This was what I received the other day. Seems it depends on if you held a UK licence before.
Yes, i have been in contact. If you passed in the UK and changed it to a TW one, you dont need to authenticate to change back to a UK one.
If you passed in TW, you have to authenticate first.
Any insights or experience about when you have an English provisional licence and pass your test in Taiwan while living here ?
I did that. Passed in Taiwan.
You have to get your Taiwan licence authenticated by the Taiwan Rep office. IT TAKES 30 WORKING DAYS.
I think the Taiwanese workers have taken on the local culture a bit too much. Crazy.
It would be done in 30 mins in Taiwan.
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I think speeding would be the first one to get them. As you are speeding if you go even 1mph above the speed limit in England, and there are plenty of speed cameras about.
In Taiwan you are only breaking the law if you go something ridiculous like 50kmph above the speed limit, canât imagine going from this nonsense system to a real system and not getting in trouble quickly.
11kmph over the speed limit seems to have been the lowest transgression Iâve been charged for here. Is that normal, or have I just been unlucky?
11kmph over? thatâs nuts. I rarely see such a thing. They probably fined you for going to slow, yea i reckon thatâs what it was.
I received a letter back today from the DVLA that even if you did pass your test in the UK they still require the translation.
That is very weird because the Taipei office phoned me to make sure i hadnât. The woman said she was making sure because it isnt needed if i had passed in the UK and exchanged it for a Taiwanese one.
FYI the translation/authentication takes 30 working days. Basically 6 weeks.
Edit: just went back and read my previous posts. I am basically repeating the same thing in this one.
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Yes, very annoying as well as I checked with the embassy before sending and was told itâs not necessary.
Thatâs not true! Exceeding the speed limit by 40km/h or more will result in a dangerous driving charge with associated large fine and plate suspension for at least 6 months. Lesser transgressions are subject to a sliding scale of fines dependning on the speed and location/road type. It was changed from +60km/h in 2023 if memory serves me correctly.
11 over will get you a fine from most fixed cameraâs, particularly city roads with lower limits, the tolerance given is generally 10km/h if there is no additional safety risk identified although my boss managed to get one for 6km/h over on an expressway.
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I got one for 6 or 8km/h over, on a 60 road, it was a few years ago so I donât have the ticket. I remember thinking at the time I must have been dam close to getting away with it.
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Well the fact that it was up to 60 over the limit until last year proves my point how ridiculous it is.
These rules are inconsistent. Just make the speed limit the real limit and enforce it. Breaking the speed limit shouldnât be a mystery or a matter of degrees.
Your point;
Is not proven. >60/50 (now 40) puts you into the dangerous driving category and can result in plate suspension, you do not need to exceed the speed limit by this margin in order to break the law. 10 over is pretty much guaranteed to get you a ticket and less than that may get you a ticket.
Every country I have driven in has a margin on the speed limit before you get a fine, there will always be some measurement error and this needs to be taken into account.
Theres âmargin of errorâ and theres driving down the street like a jet engine, infront of police stations because there are no cameras (even though their are signs for them) with zero chance of repercussions. Welcome to my street.
These are 2 very different things. And there should be no room for this to happen in built up areas in a developed society.
Speed limits should be used as speed limits. Not used because today they feel like its time to randomly catch someone out.
What was the response what you escalated this?
Your reply which was seemingly defending the speed limits, enforcement and punishments in Taiwan.
It just aint the reality im living.
Thanks guys! So either my memory has failed me or I have been lucky. I shall endeavour to ride a little more slowly. Iâd recently been revisiting the pleasure of riding at the speed limit instead of matching the fastest vehicle.
Someone told me that speedometers are set to give a higher reading than reality. I probably shouldnât test mine with a gps app to find out what the margin of error is, given my current inclination towards safety and the pleasure of going slower.
Thank you! If I had a car or a delivery truck, I would come and park it on your street. That seems to slow down the violent speeding on my street when people do it. Especially when there are two parked almost opposite each other. It doesnât stop the guys with no helmets who run the red lights weaving in between the traffic that is crossing the intersection, but on good days I wonder if I would want to see the enforcement it would take to stop this.
However, the violence of speeding unecessarily down small streets is something I donât think I would ever miss. The louder bikes add to the annoyance, but with the ever greater numbers of quieter electric bikes I also hope for an end to this speeding, or else people are really going to need to have their wits about them just crossing their own street.
(It also strikes me that all these posts responding to Deca bringing up the possible culture shock of Taiwanese drivers in the UK should probably be in a different thread. But hey, I learned something without having to read through a giant thread, so thanks!)
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Yes they are, as long as everything on the vehicle is stock.
LOL, probably shouldnât! I fitted slight larger diameter wheels to my car so now my speedometer matches my GPS speed exactly, no more margin!
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