Chapter V Road Obstacles
Article 82
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.
Article 82-1
Abandoned vehicles occupying roadways shall be cleaned away by their owners within a designated time period upon notification by police authority after being reported by the general public, the police authorities, or the competent environmental protection authorities. Should the vehicle owner fail to clean the vehicle within the designated time period, be unable to notify, or the owner can not be identified, the vehicle shall be removed by the competent environmental protection authority or by a contracted private organization, and the vehicle’s owner shall be responsible for the corresponding removing and storage fees. Should the vehicle remain unclaimed for 1 month after public announcement, said vehicle shall be dealed as a waste by said competent environmental protection authority according to laws.
Regulation regarding the definition of a abandoned vehicle as described in the previous paragraph and measures concerning how said vehicle is reported and handled shall be determined by the MOTC in conjuction with the MOI, the Ministry of Justice, and the Environment Protection Administration, Executive Yuan. The removal and storage fees shall be determined by the municipal, county, or city governments.
Article 83
Failing to follow instructions and cease any of the following behaviors, the responsible person or said person’s employer shall be fined from NT$300 to NT$600, and will be ordered to remove the object:
1. Distributing advertisements, fliers, or other similar items on traffic lanes or on a divider island.
2. Selling goods on traffic lanes, inside bus or railway stations, or in service areas of freeways and thereby impeding traffic.
Article 84
In the event of poultry, livestock, or pets running on roadways without properly care and thereby impeding traffic, the owner or persons responsible shall be fined from NT$300 to NT$600.