ROAD SAFETY/Lawmaker seeks national road standards act to improve pedestrian safety
01/08/2023 08:46 PM
A lawmaker from the opposition Kuomintang (KMT) on Sunday called for the drafting of new legislation that would standardize road and sidewalk design to better protect the safety of pedestrians.
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