110824 在台灣開車/Driving in Taiwan

I had stayed in Taiwan for around 2 months. Everything seems possible on the roads.

Few days ago, I drove around the Xinpu Station of MRT. I was driving inside of the four-lane road. Meanwhile a taxi was crossing the four-lane road vertically. What's that? Does the traffic regulation allow a taxi driver could drive in this way? I had the right to stay in the lane. I used the horn to warm the taxi driver to prevent from an accident.

If you let a pedestrian pass the zebra stripe first, he or she may feel weird. Meanwhile the car behind you will horn you.

Regarding the bus, it's much stranger. In Taipei, we always find a parking space for bus only in front of the bus stop. However, you rarely see a bus will stop inside of the parking space. It's true. You can observe your self. If they don't utilize it, why should the Taipei government waste money to paint it?

It's the most ridiculous to get drive-license in Taiwan. The examination is to drive around a training center, not on the real roads and highway. The center has nothing related to the real driving situation. Some centers could reach 90% of pass rate. Some of drivers are not capable of driving on the roads. How can they get the license? Thank god for that the exam in 2014 will be hold on the real roads.

In Taiwan are many people, many cars which don't obey the regulation. It's still a disaster to drive in Taiwan. However, in Taiwan we are much better than many cities in Asia.

回來台灣將近兩個月，發覺在台灣開車真的是各種光怪陸離的事情都有可能發生。
前幾天在板橋新埔捷運站附近開車，我駕車行駛於在四線道的最內車道準備駛入迴轉道，而外側三個車道則有不少車子正在紅燈前方，等待綠燈要向前方行駛。同時間我看到一台小黃竟然給我垂直於這四線道行駛，這是哪招，我們台灣的交通規則有說可以垂直90度角變換車道嗎？而且他還理直氣壯一直開，認為我會踩煞車讓他這輛計程車司機，我有路權我為什麼要讓。一氣之下按喇叭示警。這才避免了一次擦撞。
看到公車更是奇妙了，公車站牌前現在幾乎都有繪製公車停車區域，但是公車司機有多少人會開車到這格子內才讓乘客上下車，說真的幾乎沒有，那請問幹嘛要浪費錢去畫這些公車停車格，反正這些司機也不會停。
再來說說斑馬線禮讓行人，在台灣有時候禮讓行人，行人還會很訝異，汽車竟然會讓路人先過斑馬線。
考照制度更是荒唐，在駕訓場地繞一圈，這樣就代表可以安全上路嗎？有些駕訓班還可以創造出90%的考照率。但是事實上，這種制度根本就有問題，一堆拿了駕照不敢上路的人。不該發駕照的人就不該發給他，不需要鄉愿的送他一張，到時候他真的上路只會造成其他用路人的困擾。幸好103年就會有路考，真是謝天謝地。

台灣人多、車多，用路人又不守規則，在台灣開車真的是災難。