Television news broadcasts in countries such as the USA and Japan reported the battles between Taiwan's cabbies as a "major international incident," alongside the terrorist bombing at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.
美、日等國的電視新聞，都將台灣這場計程車司機街頭暴動與巴黎凱旋門前恐怖爆炸案，並列為「國際重大災難新聞」。