Directorate General of Highways, MOTCDirectorate General of Highways, MOTC

There are four main points for the promoting road test on small vehicle driving license:
1.Changing traffic environment.
2.It is expected to change nationals’ independent driving competence and confidence after obtaining the license as well as the general situation of afraid of driving on the road.
3.It is to make sure the driving license in our country in line with the international standards due to the current trend in the approach of “equality and mutual benefit” and “mutual recognition” on driving licenses taken by many countries in the world. The small vehicle driving license tests in most advanced countries carry out road test, like USA, Australia, Japan, Singapore, and South Korea. Germany, Portugal, and Austria decided to not offer us the treatment of driving license exchange because road test is not implemented for license test in our country.
4.It is expected to enhance overall road safety and correct bad driver’s behaviors, such as running the red light, forcibly crossing the railroad crossing, speeding, making a turn or changing lane without using turn signal, and failing to open the door in two-stage when getting out of the car. We hope to guide the teaching at driving schools through road test and correct bad driver’s behaviors.

According to the regulation, the compensation fee shall be issued within 15 days after the expiration of acquisition announcement. Therefore, the relevant municipal or county (city) competent authority will send a written notice for the time and location of compensation collection after published the information of acquisition.

According to Article 11 of Land Expropriation Act, the purchased price through negotiation in market price shall comply with the provision of Article 42-3 in The Equalization of Land Rights Act, that those who voluntarily sell lands to the land acquisition authority in the compensation price for expropriation will be waived from land value increment tax.

According to Article 30 of Land Expropriation Act, the value of expropriated land shall be compensated based on its current market value. The value of land reserved for public facilities in the urban planning area shall be compensated based on the average market value of its adjoining lands not reserved for public facilities. The market value referred to in the preceding paragraph shall be forwarded by the municipal or county (city) competent authority to the Land Value Evaluation Committee for determination. Municipal or county (city) competent authorities should constantly survey the market values within their jurisdiction and ask its Land Value Evaluation Committee to determine the extent of change in the market values of expropriated lands once every six months as basis for adjusting the compensation for expropriation.

If the hearing loss on the better ear after correction is 90 dB or above for those who have hearing impairment, they can only apply for motorcycle driving license and small vehicle driving license.

There are two parts for new “field test + road test”.
1.Field test: The basic driving competence tests in the field test are still retained, such as reversing into a garage, parallel parking, driving forward and reversing on a s-shaped path, railroad crossing, gearshift stability test, and going up and down the ramp. In addition, checking before driving and actions before starting to drive are added in order to urge drivers develop good habit.
2.Road test: It is a test of driving on an actual road. The purpose is to make sure drivers follow traffic regulations and enhance driver’s defensive driving awareness. The subjects of test include intersection, zebra crossing, pulling over temporarily by the roadside, driving on the lane, changing lane, making a turn at a crossroad, making a U-turn, and compliance of traffic rules.

In terms of the purchased price through negotiation, according to Article 11 of
Land Expropriation Act, the purchased price shall be negotiated with the owner in market price. In addition, according to the official letter published by Ministry of the Interior, the so-called market price refers to the normal transaction price. The information of the market price shall be referred to the public information disclosed by the government or the relevant information provided by real estate agency industry or the investigation done by a real estate appraiser.

The market price we used for acquisition agreement is determined after comprehensively evaluating and analyzing the relevant public information disclosed by the government and the market price provided by local Department of Land or local Land Office or the investigation done by a real estate appraiser.

According to Article 22-2 of Land Expropriation Act, if an interested person has objection over the amount of compensation, he may, within thirty (30) days from next day following the expiration of the public expropriation announcement period, raise the objection by submitting a written statement to the municipal or county (city) competent authority. Upon receiving such an objection, the municipal or county (city) competent authority shall forthwith investigate the matter and notify the interested person of the findings and decision made thereon in writing.

Private roads already exist are lands that have been used for a long time and are public facilities. In terms of the handing of private roads already exist, there are a lot of similar roads in the provincial highways system under our authority and a huge budget of expropriation will be required; it is not a budget that the government can afford. Therefore, we follow “Guidelines for Land Acquisition of Private Roads Already Exist Under the Provincial Highways Managed by Directorate General of Highways, MOTC” to deal with the private roads already exist. The main method of acquisition is through the consolidation into annual engineering projects.

It will be handled as below if any situation of occupation is found.
1. Coordinating with the occupier to return the property in its original state.
2. If there is any violation on the relevant laws or use control involved, the relevant competent authority shall be notified and shall coordinate according to legal regulations.
3. It shall be filed for civil action to solve the issue.
4. According to Article 320 and Article 349 of Criminal Code, it can request local police administration for investigation or directly file a lawsuit to the prosecutor's office. If the situation of occupation affects national security or public security, it shall be brought to justice in priority.
5. Other proper handling methods for occupation removal.