Highway Bureau to regulate window tinting from end of February
Highway Bureau to regulate window tinting from end of February
2026-02-12
Many people in Taiwan tint their car windows to block out the heavy sun and protect their privacy. But some people tint them too heavily, only allowing 20 or 30% of light through, which increases the risk of accidents during bad weather and at night. The Ministry of Transportation and Communications is implementing new regulations at the end of February requiring car windshields to allow at least 70% of light through.
Meng Chia-mei
FTV reporter
With a 20% window tint, you really can’t see anything. But switching to 40%, everything is clear when you’re sitting inside. Turning to the front, the windshield is at 70% and visibility is excellent regardless of wind or rain.
There’s a stark difference between different window tints. A 20% window tint, which allows 20% of light through, is so black it’s like a mirror. At 40% you can see clearly, but it takes at least 70% to ensure that nothing obstructs the driver’s vision. The Highway Bureau announced window tint guidelines in June last year and will implement the regulations at the end of February.
Liu Kuang-chih
Window tint business manager
Taiwanese people on the roads care more about privacy, so they sometimes want to tint the windshield to 20 or 30%. The difference between 20% and 70% is about the same as wearing sunglasses and taking them off. The difference is most obvious when driving in tunnels, when it’s raining, or around dusk when people are getting off of work.
When registering a standard car for the first time, windshields will now be required to let at least 70% of light through while the front side windows must let at least 40% through. The rules for taxis and vehicles designed for children are the same for windshields, but all side windows must let at least 40% through. Drivers could be fined NT$1,800 for breaking the rules and their license plate could be revoked if they fail to fix the problem after six months.
Chen Yen-po
Deputy Minister of Transportation and Communications
About 410,000 new cars annually will be subject to these regulations. It will be implemented as guidelines for vehicles already in use.
Lin Fu-shan
Highway Bureau Director-General
For vehicles newly registered and inspected from Feb. 28, it will be easy to tell if the window tint does not have the proper certification mark. In such cases, the owner would be notified to return for an inspection.
Cars that meet window tint regulations would be given a certification label to be put on the lower-right corner of the passenger side front window. While the new regulations would not be applied retroactively, the Highway Bureau is advising all drivers to follow the guidelines to protect traffic safety.
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"車輛隔熱貼紙"強制納管 前擋風玻璃透光率至少70%
2026-02-12
台灣太陽大，不少車主買車，又注重隱私，隔熱貼紙都從透光率20%、30%開始貼，但因為貼太黑，常常導致車主遇到天候不佳或天黑，視線大受阻可能發生意外。交通部去年公布指引，今年2月底更進一步，依法強制納管。強制所有新車前擋風玻璃隔熱貼，透光率至少得70%！
[[民視新聞記者 孟嘉美]]
“擋風玻璃貼20，真的什麼都看不到，但是要是換成了40呢，坐進去怎麼樣，都很清楚，轉個方向，換上70，不管刮風下雨，視線都很清晰。”
隔熱貼紙透光率差很大，20%黑到能當鏡子照，40%看得到，但至少70%才能真正對視線無阻。公路局去年6月底，設定指引，2月底開始，更進一步，依法強制納管。
[[隔熱紙廠商業務協理 劉光智]]
“台灣的用路人，本來就是可能比較注重隱私，那他們希望前擋，可能有的時候是貼到二三十度的紙，（20度和70度差別）大概是你戴了太陽眼鏡，跟脫掉太陽眼鏡的感覺。我們進出隧道跟下雨的時候，還有就是我們所謂下班時候，黃昏的時候，（差別）那個時候是最明顯的。”
不管是買新車，還是從國外進口二手車，只要首次申領牌照，一般車輛，透光率，前擋風玻璃得在70%以上、前側窗40%。而計程車及幼童專用車，前擋風玻璃同樣最低得有70%，其餘車窗都得40%以上。車主違法，最高可處新台幣1800罰鍰，一個月內沒改善，可以調扣牌照；超過六個月，牌照就可能被註銷。
[[交通部次長 陳彥伯]]
“每一年估計大概會有41萬輛的一個新車，要納入這樣的一個管理的方式，那對於使用中的車輛呢，是採用這個指引的方式。”
[[公路局長 林福山]]
“2月28號新登檢領照的車輛，如果說這個隔熱紙上面，沒有這個合格標示的部分的話，是相當容易（被）辨識，那如果有這樣子情況的話，我們也會通知他回來，實施臨時檢驗。”
新車上路，合格的隔熱紙，將配備合格標識，黏貼在副駕駛擋風玻璃右下角處。新政策雖不溯及既往，但公路局呼籲車主，調高隔熱貼紙透光路，才能一起守護道安。
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