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Driving in Taiwan
The rules of the road as our desk recorded them, native unit first.
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50 / 70 / 110 km/h · 31 / 43 / 68 mph
urban / rural / motorway
Required · Both accepted
An IDP must be validated at a local motor vehicles office for stays beyond 30 days; for shorter visits it is accepted alongside your home licence. A car licence does not cover a scooter over 50 cc, which is what most rental shops hand you.
0.015% - effectively zero tolerance, with heavy penalties
Electronic tolling on the national freeways via eTag; rentals include it and bill you afterwards.
Motorcycles must run headlights at all times.
Mandatory under age four; rentals stock them on request.
City traffic is dense and scooters flow around cars in ways that take getting used to. The cross-island highways over the central range are spectacular and subject to landslide closures - check the road status before committing to one.