Changhua County collected far more in traffic fines than it planned last year, and a local councilor says drivers are being squeezed to hit police targets.

• The county budgeted NT$440 million in traffic fines but took in NT$623 million — about NT$180 million extra.
• Councilor Lai Ching-mei says residents are fed up with constant citizen reports of minor violations and accuses police of writing tickets to pad their numbers.
• Police deny it, saying frontline officers are not writing more tickets and the jump comes from citizen complaints, a new drug-driving law, and more red-light running.
• Citizen-filed reports topped 87,000 last year and red-light cases topped 72,000, both up from the year before.
• Fine income has climbed almost every year since 2020, and this year's budget is unchanged, so another overshoot looks likely.

Outlook: Expect pressure on police to swap warnings for tickets, but with automated enforcement expanding, fine revenue is set to run above budget again.