Truck carrying concrete structure poses safety risks

Truck carrying concrete structure poses safety risks

2024-11-08

A photo appeared on social media of a truck carrying what appeared to be a dwelling made of cement down the road. It was only held down with a few hemp ropes, but the driver went on the road nonetheless, shocking onlookers. When truck rental operators saw the pic, they were dumbfounded, saying the concrete structure was too heavy for the truck and it was very probable that the entire vehicle would flip or break into pieces halfway through its trip.

Mr. Ho
Truck rental operator
I’ve never seen this before, it’s quite surreal. If it’s real, the structure definitely went over maximum length, width and height. I have never seen a vehicle with this kind of tonnage carry such a large load. If the load is so high and heavy, it will be easy for the truck to overturn when cornering. Current regulations allow five-ton vehicles, but their maximum load capacity can only be 2.5 tons, and that’s already pushing it.

Hsieh Che-wei
Traffic police
If the cargo exceeds the prescribed length, width and height, the vehicle owner will be fined no less than NT$3,000 and no more than NT$18,000. Excessively heavy loads will incur fines of not less than NT$10,000.

Looking at the cement structure on the truck, it is fully equipped with a tin roof, eaves, windows, and it even has a motorcycle parked at its door. It really is a “mobile home” and is held down with only a few hemp ropes. No matter what its purpose is, not only were people scared at seeing it, but it also raised big questions about road safety.

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路上驚見貨車載水泥房! 若違規最高恐罰1萬8

2024-11-08

有民眾拍到，路上居然有一輛貨車載著一個疑似水泥房子，而且只用幾條麻繩固定，就在路上趴趴走，看了都讓人捏把冷汗。警方說會開罰，貨車出租業者，看到也傻眼，表示水泥屋對貨車來說太重了，很有可能開到一半，整輛車直接翻覆或斷裂。

[[貨車出租業者何先生]]
“從來沒看過，這畫面看起來也有點不太真實，假設是的話，那它一定超過了長、寬、高。這一種噸數的車子，還沒有看過有載到這麼大，如果載比較高，又比較重，那過彎的時候就比較容易有翻覆的問題，現在新式法規開放五噸的車型，它最大、最大載重量也只能載到2.5噸，就已經很了不起了”

[[交通警察執法大隊執法組分隊長謝哲瑋]]
“裝載貨物超過規定之長度、寬度、高度，處汽車所有人新台幣3000元以上，1萬8000元以下之罰鍰，超重處新台幣1萬元以上罰鍰”

看看貨車上的水泥房，設備齊全，有鐵皮屋頂、屋簷、窗戶，門口還停放一台機車，就像一間"移動住宅"，而且只用幾條麻繩固定。不論用途為何，不僅民眾看了害怕，行車安全更是打上一個大問號。

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