Can 250cc+ Scooters/Motorcycles Ride on "Flower" Highways?

I’m having trouble getting a straight answer on this.

If I get a 250cc+ scooter or motorcycle with a yellow license plate, can I go on Guódào (國道) such as:

===Sun Yat-Sen Freeway (Flower #1)
===Formosa Freeway (Flower #3)
===Shui Sha Lian Highway (Flower #6)

Or, can only red license plate, 550cc+ bikes do this?

Also, can a yellow license plate bike go on the Western Coastal Expressway (Red Shield 61)?

Thanks!

I’ll stop you right here. No.

No. Motorcycles cannot go on the National Highway System.

https://www.freeway.gov.tw/english/Publish.aspx?cnid=1094&p=522

Article 19

Only the 3甲 allows red licence plates.

Taiwan Highways Yes.

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I thank you for your speedy response.

I was hoping to make Changhua to Hehuan Shan weekend trips a reality, but I guess not.

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For all 250+, regardless if red or yellow plate:

Red shield highways, yes.

White flower, no

Blue shield, yes.

It might be a bit difficult, but it should only be a ~3 hour ride there. Not terrible.

If you’re in it for the hiking, the 谷關七雄 aren’t so far away and are pretty great hikes. Up in TC myself, only maybe an hour.

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And if you’re up by CH city, Alishan is about equidistant. If you’re lower down in the county, it’s even closer.

I’ve rode up to Hehuan Shan 14 times with my 土狗 between my legs and my wife on my back! :laughing: I was hoping to shave an hour or so off my travel time as well as have a bike that doesn’t gasp for air and struggle pitifully at 3000 meters.

谷關 is awesome. I’ve only been there twice… I should go again…

豐山 in Chiayi is also stunningly beautiful with some pretty hard-core hikes…

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Taiwan’s regulations on motorcycles (being it white, yellow and red plates) r completely dumb.

Technically u treat heavy motorcycles as cars, even force them to park in car parking spaces, but then restrict them to access freeways…

White plates motorcycles restrictions to go on urban highways and mandate for 2 steps left turns.

Silly, keeping things simple would help greatly, a lot of rule for nothing

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Not for nothing. From January to August this year: 1273 motorcycle riders and passengers have died.

Rules are clearly working :unamused:

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Where are these statistics?

Well I sure hope you weren’t planning to take a dog on the highway :rofl:

Thanks for the recommendation, I’ll have to check it out… Sometime in the future when I have that mystical thing called free time and vacation :rofl:

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64% of Traffic Deaths in Taiwan Involve Motorcycles - TaiwanPlus

https://roadsafety.tw/

The numbers are horrific, whichever you choose to read.

All of these were motorcycle incidents on the National Highways?

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I would ban all vehicles from the roads for safety

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LOL! Well, I nearly got run over by a vehicle reversing on the sidewalk tonight! Banned from the roads may not be enough!

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Motorcycle riders protest outside ministry in Taipei

Advocates of the rights of motorcycle and scooter riders yesterday protested in front of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications in Taipei, making three demands.

They were joined by 30 passenger vehicles, which surrounded the ministry to make three demands related to traffic regulations — that motorcycles and scooters above 250cc be allowed on highways, that all motorcycles and scooters be allowed on inside lanes, and that driver and rider training programs be reformed.

The ministry said that it has no plans to allow motorcycles on national highways for the time being, and said that motorcycles would be allowed on the inner lanes when the conditions allow.

Formosa Motorcycle Rights Association director Lo Yi (羅宜) said lawmakers should repeal various restrictions on motorcyclists stipulated in Article 99 of the Road and Traffic Safety Rules (道路交通安全規則), and should reform driver training to prevent unsafe driving practices that endanger motorcyclists.

“The outer lanes of many roads are used by truck drivers to temporarily park to load and unload goods, so inner lanes should be accessible to motorcyclists,” he said.

Regarding the use of heavy vehicles on national highways, Lo said that the ministry has not produced data showing that the accident rate of large motorcycles on highways is higher than that of passenger vehicles.

The ministry often pits motorcyclists against drivers of passenger vehicles, but many riders of large motorcycles are also drivers who use vehicles to commute to work, he said.

The association chose to surround the ministry with passenger vehicles to show that the rights of both groups overlap, he said.

The ministry said that due to differences in road design and traffic flow characteristics at intersections, local authorities would still be allowed to evaluate and plan lane access for motorcycles and two-stage left-turn control measures based on local conditions.

“It is not reasonable to completely abolish the restrictions on motorcycles and the rules on two-stage left turns,” it said.

Regarding motorcycle access to national highways, the ministry said it had reviewed indicators of safety, orderly riding and rider behavior, and found that behavior had deteriorated over the evaluation period, especially in regard to awareness of safe distances between vehicles.

“There are shortcomings and the public is still not in favor of allowing motorcycles on highways. Therefore, we will wait for improvements and public support before considering opening up highways to large motorcycles,” it said.

Regarding driver training, officials are considering introducing short-term licenses for drivers and riders with repeat and serious traffic violations, it said.

Those whose driving licenses are more than one year old, and whose driving licenses have been suspended for less than one year, would be required to take road safety training and pay fines in accordance with regulations if they wish to continue operating vehicles, it said.

Pending no other serious violations, licenses would be reissued to those individuals in growing intervals — periods of one, two, three and then six years, it added.

just outlaw them altogether at this point. Large bikes r all treated as card, but can’t go where cars go. Usual Chabuduo.

I would outlaw cars too following their logic of:

"Regarding motorcycle access to national highways, the ministry said it had reviewed indicators of safety, orderly riding and rider behavior, and found that behavior had deteriorated over the evaluation period, especially in regard to awareness of safe distances between vehicles.

“There are shortcomings and the public is still not in favor of allowing motorcycles on highways. Therefore, we will wait for improvements and public support before considering opening up highways to large motorcycles,” it said.

Nobody wants dangerous riding on highways. It could kill people. Everything if safe now, nobody dies, nobody drives like maniacs.

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