Spring Festival, the most ceremonious and festive festival for Chinese people, is coming soon. The Spring Festival Expressway becomes the happiest thing for the car owners. They are eager to return home, but they must pay attention to safety when traveling at high speed.
The free schedule of the 2019 Spring Festival expressway is shown in the following figure: according to the implementation plan of free minibus tolls on major holidays issued by the state, the free time range of the expressway is four national legal holidays, including spring festival, Qingming Festival, labor day and national day, as well as the consecutive rest days of the above legal holidays determined by the general office of the State Council. Free time starts from 00:00 on the first day of the holiday and ends at 24:00 on the last day of the holiday.
How about free time on the highway?
The expressway shall be subject to the time when vehicles leave the toll lane at the exit, and the ordinary highway shall be subject to the time when vehicles pass the toll lane at the toll station.
What are the high-speed free vehicles?
The range of free vehicles is less than 7 (including 7) passenger vehicles running toll roads, including motorcycles allowed to run on general toll roads.
Precautions for Expressway driving:
1. No occupation of emergency Lane
The expressway should not occupy the emergency lane. Every year, the freeway is free of charge, and there are various accidents on the freeway. At this time, get out of the emergency lane, so that the vehicles such as rescue, fire fighting and traffic management can arrive in time, which can dredge the traffic well and save people's lives at the critical moment.
2. Short stay in service area
During the free expressway, the number of vehicles on the expressway increased sharply, which also brought the reception pressure to the service area. Due to the limited area of many expressway service areas, it is even difficult to park. It is suggested that drivers should shorten their stay in the service area as much as possible to make the circulation efficiency of the service area higher. So make sure you're full of gas before you leave. After going to the bathroom for a rest, you should leave.
3. Check spare wheel and preparation tool
According to past experience, the accident rate during holidays is higher than usual. The traffic police suggest that the car owner should prepare spare tire, repair car and simple rescue tools in the car. In the event of traffic jams or accidents ahead, the tools you have prepared may be able to help yourself and others. Food and drinking water must be prepared on the vehicle. Drivers with conditions can be equipped with a dash cam, which can be used as video evidence in case of an accident.
4. Turn on the light to avoid rear end
According to previous years' experience, the most common traffic accident during free expressway is rear end, which is also the main cause of high-speed congestion, and this kind of accident is almost caused by the driver changing the lane at will. Therefore, when changing lanes on the highway, the driver must turn on the turn signal in advance, and then look at the left and right rear-view mirrors to confirm the safety of changing lanes.
5. Keep a safe distance between vehicles
There is no traffic light in the whole process of expressway. If the distance between vehicles is too close, the front vehicle suddenly stops, and the rear vehicle response time is not timely, it is easy to cause rear end collision. Therefore, we should keep a safe distance between ourselves and the car in front of us on the highway. When the car is running at a speed of more than 100km / h on the highway, the car distance should be kept between 100m. If the speed of the vehicle slows down too much, the distance should also be about 50m.
6. Change the schedule in time in case of heavy traffic jam
If there is a large area of traffic jam on the expressway during holidays, and the traffic jam is confirmed to be very serious through the network, traffic police department and traffic broadcast in time, it is suggested to change the itinerary appropriately, get off the expressway from the nearest exit, take a temporary rest on the National Road or nearby, and start again the next day to avoid the long-term congestion damaging the travel interest, which can also reduce fatigue.