Government to get tough on DUIs with heftier fines

A total of 371 people were killed in drunk driving accidents in 2012, a 15-percent year-on-year decline, which signaled increasing public vigilance against driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI), said transportation official Chen Yen-po.

The time is ripe, Chen said, for the ministry to implement tighter regulations.

Under the new law, the maximum fine for DUI will be raised from NT$60,000 (US$2,027) to NT$90,000.

Individuals found guilty of drunk driving two times or more over a period of five years, and those who refuse to take a breath alcohol test are subject to the maximum fine.

Meanwhile, the fines for all other types of DUI offences will increase by 50 percent.

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