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County transportation officials said traffic deaths and injuries had declined in June from both the previous month and the same period last year. However, they said increased travel during the summer holiday period appears to have raised road safety risks in July.

Police said Su had previously had his scooter plate suspended for riding without a license. Worried that riding without a plate would be too obvious, he allegedly attached his home address plate to the vehicle. It did not have the intended effect.

Liu’s father told local media that his older son also died last year after riding without a license. He said he had repeatedly warned the 17-year-old not to ride, citing earlier incidents, including one in which he himself had taken a scooter without permission and crashed into a utility pole. The father also said Liu had been drinking before the crash, though police have not announced the official cause.

The judge said the warning provision is discretionary, not automatic. To qualify, the case must not seriously endanger traffic safety or order, must be minor in nature, and must be suitable for non-citation handling. The court said Zhuang’s conduct did not meet those conditions because he was suspected of drunk riding, ran a red light, rode unsteadily, and tried to avoid police inspection. The court also found that Zhuang had previously been penalized for drunk driving on Aug. 19, 2019, putting the latest case within the 10 years for a repeat offense.

A suspected drunk driver crashed onto the Kaohsiung light rail tracks Friday night, blocking service near Heart of Love River Station for nearly an hour, police said.

The shop sells prepared banquet-style dishes associated with a well-known local zongpu chef (總鋪師), and the crash disrupted business on the first day of the Dragon Boat Festival holiday, reports said.

Ministry official Tsao Chin-wei (趙晉緯) said people in Taiwan remain subject to Taiwanese law, regardless of whether the drug use took place in a jurisdiction where cannabis is legal, CNA reported.

Police said Kaohsiung recorded 739 drug-impaired driving cases from January through May, an increase of 299 cases from the same period last year.

The vehicle struck one electric-assisted bicycle and two heavy motorcycles parked on the roadside before leaving the roadway and mounting the MRT station area, police said. The passenger initially insisted that she had been driving, but police said her account was contradicted by the evidence. She was also referred for investigation on suspicion of taking the blame for another person and causing false information to be entered into official records

When the officers arrived, they found Yen sitting by the roadside, appearing dazed. Police said other road users had kept watch over him after he allegedly attempted to leave the scene. A search of the vehicle turned up one packet of amphetamine weighing 19.4 grams, two etomidate vape cartridges, and one bottle of etomidate refill liquid weighing 57.5 grams, police said. A saliva drug screening test showed positive results for methamphetamine and etomidate, indicating suspected drug use before driving.