Other people's cases
See how a claim gets taken apart.
The topics come from public discussions of crashes in Taiwan. I rewrote them in my own words, about half as long. Not a judgment. Not a law firm's post. Family, rent, and inheritance stay out.
How a court wrote it · 2026-09They wanted a bit over NT$300,000 in one go. A court that takes the list apart doesn't have to pay all of it.Hospital, rides, days off work, the repair, a phone. What has a receipt tends to stay. What was padded gets cut.
How a court wrote it · 2026-10You got the car fixed on your own policy. The other losses still have to be asked for on their own.Getting the car repaired on own-damage doesn't quietly settle the rides, the lost business, or the drop in what it will sell for.
How a court wrote it · 2026-09A hand gesture, and someone boxing your car in, are not the same offense.Being rude in public can be an insult. Closing in and blocking the car is what starts to look like coercion. The prosecutor looks at what each person actually did.
How a court wrote it · 2026-09You turned right and hit someone going straight the same way. Look at the light and where you were, not who shouted louder.The car that's turning has to let the straight car through. If the straight car also broke a rule, the split doesn't jump to 100.
How a court wrote it · 2026-09The truck's load sticks out past the front. Getting to an unmarked junction first doesn't end it.Cargo hanging past the body is its own violation. Who rolled into the junction first is a different fact.
How a court wrote it · 2026-08The pedestrian crossed where they shouldn't. That doesn't automatically clear the driver.The pedestrian's fault is usually a share, not the whole thing. Speed, the view, or not slowing down can still sit on the driver.
How a court wrote it · 2026-09You got hit. You can still have your own line on the preliminary table.'They hit me' says which way the metal went. Fault is what each of you was doing.
How a court wrote it · 2026-06The injury gets worse later. The settlement from that day may already have closed the road.If the insurer won't take the injury that showed up later, look at whether the chart ties it to the crash, and at what you already signed away.
Someone is hurt · 2026-09Family is doing the care. That doesn't automatically pay out at a full-day caregiver rate.You can ask. You still need proof the care was needed. A relative who took leave is not counted the same way as hiring someone.
Someone is hurt · 2026-09Someone in the back starts with the compulsory policy. Then look at the driver and the other car.A passenger is usually a victim under compulsory insurance. The driver of that same car often isn't.
Someone is hurt · 2026-07Not every medical bill fits inside the compulsory policy.Compulsory insurance has a list and caps. What's over the cap, or not on the list, has to be asked of a person.
Someone is hurt · 2026-11Write down who you can ask before you fight about what each item is worth.The injury, the car, and lost business may not point at the same company.
Someone is hurt · 2026-08Civil, criminal, and money from the government are not on the same clock.The window for a negligent-injury complaint, the time limit on a civil claim, and the path for compensation from the government. Mix them and the count goes wrong.
Someone is hurt · 2026-07Negligent injury needs a complaint. Fixing the car doesn't take care of it.Nobody hurt, and this article usually isn't in the picture. Someone is hurt, and the settlement has to say something about the complaint.
Someone is hurt · 2026-03A serious crash is in the news. The family still starts by splitting the person from the car.The list for a death or a bad injury is not the list for a scraped bumper. A headline is not a judgment.
The car and the sale · 2026-09You're keeping the car. What it would sell for can still go on the table.The repair bill is one thing. The market still treating it as a crashed car, after it looks fixed, is another.
The car and the sale · 2026-08Both cars are dented. First split which policy pays which piece of metal.Compulsory insurance doesn't fix cars. Own-damage fixes yours. Third-party liability is what may fix theirs.
The car and the sale · 2026-08They turned right against the rules. Their third-party policy still doesn't jump out by itself.A liability policy moves when the insured reports it and there's something to argue about. A violation is not an on-switch.
The car and the sale · 2026-07The used car keeps going back to the shop. Split a defect from something that broke later.Seven trips in and out doesn't cancel the sale by itself. Look at the day they handed it over. Could you use it, and was the value already down?
The car and the sale · 2026-04The car behind hits the one in front. Split a plain rear-end from being shoved by the car ahead.Same direction, the car behind often didn't keep a gap. If the car in front of you braked hard and then got pushed into you, the order has to come from the video.
Insurance · 2026-08You don't think it was your fault. You still can't dump the whole thing on the insurer.The insurer handles the risk that's written in the policy. If you're the insured, you still have to tell them, and help them.
Insurance · 2026-03You dropped it, or you hit something and there was no other car. That's still an accident. Whether anyone pays depends on the own-damage you bought.No second car doesn't mean it wasn't a traffic accident. Compulsory insurance usually doesn't fix your car, and it doesn't cover you as the driver.
Insurance · 2026-07A lawyer's fee inside a policy, and hiring someone yourself, are not the same thing.Some add-ons only pay part of the court costs, or only in one kind of procedure. If that clause isn't there, being insured does not mean you have a lawyer.
