So today like the video's title says
I'm gonna talk about my scooter accident
Wow it's super hot below
It's a crazy thing
We have toilet paper to wipe ourselves
but beware the pieces of tape
I still have some real injuries
not that big, but they still piss me off
especially because the doctor said « don't take shower »
« there are bacterias in the water »
So during the first days you don't wash yourself
But afterward you can't help
You break it up
Hi
So today again, I'm gonna talk about my scooter's accident
and about the dangers on the road in Taiwan
So how this accident happened ?
Actually I went straight when the traffic light turned green on a crossroad
And a car cut me off, didn't give me the way
So that I had to dodge off the car to avoid impact
I drifted on the left and made a happy roll,
with the wounds, scratches, the ambulance and so on
I really want to salute the professionalism of the paramedic teams here in Taiwan
including one of them that spoke english well
so that it allowed me to communicate with them
and the hospitals here are very professional, very clean
Somewhat a good experience in a bad one
The ambulance came quickly,
I was passing out and they took care of me
I was blocked under the scooter that bounced off the car
And a scooter like that weights about 130 kilos,
thus for a weakling like me, I failed to lift it up myself
I spent couple hours in hospital,
the time for them to clean my wounds etc..
Hsin Yu was also ok, with few body injuries
Well they had to cut up my pant but I earnt a short, so it was not a bad deal
later we went to the police station,
we saw the pictures but I won'T publish them
because my goal is not to fall into sensationalism
Anyway it was not a tragic accident
It''s true that I was a bit shocked
because it was my very first accident
and it happened abroad in Taiwan with my girlfriend behind me,
then in regard to her parents, it's a bit embarrassing
but it couldn't really prevent it in the end
According the policemen, the liability was 70/30 for the car's driver
in the end I got 17000 NT$ repair costs for the scooter
and 3000 NT$ for the hospital costs
but I made the right choice to take a full insurance
before the accident so that I'll be completely refund
Could I have prosecuted the car's driver ?
May be yes, but I don't want to make the things more complicated,
I am a foreigner here and I got my fees paid back so I'am okay
Above all, what I wanted to share in this video
is my feeling about the traffic conditions here in Taiwan
At first I was very enthusiast about driving my own scooter here
Today, I'm a bit more over it,
and for some routes, I avoid riding it
So what makes the road unsafe here in Taiwan ?
There are several reasons
To start, I would say that cities are quite old
and they haven't been designed for such a heavy traffic
Taiwan is a country that has been developed very strongly and very fast
over the last 50 years and it might be true that roads haven't been on their top of the list priorities
They are narrow and everybody shares them,
Indeed, there are not always sidewalks on the streets
So who shares these roads ?
Merely the pedestrians, the bicycles, the scooters, the cars, the little trucks and the wild dogs who wander here and there
In Taiwan there are 15 millions scooters for a 23 million population
it's huge, they are everywhere
Then there is the driver's behaviour,
Here the traffic rules is not really followed,
especially true given that there traffic check appear quite lax
Thus we commonly see scooters waving in an out everywhere
overtaking on the left, on the right, stopping anywhere
for cars, it's about the same, they park on left or right side of the road, double-park, and it's complicated to predict
And there are also the big german cars, BMW, Benz,
that seems to feel almighty, like if they were the kings, and that do whatever they want
Not all of them of course but some of them really do so
Is it easier to drive in smaller towns than in bigger cities ?
Not really, because in big cities, usually more modern with more public investment,
we can find wide sidewalks along boulevards and avenues
In smaller cities, less for sure but on the other hand, there is also less traffic, obviously
Finally all in all, it's not that easy to determine wether it's easier to drive in either of them
In the countryside, what sucks are the trucks that go full speed right beside you,
yeah, that sucks,
To sum it up, there is a bit of a wild jungle aspect on the road here in Taiwan,
it's paradoxical in a country where rules are strictly followed in the metro,
daily in the waiting queues where everybody respect each other compared to the way it works on the road
Well it's important to appreciate that there are some good drivers here also, respectful toward the others,
but there are still numerous drivers that don't give a damn
I'm simply sharing my feelings,
I don't want to offend anyone,
anyway Taiwanese are generous people, really friendly, great people !
However, here it is, that's one of the downside here, and that's what I think of it
And the Time Magazine in one of it's issues published a couple years ago,
still ranked Taiwan as the 4th most dangerous country for driving 2 wheels vehicles,
right after Thailand, India and China
In conclusion this accident leads to little down phase
but you forget it quickly because there are so many beautiful and positive things here
that you easily get over it
I just hope this video will be useful or interesting for tourists, travellers
or any foreigners coming here who want to drive here,
I think you really have to be careful,
following rules is one thing,
but think safety is more important, it must be your first concern
For example, when the traffic light is green, you still check seriously both sides before crossing
it's not uncommon to see people running a red light
like those jerks who go fullspeed through crossroads while honking to say
« hey I'm here »,
they have a specific name in chinese by the way, but I can't remember it
Enjoy you journey, drive safe and see you next time,
bye !
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