Legislative Yuan votes to increase traffic penaltiesROAD SAFETY: The amendments increase penalties for traffic contraventions such as using mobile phones or smoking a cigarette while riding a motorcycleBy Sam Garcia / Staff writer, with CNAThe Legislative Yuan yesterday passed amendments to the Road Traffic Management and Penalty Act (道路交通管理處罰條例) that increase penalties for certain traffic contraventions. A scooter driver holds his cellphone while stopped at a traffic light in Taipei on June 8, 2012. There has been an increase in the number of traffic accidents, and children and elderly people who are more vulnerable to traffic often use roads around schools and hospitals, the bill says. Also yesterday, the legislature passed amendments to the Railway Act (鐵路法) that impose criminal penalties for using violence, coercion or threats to obstruct railway personnel while they are carrying out their duties. Under the amendment, such offenses are punishable by up to three years in prison and a fine of up to NT$300,000.

Source: Taipei Times December 23, 2025 16:46 UTC