Road Traffic Management and Penalty Act Article 7-2

This English translation was last updated on 2025-05-28, but the Chinese text was amended on 2026-08-17. Later amendments may not be reflected in the translation — please refer to the Chinese text.

A car driver shall receive a citation, not necessary at the scene, if the driver violates the following regulations:1. Running a red light or railroad crossing.2. Cutting off a pedestrian at a pedestrian crossing.3. Failing to pay the parking fee as it should be.4. Does not follow the direction of officers at the scene and ran away, or without yielding the right of way to fire trucks, ambulances, police cars, rescue vehicles, or emergency response vehicles for a toxic chemical substance disaster or accident upon sirens sound.5. Illegal parking or cutting off a pedestrian crossing, as reported by an on-site crossing guard of schools.6. Failing to pay toll or weight at a toll plaza or a weight station.7. Any violation can be proved by the scientific instruments.The scientific instruments referred to Subparagraph 7 of the above paragraph must belong legal measuring instrument and be qualified for regular inspection, which location and road segment to obtain evidence of violation shall be announced and updated on the website. However, the following committed offenses by a car driver are not subject to this requirement:1.Violation of Article 43, paragraph 1, subparagraph 1, 3, 4 and paragraph 3.2.Violation of Article 33, paragraph 1 to 3 and Articl 92, paragraph 2.3.Illegal cross passing other vehicles.4.Illegal parking and drivers leaving the scene.5.Violating lane use restriction.6.Making a turn and changing lanes without following the safety rules.7.Failing to maintain a safe driving distance.8.Crossing over the no-crossing or channelizing lines.9.Violating the maximum or minimum speed limits.10.Violation of Article 31, paragraph 1, 2, 6, Articl 31-1, paragraph 1, 2 andArticle 92, paragraph 7, subparagraph 6.For the enforcement road segment referred to in Subparagraph 9 shall be set with speed measurement banned signs 100 meters to 300 meters before the segment on a roadway and 300 to 1,000 meters on a freeway or highway. The same standard shall be applied to the location where a violator citation is issued.Heavy trucks on roads with weigh stations failing to enter the scales orexceeding its gross weight limit or gross combination load could be cited, in accordance with evidence data from scientific instruments.Any citation for violations referred to in Paragraph 1 and 4, shall include the vehicle’s license plate number, model, and other identifiable information; and the citation shall be issued in the name of the vehicle’s owner or the major driver designated by owner. However, rental cars with a term of more than one year could be issued in the name of a renter by the application of rental company.
中文原文 道路交通管理處罰條例第7-2條
汽車駕駛人之行為有下列情形之一,當場不能或不宜攔截製單舉發者,得逕行舉發:
一、闖紅燈或平交道。
二、搶越行人穿越道。
三、在道路收費停車處所停車,不依規定繳費。
四、不服指揮稽查而逃逸,或聞消防車、救護車、警備車、工程救險車、毒性化學物質災害事故應變車之警號不立即避讓。
五、違規停車或搶越行人穿越道,經各級學校交通服務隊現場導護人員簽證檢舉。
六、行經收費之道路,不依規定繳費。
七、經以科學儀器取得證據資料證明其行為違規。
前項第七款之科學儀器屬應經定期檢定合格之法定度量衡器,其取得違規證據資料之地點或路段,應定期於網站公布。
但汽車駕駛人之行為屬下列情形之一者,不在此限:
一、有第四十三條第一項第一款、第三款、第四款及第三項之行為。
二、有第三十三條第一項至第三項及第九十二條第二項之行為。
三、違規超車。
四、違規停車而駕駛人不在場。
五、未依規定行駛車道。
六、未依規定轉彎及變換車道。
七、未保持安全距離。
八、跨越禁止變換車道線或槽化線。
九、行車速度超過規定之最高速限或低於規定之最低速限。
十、有第三十一條第一項、第二項、第六項、第三十一條之一第一項、第二項及第九十二條第七項第六款之行為。
對於前項第九款之取締執法路段,在一般道路應於一百公尺至三百公尺前,在高速公路、快速公路應於三百公尺至一千公尺前,設置測速取締標誌。
載重貨車行駛於設有地磅站之道路,不依規定過磅或裝載貨物超過核定之總重量、總聯結車重量,得採用科學儀器取得證據資料逕行舉發。
第一項、第四項逕行舉發,公路主管或警察機關應記明車輛牌照號碼、車型等可資辨明之資料,以汽車所有人或其指定之主要駕駛人為被通知人製單舉發。
但租賃期一年以上之租賃業汽車,經租賃業者申請,得以租用人為被通知人製單舉發。

English translation for reference only; the Chinese text prevails. Not legal advice.