Six or seven years ago jeep industry interests wanted to sponsor a jeep drive on the old road from Penghu's Shakang to Yuanpei, but after the Penghu Scenic Area Planning Group of the Tourism Bureau of the Ministry of Transportation was established in 1993, it immediately enforced a prohibition, and with the cooperation of the car-rental industry, jeeps haven't driven there since.
四、五年前，曾有業者利用澎湖沙港到員貝的踏浪古道，規劃出以吉普車踏浪的行程，結果嚴重破壞了當地的海洋生態。因此，交通部觀光局澎湖風景特定區管理籌備處在八十二年成立之後，隨即禁止，並和業者溝通，在租車業者的配合之下，吉普車就不再到澎湖踏浪了。