Residents hand paint their own traffic signage in alley, causing crash
Residents hand paint their own traffic signage in alley, causing crash
2026-07-24
Some residents living in a small alley in Banqiao have taken both their creativity and the law into their own hands. They’ve painted their own traffic signage in the alley with garish colors and an obvious home-made feel. This has already caused a motorcyclist to have an accident by slipping on one of their hand-painted markings. And, unsurprisingly, the police say this is all illegal. Let’s find out more.
A motorcyclist rode into an alley and ran over a patch of paint on the ground. The vehicle then got out of control and the rider crashed. On closer inspection, the motorcyclist realized that the asphalt road here looked a little, well, unusual.
The entire area is covered in garish paint, complete with crooked yellow dotted lines and traffic signs never seen anywhere else—it’s like stepping into another world.
Hung Chiao-hsuan
FTV reporter
Returning to the scene of the accident, we can actually see that the traffic markings on the asphalt road are extremely sloppy and even include simplified Chinese characters.
This mysterious alley is located near Songbai Street in Banqiao District, New Taipei City. The yellow area means no littering, the red circle means no cigarette butts, and the yellow dotted line means be careful of uneven road surfaces. These are not official traffic signs, but rather signage painted by the residents themselves.
Resident
Painted the traffic directions
We painted these ourselves. The Transportation Department didn’t paint these lines. Like that slow sign, I spray painted that myself too. That corner is very dangerous, often downhill and a blind spot. We spray painted this all ourselves.
This alley only leads to one household. People are questioning if they are treating a public road as their private property. However, those involved say they have good intentions. They want to beautify the environment, improve traffic and make the place even more vibrant.
Resident
Painted the traffic directions
My wife just does what she feels like. She wanted to paint blue colors and green in the back. It’s just to keep this place clean and look nice.
However, private individuals are strictly prohibited from drawing markings on public roads—especially using regular paint, which has already caused a motorcyclist to slip and fall.
Cheng Yu-wen
Traffic police officer
The Transportation Department and Banqiao District Office have been notified to restore the road. For the unauthorized installation or alteration of traffic signs and markings, and the arbitrary placement of obstacles, our precinct will issue a citation for this violation in accordance with Article 82 of the Road Traffic Management and Penalty Act.
Road markers can’t be painted by individuals on a whim, nor can the public invent their own traffic rules, or they’ll end up being ticketed and fined.
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踏入異世界? 板橋小巷"遭塗滿油漆" 居民自行劃設標線.號誌
2026-07-24
這是來到異世界嗎？新北市板橋區有一處巷弄，被人塗滿五顏六色的油漆，地上的交通號誌和標線，也和正規的標誌不一樣，就有騎士經過時，因為地面的油漆太滑，因此摔車，原來這是當地民眾在公共道路上，劃設標線及警語，還自創交通號誌，但這樣的行為已經觸法。
機車騎進巷弄，輪胎壓到地面上整片油漆，車輛失控，騎士雷殘，仔細一看，才發現這裡的柏油路，怎麼長得不太一樣。
到處都被塗上五彩繽紛的油漆，還有歪歪扭扭的黃色虛線，及完全沒看過的交通標誌，彷彿是踏入到異世界。
[[民視記者 洪巧璇]]
“實際回到事發現場可以看到，柏油路上的交通標線非常的不工整，甚至還出現簡體字”
這條神秘小巷就在新北市板橋區松柏街上，黃色區域是禁止亂丟垃圾、紅色圈圈是禁止亂丟煙蒂，黃色虛線則代表要小心路面不平，這些都不是正規的交通標誌，而是居民自己畫的。
[[劃設交通標線居民]]
“這個我們自己畫的啦，交通局不會畫這個線啦，像那個慢，也是我自己噴的啊，那個轉角處很危險，常常下坡又死角，那個都是我們自己噴的漆啊”
巷弄剛好只有一戶人家，民眾質疑，難道是把公共道路，當成自家私人土地嗎？但當事人自認是一片好意，說要美化環境、改善交通，讓這裡變得更有生氣。
[[劃設交通標線居民]]
“我老婆隨意啊，她要塗藍色，後面還塗綠色，就是維護這邊的整潔，好看”
但一般道路嚴禁私人自行劃設任何的交通標線，更何況油漆塗料，還害人摔車。
[[海山分局交通組巡官 鄭喻文]]
“已通報交通局及板橋區公所進行修復，擅自設置變更交通標誌及標線，及任意擺放雜物之行為，本分局將依違反道路交通管理處罰條例，第82條製單舉發”
道路可不是想畫就能畫，民眾更不能自訂交通規則，否則小心吃上罰單。
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