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Call for allowing heavy motorcycles on National Highways gains support

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Call for allowing heavy motorcycles on National Highways gains support

Heavy bikes on National Highways gains support

As of 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, more than 6,600 people have agreed that heavy motorcycles should be allowed on National Highways, according to a petition on the government's Public Policy Network Participation Platform.

Whether heavy motorcycles should be allowed on National Highways has been debated for a long time, which prompted netizen “meowlike” to launch the petition.

Meowlike cited Wikipedia as stating that of the 48 countries which have superhighways, only Taiwan, Indonesia, Thailand, South Korea and Venezuela prohibit heavy motorcycle riders from using superhighways, while other advanced counties, such as Hong Kong, the U.S., Japan, the European Union, and even Vietnam allow heavy motorcycles on their superhighways.

The netizen said the Legislature has passed Clause 93 of the Act Governing the Punishment of Violation of Road Traffic Regulations that allows heavy motorcycles on designated sections at designated times, and the Legislature even passed the recommendation to use National Highways 6, 8 and 3 (south of Sinhua) for trial enforcement.

Meowlike said the Ministry of Transportation and Communications has long ignored the legislation.

Some netizens agree on the proposal while others have a reserved attitude, saying that they hope related measures could be planned before heavy motorcycles are allowed on National Highways for the sake of safety.