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[Glen Denton]

Is this common in Asia or just Taiwan?
http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/taiwan/video/x45lxt_brutal-hit-and-run-in-taiwan_auto
I have seen similar accidents, like this one two times in the the three years I have lived in Taiwan. Not counting the time I was the one getting hit.

The driver was drunk or a gangster that didn't get paid.
For drunk drivers the penalty is a hefty fine if they get caught, almost 1000 US$, but little to no penalty for hit and run.
For gangsters there is no penalty and it's back to work as usual.

[blackmagicABC]

I responded to the same post in the Taiwan forum but here it is again if it was missed before.

How is this related to teaching or working here?
I assume you have read the statistics on fatal accidents in Taiwan and compared them to your home country. Not only the number of accidents but also the number of accidents per capita. I am sure that is not an isolated incident. Neither is poisononing or shooting political opponents. We shouldn't judge a country and its people based on one incident.
You should search the following phrase and check out the law. It pertains to hit and run accidents in Taiwan and it is enforced.
Article 62 of the Act Governing the Punishment of Violation of Road traffic Regulations.
I actually want to add something. We all have proof that the accident really happened. Do we know what happened to the woman, whether they caught the driver and what happened further. If we don't, then any other claims made regarding it is purely speculation.

[Novi]

I was in the insurance business in Taiwan for over a year.
Accidents in Taiwan are only reported when there is an insurance claim filed (less than 1 in 300). I have only met two foreigners who have successfully filed a claim for an auto accident in Taiwan. I am sure there are more but discrimination and communication are serious factors.
The same is true of road fatalities, but in most cases, auto accidents are not reported as the cause of death in car accidents because the insurance pay out (rarely) is much lower. The doctor simply writes head trama on the death certificate so the family of the victim has a better chance of filing a successful claim.
I have to run the risk of this happening to me everyday when I go to school to teach or to my offfice to work. Every year there are reports of foreign teachers being killed in raod accidents. I don't know anyone who has been in Taiwan for more than a year, that has not had an accident.
Like this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Moq7XhA27zs&feature=related