Lin said 14 of the penalties — fines for not being able to easily open emergency exits — would not be rescinded.

2016-08-2603:00

新聞來源:TAIPEI TIMES

Union chairman Lee Shih-chia (李式嘉) said it is almost certain that the bus driver killed in the July 19 bus fire was suicidal, but people are focused on the issue of bus operators buying vehicle parts from overseas and having them assemb高雄市彌陀區寶寶手冊換贈品led in Taiwan.

Protesters gathered at the front of the building and demanded that the regulations be relaxed.

The ministry reinforced that impression by launching a massive crackdown on苗栗縣通霄鎮手冊換贈品 tour bus operators, Lee said.

The protest ended after two hours of talks between union representatives and ministry officials.

Transportation Management Center chief secretary Lin Fu-s基隆市暖暖區手冊換贈品han (林福山) said the ministry has explained that a tour bus does not equate to an assembled bus.

The union said its members have received 46 tickets since July 23 for failing to follow the new safety requirements.

The remaining 34 cases involved locks or other devices on emergency exits, Lin said, adding that drivers need not pay a fine if it could be shown that the devices were factory-installed.

Some operators said that the government 台北市嬰幼兒補助wants tour buses to pass an excessively high standard of safety, requiring buses to be in use for only a certain number of years.

However, operators cannot get a return on investment if they were to follow the regulations, they said, adding that the government should彰化縣埔鹽鄉托兒所補助 prevent public bus operators from branching out into the tourism industry.

A few protesters went to the 19th floor, deman高雄市大社區美語補習班推薦ding to see Minister of Transportation and Communications Hochen Tan (賀陳旦).

Members of the New Taipei City Tour Bus Dr宜蘭縣五結鄉美語補習班ivers’ Union said 200 buses and 400 drivers were mobilized, with buses stopping on Renai and Hangzhou S roads, paralyzing traffic.

By Shelley Shan / Staff reporter

About a dozen protesters pushed past barriers at the ministry’s main entrance and entered the lobby.

In that case, the manufacturers of the bus’ body would pay the fine instead, he said.

The Directorate-General of Highways said that protesters listed 13 demands.

It promised to hold a meeting within one week to discuss some of them.

Traffic on the streets near the Ministry of Transportation and Communications in Taipei was held up for about three hours yesterday morning as hundreds of drivers protested regulations imposed after a deadly tour bus fire last month.
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