THE TRAVEL BEHAVIORS OF THE PEOPLE WHOSE DRIVER LICENSES HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED WHOLE LIFETIME

Abstract: Very few research has been undertaken to explore how the people, whose rights to drive have been deprived whole their rest lives, travel to fulfill their needs for economic and social activities. In October 2001, the Taiwan Constitutional Court pointed out that to suspend drivers licenses whole their rest lives does not violate the Constitution. Driving is a necessity of living for modern people. Has the lifetime driver license suspension (LDLS) has deprived the rights of living, working, and moving freedom, and kicked those illegal drivers out of the road? This study investigated the travel behaviors of 244 drivers with LDLS and showed about 85 % of the punished drivers are still driving on the road. Most of them replied that LDLS has significantly changed their lives. And the impact of LDLS is much greater than criminal punishment, civil compensation, and moral condemnation. The effectiveness of LDLS is argued and some modifications of this license suspension policy are also suggested