnamed Lan, who was driving without a license, rammed a police car in an attempt to escape and was fined NT$60,000 on the spot.
Chen Chih-yi, deputy chief of the Waishe Police Station, told the media in a joint interview that upon receiving the report, police immediately dispatched patrol units to inspect the Nanshan Road Section 3 and Dagushan areas. Using surveillance footage, they tracked three motorcycles with obscured license plates and one modified motorcycle without a plate. The vehicles were found heading along Dagu Road towards Fushan Temple and New Taipei's Linkou district, and an interception was immediately set up.
Chen pointed out that around 2 a.m., officers spotted the violating vehicles about to leave from in front of the Dagushan Fushan Temple and approached for an inspection. One of them, a man surnamed Lan, suddenly accelerated to flee and collided with a police car in the process. The police found that Lan's driver's license had already been suspended and he had accumulated three records of unlicensed driving this year. The license plate of the motorcycle he was riding had also been confiscated due to previous violations, and it is suspected he took the risk to evade inspection.
Luzhu Precinct Chief Yang Tsan-chun said that for Lan's multiple violations, including "fourth instance of unlicensed driving within 10 years" and "driving without a plate during a license plate suspension period," he was issued a citation on the spot under the Road Traffic Management and Penalty Act, with fines amounting to NT$60,000. The vehicle was also impounded in accordance with the law. The police will continue to crack down on unplated vehicles, modified vehicles, and those who obscure plates to flee, in order to maintain nighttime tranquility and traffic order. (Editor: Chen Jen-hua) 1150519
Chen Chih-yi, deputy chief of the Waishe Police Station, told the media in a joint interview that upon receiving the report, police immediately dispatched patrol units to inspect the Nanshan Road Section 3 and Dagushan areas. Using surveillance footage, they tracked three motorcycles with obscured license plates and one modified motorcycle without a plate. The vehicles were found heading along Dagu Road towards Fushan Temple and New Taipei's Linkou district, and an interception was immediately set up.
Chen pointed out that around 2 a.m., officers spotted the violating vehicles about to leave from in front of the Dagushan Fushan Temple and approached for an inspection. One of them, a man surnamed Lan, suddenly accelerated to flee and collided with a police car in the process. The police found that Lan's driver's license had already been suspended and he had accumulated three records of unlicensed driving this year. The license plate of the motorcycle he was riding had also been confiscated due to previous violations, and it is suspected he took the risk to evade inspection.
Luzhu Precinct Chief Yang Tsan-chun said that for Lan's multiple violations, including "fourth instance of unlicensed driving within 10 years" and "driving without a plate during a license plate suspension period," he was issued a citation on the spot under the Road Traffic Management and Penalty Act, with fines amounting to NT$60,000. The vehicle was also impounded in accordance with the law. The police will continue to crack down on unplated vehicles, modified vehicles, and those who obscure plates to flee, in order to maintain nighttime tranquility and traffic order. (Editor: Chen Jen-hua) 1150519