Q: Do they need a license to drive? How old do they have to be?
A: According to the law, a license is required to operate a motor vehicle in Taiwan. That's about as far as I know the rules. I do know of foreigners that have been motor vehicle operators for awhile without licenses, and it's not hard to see how they pull it off.
I know I've mentioned it once or twice, but the amount of scooters in this country is astounding. It would be impossible to have random check-points for licenses, registration, or to look for anything to enforce any laws. It doesn't seem possible to even be able to scan a cluster of scooters for a certain license plate number. And, as previously mentioned, scooters have their own set of laws that allow them to disappear into even the most dense of traffic.
An interesting (and fool-proof, if I might add) idea for an Asian guy:
Rob a bank and have a get-away scooter. No ski-mask needed. What's going to come over the police radio?
"Stay on the lookout for an Asian male, appears to be between the age of 20 and 50. Around 5' 6". Short, straight black hair, dark eyes and driving a black and gray scooter, license plate ##x##x."
It's too bad the people in this country are so damn nice, otherwise I'd recruit somebody and split the NT dollars.
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It seems all Asians look alike to you; do all white guys look alike to them?
I actually wasn't aware that Asians aren't white; what color are they? And I'm not sure what they think, but I would assume that the variety in hair and eye color would already make us "white guys" a little different from each other. Then maybe consider the different facial hair styles that can be grown, how fast people age, and of course history and demographics. In a country such as the U.S., which has been called a "melting pot," people are products of combining countless races and ethnic backgrounds, while in Taiwan, and a lot of Asia, it's quite noticeably more homogeneous.
On the other hand, I could just ask an Asian person their opinion.
Did you really think Asians were white or was that a joke?
And according to Asians in Hawaii all white people look alike to them. 2 people various shapes aka weight hair color etc they say look like twins... It's all relative.
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