People who fail to pay traffic fines before the deadline can now pay at convenience stores and post offices if they present the citation issued by local vehicular registration offices, the Directorate General of Highways (DGH) said yesterday.
The DGH already allows people to pay fines at post offices and convenience stores before the deadline stated on citations. Currently, those who fail to do so are issued a citation by local vehicular registration departments. They are required to take the citation with them when paying late traffic fines at their local departments.
Those who fail to pay the fines within a designated period of time will receive a summons to a local district court.
The DGH said that it has received many complaints from motorists who receive summons from the court, asking if the DGH could make it easier to make payments.
The new policy takes effect today. It allows people to pay late traffic fines at convenience stores and post offices as long as they show the citations.
The DGH said the new service would be available at 7-Eleven, Hi-Life, Family Mart and OK convenience stores.
When paying at post offices, traffic violators will be charged NT$10 for each transaction and the record will be cleared after the payment is made.
They will only be charged NT$8 if they choose to wait one to three days for the record to be cleared.
However, those paying at convenience stores who want the records to be cleared instantly can only do so at 7-Eleven, Hi-Life and Family Mart.
OK convenience stores do not offer the service.
Those who forget their bar-coded fine slip will have to print out the information of their traffic violations from the printers in the convenience stores and pay their penalties at the cashier.
The processing fee for an instant clearance at convenience stores will be NT$15, while waiting a few days will cost NT$8.
The DGH said that motorists cannot pay their fines at convenience stores if the citations they receive include both fines and other provisions that involve confiscated items, revoked licenses or orders to attend driving courses. They must still settle their fines at local vehicular registration departments, it said.
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