More than 100 former TMTC drivers now employed at Kuokuang went on strike that same morning at the terminal in Keelung to protest against low base pay. The Keelung dispatcher sent out an emergency call for drivers and buses from Taipei, Chungli, and Hsinchu, but customers were angry.
基隆站一百多名老台汽司機也集體罷駛，抗議底薪太低，基隆站緊急調派台北、中壢、新竹等站人車支援，但仍引起乘客抱怨連連。