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Title: Road Traffic Management and Penalty Act CH
Category: Ministry of Transportation and Communications(交通部)
Chapter IV Pedestrians
Article 78
In the event of any of the followings, the pedestrians shall be fined NT$500:
1.Failing to follow the instructions of signs, markings, signals, or those given by police.
2.Failing to walk within a designated sidewalk or failing to walk on the side of a road that has no designated sidewalk without good cause.
3.Passing through vehicle lanes in violation of regulations.
4.Running, chasing around, playing, sitting, lying, squatting, or standing on roadways with heavy traffic or at railroad crossings in a manner that impedes traffic.
Should a pedestrian with physical disability who relies on mobility aids violate the regulations set forth in Subparagraph 2 of the preceding paragraph because there are obstacles on sidewalks, the pedestrian shall be exempt from punishment.
Article 79
(annulled)
Article 80
In the event of any of the following events when approaching a railroad crossing, the pedestrians shall be fined NT$2,400:
1. Failing to follow the instructions of crossing guards; running through the railroad crossing after crossing gates have been lowered down or after alarms sound and warning lights flash.
2. Running through railroad crossings where no guards, no crossing gates, no alarms, and no flash signals without caring the coming trains by the manners of waiting, watching and listening before moving as required by regulations.
Article 81
Any person who climbs on, jumps off, or clings to a moving vehicle shall be fined NT$500.
Article 81-1
Any person who illegally seeks customers at railway or bus stations or other places with heavy traffic and thereby impedes the traffic shall be fined from NT$1,500 to NT$3,000.