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[quote=“pizzaon”]Hi everyone,
What’s the best way to get a drivers/motorcycle license. transferring a NYC license or to start from scratch by taking the tests?
Can I own and get insurance for a vehicle/motorcycle with my status and international license?
What are the different classes of motorcycle licenses?
Thanks in advance!
P.[/quote]For your first two questions, use the index of key topics. Briefly, I think take the tests, and you can only own a vehicle if you are a legal resident, for example if you have Taiwanese ID or an ARC.
As to the classes of motorbike license, that’s been discussed a few times before too, but will be a bit harder to search for. Here’s what I know:
50cc or under – Written test only
250cc or under – Written and practical tests; can be done in one morning if you organize things well. See threads in the index I linked to.
Under 550cc or thereabouts – Yellow license plate bikes which you can’t ride on freeways/expressways. You need to have held a regular license for a year before applying for the course/test, which I think takes a few days.
550cc and over – Red plate bikes which are similar to cars in terms of where you can ride them and where you can park. I think you can ride them on the freeways now though I’m not sure. Definitely on some or all expressways.
Obviously you pay more of a vehicle license fee for the bigger bikes.
to buy a motorcycle, do you need a motorcycle license? another words: can i purchase a motorcycle under someone else who does not posses a motorcycle license?
lastly, what size bikes can i ride with an international license?
thanks for the great info.
p.
[quote=“pizzaon”]to buy a motorcycle, do you need a motorcycle license? another words: can i purchase a motorcycle under someone else who does not posses a motorcycle license?[/quote]That question is answered in the “Transferring Vehicle Registration” thread which is in the index that I linked to.
viewtopic.php?t=26964
You don’t need a license to purchase and own a vehicle.
[quote=“pizzaon”]lastly, what size bikes can i ride with an international license?[/quote]If your international states very clearly your motorcycle entitlement, and what size bikes you’re allowed to ride in your home country, then you may have a chance of getting that validated here. You need to get your license validated at a DMV office within a month in order to be able to continue to use it. However, you need an ARC (maybe Taiwanese ID would be OK too) to get it validated.
[quote=“pizzaon”]thanks for the great info.
p.[/quote]You’re welcome.
By the way, did you delete your first post? That’s against the site rules. The admins normally take that very seriously, but as it’s an honest mistake I’m sure it will be fine this time.
[quote=“joesax”][quote=“pizzaon”]Hi everyone,
What’s the best way to get a drivers/motorcycle license. transferring a NYC license or to start from scratch by taking the tests?
Can I own and get insurance for a vehicle/motorcycle with my status and international license?
What are the different classes of motorcycle licenses?
Thanks in advance!
P.[/quote]For your first two questions, use the index of key topics. Briefly, I think take the tests, and you can only own a vehicle if you are a legal resident, for example if you have Taiwanese ID or an ARC.
As to the classes of motorbike license, that’s been discussed a few times before too, but will be a bit harder to search for. Here’s what I know:
50cc or under – Written test only
250cc or under – Written and practical tests; can be done in one morning if you organize things well. See threads in the index I linked to.
Under 550cc or thereabouts – Yellow license plate bikes which you can’t ride on freeways/expressways. You need to have held a regular license for a year before applying for the course/test, which I think takes a few days.
550cc and over – Red plate bikes which are similar to cars in terms of where you can ride them and where you can park. I think you can ride them on the freeways now though I’m not sure. Definitely on some or all expressways.
Obviously you pay more of a vehicle license fee for the bigger bikes.[/quote]
From wikipedia:
[quote]Taiwan
In Taiwan administered by the Republic of China, the governmental agencies in charge of the traffic control of the freeways (高速公路) and expressways (快速公路) are the Ministry of Transportations and Communications (交通部) and the Ministry of the Interior (内政部) pursuant to Article 33 of the Act Governing the Punishment of Violation of Road traffic Regulations (zh:道路交通管理處罰條例).
Motorcycles, unless used for certain police purposes or emergency tunnel duties, are prohibited from the freeways due to some perceived safety concerns[3] (with counter arguments by opponents in parentheses below):
- Taiwanese freeways have no room for motorcycle lanes. Sharing any lanes with cars and large vehicles would be very dangerous. (Vehicles traveling at the same speed would not collide.)
- Motorcycles are much less protected than cars, so any accident would be much worse, especially when frequent interchanges with complex traffic flows would increase the dangers to motorcycles. (As most traffic accidents and crashes occur in intersections, surface roads tend to be even more dangerous for motorcycles despite common slower speeds.)
- Taiwanese motorcyclists may not be patient, so should they squeeze between other vehicles, dangers would arise and traffic flow would be disturbed. (Proper safety education for all should reduce the problems.)
- The freeway traffic volume is over capacity and needs better management to relieve traffic. Allowing motorcycles would worsen traffic. (Solo car drivers switching to motorcycles should reduce traffic congestion.)
Article 19 of the Freeway and Expressway Traffic Control Regulation (zh:高速公路及快速公路交通管制規則) effective on July 1, 2006 makes it officially possible to allow a motorcycle with a cylinder capacity of more than 250 cm3 or with an electric power of more than 40 horsepower on certain expressways.
When the Legislative Yuan amended, on January 12, 2007, Article 92 of the Act Governing the Punishment of Violation of Road traffic Regulations[4] and the Executive Yuan ordered, on September 13, 2007, to validate that amendment on Thursday, November 1, 2007,[5] a motorcycle with a cylinder capacity of at least 550 cm3 may be driven on most expressways but not freeways yet,[6] based on While motorcycles are still banned from freeways, the Legislative Yuan has asked the Ministry of Transportation and Communications in 2007 to study the feasibility to allow powerful motorcycles on freeways in two years.[7][8] See Highway System in Taiwan#Expressways for more information.[/quote]
it won’t happen again! [showing teeth]
p.