Transportation ministry and hospital urge full-face helmets

2026-09-18

To promote scooter safety, the transportation ministry recently held a news conference with the Taichung Veterans General Hospital. Hospital staff shared their experience treating injuries from traffic accidents, urging scooter drivers to stay focused and wear full-face helmets. The ministry is offering subsidies for driving training and safety education on school campuses.

A young man with a broken leg sits in a wheelchair, sharing what happened in his recent accident. He was driving a scooter one evening and crashed while distracted, but his full-face helmet protected him from head injuries.

Mr. Tsai
Student
Helmets are really important. I hit my chin in the accident, so if I was wearing an open-face helmet, I might have broken more than my leg. The full-face helmet protected my chin.

Looking at trauma data in 2025, the Taichung General Veterans Hospital said nearly half of 18-year-olds brought in for trauma injuries were hurt in scooter accidents. People aged 18 to 24 accounted for 22.4% of all scooter accident injuries, the most of any age group. To promote traffic safety, the transportation ministry held a news conference with the hospital on accident prevention.

Chen Yen-po
Deputy Transportation Minister
Traffic safety requires everyone to do their part. The injuries medical staff see in hospital emergency rooms provide valuable feedback on how to educate people about using vehicles correctly.

Fu Yun-ching
Hospital superintendent
Hospital emergency rooms are on the front lines, treating lots of traffic injuries every day. It’s heartbreaking to see young people injured or even killed. Everyone should make sure to wear full-face helmets.

The doctor emphasized that simply wearing a helmet is not enough. Drivers need full-face helmets that provide complete protection. The ministry said it has invested in infrastructure improvements and strengthened road safety awareness among young people, hoping to instill safe driving habits from an early age.

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實證! 交通部宣導"醫起守護安全上路" 台中榮總講述救援經驗

2026-09-18

交通部持續推動機車交通安全宣導，攜手台中榮總，舉辦"醫起守護安全上路"記者會，邀請醫院分享第一線交通事故傷害經驗，醫療團隊呼籲騎士，騎車切勿分心，而且要確實佩戴全罩安全帽，交通部也將持續透過駕訓補助和校園宣教，強化用路安全。

蔡同學裹著紗布，坐輪椅，出席交通安全宣導記者會，他在某次夜晚騎車外出，分心自撞導致受傷，不過幸好當時配戴全罩式安全帽，臉部才沒受到傷害。

[[交通事故者蔡同學]]
“安全帽滿重要的，因為我剛好撞到下巴，如果戴四分之三(安全帽)那種，撞到下巴可能就不是只有腿斷掉而已，全罩(安全帽)剛好保護到我下巴。”

根據台中榮總統計，2025年急診創傷和119送醫機車車禍資料顯示，18歲外傷病人，有將近半數是機車車禍導致，另外18歲到24歲機車事故死傷，佔所有年齡比例22.4%，是最高的族群，交通部為了推動機車交通安全宣導，近一步結合醫療專業，攜手台中榮總，推動"醫起守護安全上路"，聚焦機車安全與事故防護。

[[交通部政務次長陳彥伯]]
“交通安全是需要大家一起來，可以從醫院的急診室，所看到的傷患的一個受傷的情形，能夠反饋回來，如何來教導大家正確的使用運具。”

[[臺中榮總院長傅雲慶]]
“醫院急診室在第一現場，每天都接到很多的車禍事故案例，看到年輕的生命受傷甚至死亡，非常的痛心。提醒大家一定要戴全罩式的安全帽。”

醫師也提醒，安全帽不是"有戴就好"，要優先選擇有完整防護的全罩安全帽，交通部也補充，這幾年除了投入工程改善，更從多方面強化年輕族群的交通安全觀念，讓安全駕駛觀念，向下扎根。

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