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=== Features === ==== Length, exits, and entrances ==== <gallery> Image:TaiwanFwy3GuansiSinpuExit.jpg|Exit advance Image:TaiwanFwy3Jct.jpg|Freeway entrance Image:Taiwan Freeway Exit Sign.gif|The pre-2006 Taiwan freeway exit sign. The 27 indicates that the exit is the 27th exit, calculated from the northernmost / westernmost point of the freeway. Image:Taiwan Freeway New Exit Sign.gif|The post-2005 Taiwan freeway exit sign. The 27 indicates that the exit is located at the 27th kilometer, calculating from the northernmost / westernmost point of the freeway. Provincial expressways also allow it in 2007. </gallery> Every one tenth of a kilometer is marked on the freeway with Arabic numerals to indicate freeway mileage, which indicates the number of kilometers away from the northern end or western end of the freeway. Exit numbers are based on the freeway mileage. With the notable exception of exit-only signs, which are only expressed in Chinese (but with a right arrow indicating an exit-only lane), exit notification and system route reminder signs in the freeway system are almost identical to their US counterparts. [[Image:Taiwan Freeway Exit Only Road Diagram.PNG|thumb|150px|A diagram that distinguishes an exit only lane from the regular lanes. The exit only lane has a right-turn arrow symbol and Chinese characters that say "Exit exclusive lane."]] There are four types of exit notification signs. The first notification sign appears two kilometers before the exit, providing the destination name and an Exit 2 km notice. The second sign appears one kilometer before the exit, providing the destination name and a Right Lane notice. The Right Lane notice warns the exiting driver to start switching to the right lane in preparation to exit and does not necessarily indicate that the right lane is an exit-only lane. The third sign appears a few hundred meters before the exit, providing the destination name and a right tilted arrow. The fourth sign is located at the exit and says Exit with a tilted right arrow. [[Image:Taiwan Freeway 2km Exit Sign.gif|thumb|150px|Sign that indicates that the exit is two kilometers away.]] [[Image:Taiwan Freeway 1km Exit Sign.gif|thumb|150px|Sign that indicates that the exit is one kilometer away.]] Exit notification signs were slightly altered in December 2005. The green exit mileage label on top of the exit notification sign has been replaced with a yellow exit mileage label accompanied with the Chinese code name of the interchange. The Chinese code name of the interchange does not necessarily reflect the destinations listed on the exit signs and may represent the general location of the freeway interchange. Long rectangular-dash dividers usually separate normal lanes. Short rectangular-dash dividers usually indicates a lane that is ready to turn into an exit, a merging lane, or a lane reserved for vehicles that have difficulty climbing high grade regions of the freeway. Freeway entrances may have traffic lights to control the flow of vehicles entering the freeway. ==== Speed limit ==== The speed limit for cars on Taiwan's freeways range from 80 km/h (50 mph) on [[National Highway No. 5 (Taiwan)|Freeway No. 5]] (north of [[Toucheng, Yilan]]) to 110 km/h (68 mph) on [[National Highway No. 3 (Taiwan)|Freeway No. 3]] (south of [[Tucheng City|Tucheng, New Taipei]]). The speed limit for trucks are usually 10 km/h lower. In non-traffic jam conditions, a vehicle must travel at least 60 km/h (37 mph). Speed limits are enforced through [[traffic enforcement camera|radar activated cameras]] that take pictures of speed-violating cars. Because of protests, yellow warning signs are given in advance in Chinese of approaching radar activated cameras. ==== Following distances ==== As [[tailgating]] poses serious hazards of rear-ending, Article 6 of the Freeway and Expressway Traffic Control Regulation ({{zh|t=高速公路及快速公路交通管制規則}}) requires the following minimum following distances when the weather is fine: {| border="1" ! Speed ! Minimum distance per large vehicle<br>(大型車) ! Minimum distance per small vehicle<br>(小型車) |- | 60 km/h | 40 m | 30 m |- | 70 km/h | 50 m | 35 m |- | 80 km/h | 60 m | 40 m |- | 90 km/h | 70 m | 45 m |- | 100 km/h | 80 m | 50 m |- | 110 km/h | 90 m | 55 m |} Longer following distance is required in the [[Hsuehshan Tunnel]]. ====Traveling through tunnels==== In the tunnel portions of freeways, lane change is prohibited when the lane divider consists of two parallel solid lines, used when lane change is considered unsafe should a collision cause a vehicular fire. Headlights must be turned on when traveling through tunnels; this is enforced by special cameras. Unlawful lane change or failure to turn on headlights in a tunnel is subject to an administrative fine of 3000 [[new Taiwan dollar]]s. Additional restrictions apply for the [[Hsuehshan Tunnel]] on Freeway No. 5, which is the longest tunnel in the entire system. <!----See that article for further information.----> ==== Prohibited traffic ==== Article 19 of the Freeway and Expressway Traffic Control Regulation prohibits uses of and entries onto the freeways by: # Pedestrians. # Military troops marching or conducting drills. # Non-motorized vehicles # Motorcycles (see also [[Restrictions on motorcycle use on freeways#Taiwan]] for more information). # Three-wheel motor vehicles or motorized pedicabs. # Farm machineries. # Motorized machineries not being motor vehicles. # Towed vehicles not disabled on the freeways or [[#Expressways|expressways]]. ==== [[Electronic Toll Collection (Taiwan)|Electronic toll collection]] ==== Odd-numbered freeways have tolls, which are automatically collected by [[Electronic toll collection|ETC]]. The current rate for cars is (NT$1.2/km up to 200 km) + (NT$0.9/excess km), km being kilometers traveled per day. The first 20 km per day is free and thus deducted from the distance. Freeways may be used directly, but users are advised to apply for an “eTag”, which is free and when equipped gives 10% discounts and allows you to store pre-paid money for tolls. The eTag can also be set to pay tolls automatically with credit card or a savings account. Users without the eTag pay tolls at convenience stores 3 days after usage and if not, bills will be mailed to car owners.
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