Inspector orders motorbike owner to touch hot exhaust cover with bare hands

Inspector orders motorbike owner to touch hot exhaust cover with bare hands

2025-03-20

The owner of a Harley-Davidson motorbike recently had a nasty experience at the Zhongli Motor Vehicles Office. An inspector had ordered him to touch the bike’s exhaust pipe cover with his bare hand for 20 seconds, to see if it provided enough insulation to meet regulations. After the bike owner did as asked, the inspector failed his test because his palm appeared reddish. The incident caused uproar, prompting a public apology from the head of the motor vehicles office. Let’s hear more.

Mr. Cheng
Asked to touch exhaust cover
It’s the first time I was asked to touch the exhaust pipe with my bare hand. Every inspector has a different set of standards. In Taiwan, it’s really up to the discretion of each inspector at each motor vehicles office. It’s really ridiculous.

Huang Yen-wei
Harley-Davidson enthusiast
They can’t do that. The temperature’s really high and not insulated from heat, and you’re asking him to touch it. But in fact, the inspector can just look up the specs by entering the license plate number, and then they’ll get to see the document. All they have to do is to just read the original copy of the document, and not do whatever they please and fail the test as they please.

Tien Wen-pin
Head of the office involved
Our inspector did ask a member of the public to touch the exhaust pipe with their bare hand. That’s not our standard testing procedure. For that, our office will deeply review the incident.

The video posted by the bike owner shows the inspector was actually holding an infrared thermometer, which he didn’t use to test the cover. Current regulations mandate that the exhaust pipe of a motorbike must have an insulating covering to prevent causing burns to riders and passers-by.

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哈雷驗車要求手掌摸防燙蓋20秒不燙才過關?

2025-03-20

哈雷重機騎士，到中壢監理站去驗車，竟被監理站人員要求用手當作測試工具，說把手掌放在防燙裝置上20秒，男子測試後，監理人員卻認為他手掌變紅，認定驗車不合格。網友群起轟刁難，監理站道歉說會檢討。

[[當事人鄭先生]]
“第一次遇到叫我用手，去摸排氣管的事情，所以每一個驗車的人員認定會不一樣，台灣就是監理站的驗車人員的自由心證，這件事情太嚴重”

[[資深哈雷玩家黃彥維]]
“不應該這樣子啊，溫度很高它沒有隔熱的效果，然後去叫人家摸，你其實驗車的人，你打入這個人的車牌號碼之後，就可以把那個資料叫出來，那你就是規規矩矩的照著原本的資料看，而不是說我想怎麼樣，我覺得不行就是不行”

[[監理站長田文斌]]
“我們的檢驗同仁，有請民眾以手去觸摸排氣管的方式，其實這不是我們正確的檢驗程序，針對這個部分我們本站會做深切的檢討”

根據車主公布當時被刁難手摸排氣管的錄影，監理人員明明有帶紅外線測溫計，卻要求他進行肉身測試。依規定，機車變更排氣管應有排氣系統隔熱防護裝置，以避免機車碰觸乘坐者或行人時，發生危害。

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