Ride-hailing platform Bolt fined after passenger diesALLEGED ALTERCATION: The driver surnamed Lin could face a maximum fine of NT$7,200 for leaving a passenger in the middle of an expressway, a transport official saidBy Wu Liang-yi / Staff reporter, with CNARide-hailing platform Bolt is subject to an NT$30,000 (US$954) administrative fine in a case involving one of its drivers, who left a passenger in the middle of the road leading to his death when he was struck by passing vehicles. A vehicle with ride-hailing platform Bolt is pictured in an undated photograph. Under regulations governing the approval and operation of taxi services, a vehicle can only work with one taxi service company for dispatch operations. Bolt said it immediately suspended Lin from the platform and further action would depend on the outcome of the judicial investigation. If regulations under the Act on Application, Approval and Management of the Taxi Transportation Industry (計程車客運服務業申請核准經營辦法) are contravened, penalties can be imposed in accordance with the Highway Act, Hu said.

Source: Taipei Times January 30, 2026 17:13 UTC