Road Traffic Management and Penalty Act Article 82

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.

In the event of any of the following, the responsible person shall be required to immediately stop their behavior and clear the obstacles, and the responsible person or said person’s employer shall be fined from NT$1,200 to NT$2,400:1. Piling, placing, setting, or throwing objects on roadways that may impede traffic.2. Burning objects beside the roadways, thereby producing heavy smoke which may impede visibility.3. Using roadways as a work place.4. Parking trailers, containers, or motor-powered machines on roadways.5. Using roadways to revamp buildings without approval, or exceeding prescribed limits of roadways that can be used to revamp buildings.6. Excavating roadways with permission from responsible authorities or failing to put warning signs or clean obstacles after completion.7. Placing or altering traffic signs, markings, signals, or other similar marks on roadways without permission.8. Placing stone tablets, billboards, decorated archways, or similar objects on roadways without permission.9. Holding tournaments, banquets, or performances; filming movies; or similar activities on roadways without permission.10. Setting up stands on roadways without permission.11. Any person, except traffic officers or personnel directing and inspecting traffic pursuant to laws, or on-site crossing guards at schools, blocking people and vehicles and obstructing traffic.Should an object impede traffic as described in Subparagraph 1 of the above paragraph or a billboard as described in Subparagraph 8 fail to be removed immediately upon warning, or should the persons responsible not be present, the object in question shall be regarded as waste and removed in accordance with waste-disposal laws and regulations. Tents and frames of stands as described in Subparagraph 10 shall be confiscated regardless of whether they are owned by the person being punished.Any person who commits offenses described in Subparagraphs 1 and 2 of Paragraph 1 on freeways or on either sides of the freeway shall be fined from NT$3,000 to NT$6,000; those who cause traffic accidents as a result shall be subjected to double penalties.Any person in the crosswalk committing offenses described in paragraphs 1 shall be fined NT$3,000 to NT$6,000; those who cause another person to be injured or death shall be subjected to double penalties.
中文原文 道路交通管理處罰條例第82條
有下列情形之一者,除責令行為人即時停止並消除障礙外,處行為人或其雇主新臺幣一千二百元以上二千四百元以下罰鍰:
一、在道路堆積、置放、設置或拋擲足以妨礙交通之物。
二、在道路兩旁附近燃燒物品,發生濃煙,足以妨礙行車視線。
三、利用道路為工作場所。
四、利用道路放置拖車、貨櫃或動力機械。
五、興修房屋使用道路未經許可,或經許可超出限制。
六、經主管機關許可挖掘道路而不依規定樹立警告標誌,或於事後未將障礙物清除。
七、擅自設置或變更道路交通標誌、標線、號誌或其類似之標識。
八、未經許可在道路設置石碑、廣告牌、綵坊或其他類似物。
九、未經許可在道路舉行賽會或擺設筵席、演戲、拍攝電影或其他類似行為。
十、未經許可在道路擺設攤位。
十一、交通勤務之警察、依法令執行指揮交通、交通稽查任務及各級學校交通服務隊現場導護人員以外之人員,於道路上攔阻人、車通行,妨礙交通。
前項第一款妨礙交通之物、第八款之廣告牌、經勸導行為人不即時清除或行為人不在場,視同廢棄物,依廢棄物法令清除之。
第十款之攤棚、攤架,不問屬於受處罰人所有與否,得沒入之。
行為人在高速公路或高速公路兩旁,有第一項第一款、第二款情事者,處新臺幣三千元以上六千元以下罰鍰;致發生交通事故者,加倍處罰。
行為人在行人穿越道,有第一項各款情事者,處新臺幣三千元以上六千元以下罰鍰;致人受傷或死亡者,加倍處罰。

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