I came across this article and thought it was an interesting read. Yes I saw the signs and presumed it was 60 in the part time shoulder lane. But with many locals going the usual 110-120km… I thought I would look into it…
Basically IT IS enforced as many people were shocked to receive 24,000NTD fines and loss of car plates for 3 months…(Presumably by police on the side of the highway.) However the fixed speed cameras won’t catch you as they cannot detect which lane you’re in (according to the article)
Just thought this was an interesting fact to share as many of us cannot speak or read Chinese and probably don’t know this…
the shoulders also have uneven spots for drainage. more than a few accidents caused by morons going 110 down a shoulder hitting those spots… honestly, it would save lives and injuries if they just banned the practice. let people plan their holidays better, trumps death…
In fairness if police actually enforced it more and upgraded the cameras (no reason why cameras in 2022 cannot detect lanes) 60k limit would make sense and help during bumper to bumper traffic
Yeah but hitting the barrier going 30 on a narrow street is different than hitting it while going 110 and then instinctively swerving away into the other lane
No place for them to enforce it if the shoulder becomes a lane. It’s a pretty dangerous thing to do really, give the size, crowded nature and how many bad spots there are (uneven).
they do already have cameras. the only real sollution (camera wise), and only for freeways, is using the ETC system to time entry/exit. which has been discussed for years, and has already been setup for a while. Just not implemented in terms of catching speeders. it causes issues, especially after the whole sad toll booth worker sob story when they got rid of the toll booths, it would be protested hard. At least, that is politician’s fear.
it would make sense to use the the ETC or track license plates (as they do for those without etc registration already), the issue with that is the worry for abuse of power and tracking people. Which can be done already as well, but it is reserved for more criminal like situations. it may seem paranoid, but surveillance state measures REALLY need to be treated with caution. it isnt as simple as catching speeding with that scenario. if traffic is the issue, with safety, dont allow shoulder driving. That is a simple and easy obvious answer. regardless of heavy traffic holidays.
should driving should not be promoted officially as a norm anyway, because it creates precedence in peoples mind, and they take it onto the lower streets as well. much like emergency vehicles having lights on in non emergency scenarios (especially the police), the government really should just ban the retarding behaviour. they are assuming and applying credit to a society which they have clearly not yet earned yet in terms of logic and skillsets (eg. driving skill, spacial awareness and selflessness). it is a mistake to do this. And people die, or get all fucked up, because of it.
One has a dream that one day Taiwan will join the majority of the world where highway speeds are 130.
Pretty much 50% of traffic goes at that speed on the elevated section between Taipei and Chungli anyway.
Even noticed people who do change lanes to keep left lane free for overtaking only.
That map has flaws. I would love to see people drive 110 on Haida Gwaii lol! Those are probably just the absolute max for a large political area, not at all representative of the norm of the area. Doesnt Montana have a section with no speed limit? I seem to remember driving it a few times. It wouldnt represent the state however. nor be comparable to taiwans population density, climate etc.
If people want higher speed limits (rights) they are going to need to prove, on scale and over time, the skills that justify them (responsibility). I am not seeing it happening here personally. On scale and over long periods of time.
I’ve driven on Taiwanese highways. I regularly drive 130-140 kmh in Canada because that’s the flow of traffic and 400 series highways are designed to be safe at 130 kmh to get a 400 designation.
Taiwan’s signs mean what they say. If it says 110, you go 110 because anything above is dangerous unlike the cash cow the Ontario government milks from hard working taxpayers.
The 74 in Taichung typically flows at 100-110 and people just slow for the few fixed speed cameras. Although one time I forgot to slow and despite being the left lane… I never got a fine. (2 years ago) So I wonder if the cameras even work…
Also highway 1 is straight on many areas and could easily do 130. Not to mention… Highway 3 is arbitrarily slowed to 100 between Taichung and Taipei… Meanwhile most do 120 during non peak times.
Yes, I’ve always known this..once you get on the shoulder, you cannot cut back into the main lanes as there is a solid white line separating the shoulder and the main lane. Only when there’s a broken line, you can change lanes or when the shoulder is about to end (there will be a sign indicating 路肩終點), you are allowed to cut back into the main lane to exit the highway.
The same logic is applied when you use the HOV lanes (High Occupancy Vehicle with at least 3 occupants) which is on the innermost lane of a highway. Once you get on it, you cannot cut back into the main lanes as there is a solid white line separating the HOV and main lane. You need to drive until you see a broken line and then you can cut back.
From my (updated) understanding, you can still merge into the shoulder at any time (only if it has been cleared for use, of course!). And you can also leave the shoulder at any time - unless there is a sign posted telling you otherwise.
In general: Yes, no crossing solid lines - but the shoulder is usually an exception because it’s usually not a lane meant to be driven but will only be cleared for use at specific times. Of course, they won’t repaint the line every time.
Yes, I’d agree that one may be allowed to shift lanes back and forth upto the point where that sign that says “禁止變換車道” pops up on the right. I don’t dare change lanes when I’m driving on the shoulder in case some good Samaritan with all the time on their hands decides to 檢舉 me just for fun. Better safe than sorry . Besides, of all the times I’ve driven on shoulders, I’ve always encountered those red forbidden signs warning us not to change lanes so I just stay on my lane till I’m about to reach the exit ramp. After that, I morph into Dominic Toretto
. Besides, of all the times I’ve driven on shoulders, I’ve always encountered those red forbidden signs warning us not to change lanes so I just stay on my lane till I’m about to reach the exit ramp. After that, I morph into Dominic Toretto 