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Earlier this year, the transport ministry increased the fines for driving without a license, after registering 20,000 such infractions in Taiwan in 2025. In Keelung, the DMV started visiting high schools to educate students who are almost 18 and will soon be on the road. They brought electric scooters and VR glasses so that students can experience what it’s like to drive.

A student sits on an electric scooter, puts on VR glasses, and “takes off” down the road.

He reaches the first intersection, where he has to stop for pedestrians. He does okay, but at the next intersection where there’s a parent and child crossing the street, he doesn’t stop in time.

High school student
Learning to drive
I was in the middle of the intersection so I decided to go for it, but ended up hitting them. So, I’ve got to be more careful.

High school student
Learning to drive
I didn’t pass the first time and was wondering why. It turns out you need to slow down and look left and right.

These students will soon be 18 and driving for real. To prepare them to be on the road, the Keelung Motor Vehicles Station is cooperating with high schools, bringing a VR system for students to try driving virtually.

Yeh Tung-lung
Taipei Motor Vehicles Office specialist
There have been about 20,000 cases nationally of underaged people driving on the road without licenses, and about 280,000 cases of adults driving without licenses.

The transportation ministry amended the law increasing the initial fine for driving without a license to up to NT$36,000. If caught on the spot, the vehicle’s license plate would be suspended for three months. If someone driving without a license gets in an accident, insurance won’t cover it and parents would be liable. The age to take the driver’s license test may also be increased by six months to a year.

Lin Ming-jung
School principal
This hands-on experience is more engaging for students, and they will be more careful and safer when riding scooters in the future. It also gives them a new learning experience.

Driving without a license is illegal and dangerous. Thanks to this new VR program, students are learning the importance of road safety directly without endangering others.

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