Insurance · 2026-01A fake crash, a fake claim. Don't transfer. Then check the insurer and the police.If they want the money right now, or they say the police told them to collect it, treat that as not real.
Insurance · 2026-03Compulsory insurance covers passengers and people outside the car. It does not cover your bodywork.Driving without it gets you fined. A crash with no policy is usually a heavier fine. The number is whatever the article says right now.
The table and what comes after · 2026-08The preliminary table says there was a cause. That is not a decision that you have to pay.The police analysis, the appraisal, the review of that appraisal, and a judgment. Four papers, and they don't weigh the same.
The table and what comes after · 2026-09'Didn't watch the road ahead' means you were supposed to be looking. It is not a stamp that says fully at fault.The safety rules tell a driver to watch ahead and keep the gap. You'll see the phrase constantly. It does not mean 100 percent.
The table and what comes after · 2026-06The notice from the prosecutors' office is here. A lawyer can sit with you. They can't remember the facts for you.Negligent injury, or leaving when someone is hurt, is what gets you in that room. Damage to cars alone usually doesn't.
The table and what comes after · 2026-02Before you sign the statement, circle the sentences that don't match what you remember.The statement is the version people quote later. The scene diagram, the photos, and the three-copy report are three other papers.
The table and what comes after · 2026-08A car park, or private land. The police may not give you a preliminary table.No table doesn't end it. You can still work it through insurance, video, and a court.
The table and what comes after · 2026-07Four things at the scene: people, a warning, photos, then move the car.Move it to the side first only if the damage is light. Someone hurt: 110 and 119 before anything else.
The table and what comes after · 2026-07Someone is hurt or dead and the driver leaves. That's what starts to look like hit-and-run. Walking off a scrape is a different article.After the interpretation, the Criminal Code piece is not 'any bump means you stay until they're happy'. The breath test, and staying, are still two different things.
Settlement and mediation · 2026-12The settlement has to show which crash this was, and whether you can still ask later.Who pays whom, for what, and which claims get dropped. If those three sentences aren't finished, don't sign.
Settlement and mediation · 2026-05Mediation is at the district or township office, or at the court. The record has to be signed, then sent for approval.I don't keep a list of mediators. On the civil side, what makes it stick is the court's approval, not nodding at the table.
Settlement and mediation · 2026-06Mediation didn't settle. You can try again, or you can sue. Watch the time yourself.A certificate that it failed is not the end. Mediation at the court and mediation at the office don't share the next step.
Settlement and mediation · 2026-02Before you hire a lawyer, check four things.Are they actually a lawyer, how the fee is counted, whether the papers are here, and which job you're asking for.
The road and the tickets · 2026-07The scooter waiting box has two stages of the light. First see whether you were even supposed to be in it.You were supposed to wait and you cut left anyway, versus you were already in the box and someone hit you. The preliminary table will not write those as the same sentence.
The road and the tickets · 2026-04Whether a heavy motorcycle can use the freeway depends on the engine size, and on which sections are open that day.Not every red plate can use every national freeway. The fine and the points are whatever the article says right now.
The road and the tickets · 2026-06On the freeway, lane changes and not keeping a gap are what most often land on the preliminary table.The speed is higher, and the rules for stopping and putting the triangle out are stricter. Get out of the lane. Then talk about who cut in.
The road and the tickets · 2026-08A camera ticket. The fight is about the deadline, not a lesson from the group chat.Speed, a red light, not letting a pedestrian go, a bad lane change. What the camera caught is a penalty. It is not a civil fault split.
The road and the tickets · 2026-03Citizen reports were cut back. Closed to reports doesn't mean an officer can't still ticket you.After the middle of 2024, some items aren't open to a report from the public. The violation is still a violation.
The road and the tickets · 2026-06That wave in mid-2024: citizen reports, YouBike points, and cover for electric cars.The rules will move again. This only splits it into three. The detail is whichever notice is current.
The road and the tickets · 2026-05On a scooter, compulsory insurance is the one the law requires. The rest is whether you bought it.Compulsory is required. Third-party liability, own-damage, and cover for the rider are contracts you add on.
The road and the tickets · 2026-05Driver assistance was on. First ask who was actually controlling the car.The name on the system is not who is responsible. The driver can still have to answer for watching the road.
The road and the tickets · 2026-07An ambulance driver has to be qualified. No license is a fine, or a criminal case, depending on what they actually did.A headline can't stand in for what the offense actually requires. Passengers and people on the road still claim through civil liability, and through the contract.
These started as public discussions of car crashes. I rewrote them here. Not a law firm's article.. A series that was chopped too fine is one piece here. Autobro is not that firm and does not sell their membership.
I'm not a lawyer, and I'm not a mediator. I can't decide this for you. The statute that counts is the one still in force. Judgments live on the Judicial Yuan site.