note! Hangzhou Expressway Traffic Police is not free during the Dragon Boat Festival holiday. This reminder is very “zong”!
Hangzhou Expressway Traffic Police News: From June 12 to 14, 2021, accompanied by Zongxiang is the 3-day Dragon Boat Festival holiday.
The Dragon Boat Festival is approaching, and the national college entrance examination is over, the number of parents and students will increase significantly, and the city’s high-speed highway will welcome peaks in travel by driving and chartered vehicles. While looking forward to the holiday, travel homework must also be done in advance.
Vacation time
Special note: High-speed is not free during the Dragon Boat Festival holiday! Not free! ! Not free! ! !
Weather conditions
āAccording to the Central Meteorological Observatory’s forecast, during the Dragon Boat Festival, the weather is mainly cloudy and rainy, so special attention should be paid: rainy days, high speed and slippery, collision accidents of vehicles on highways are prone to occur. Friends who go out must pay attention to driving safety and carefully check the condition of the car before going on the highway, especially the wipers, lights, tire pressure, vehicle brakes, etc.
Keep in mind the three treasures of driving safety in rainy days: speed reduction, distance control, and tail light.
Peak hour forecast
It is estimated that from 14:00 on June 11, 2021 (the day before the long holiday), the high-speed outbound congestion peak will be the highest, and the congestion will be the highest from 17:00 to 20:00.
On June 14 (the third day of the long holiday), the peak congestion on the return journey will be from 14:00 to 21:00, with the highest congestion level from 15:00 to 17:00.
Hangzhou Expressway Traffic Police reminded that in case of prolonged queuing on various expressways, the navigation equipment should be updated in time, and reasonable detours should be made according to the navigation prompts.
Traffic flow prediction
During the Dragon Boat Festival last year, the total traffic in Hangzhou’s jurisdiction reached 1.67 million vehicles, an average of 560,000 vehicles per day. During the May Day holiday this year, the total high-speed traffic in the traffic police area of āāHangzhou Expressway exceeded 5.9 million vehicles, with an average of 1.18 million vehicles per day, an increase of 10% year-on-year. With the normalization of the epidemic prevention and control in my country, according to the traffic situation of past holidays this year, it is expected that the number of people traveling during the Dragon Boat Festival this year will further increase compared with last year’s Dragon Boat Festival.
During the Dragon Boat Festival holiday, all service areas are prone to vehicle saturation, especially the G25 (Hangxinjing) high-speed Tonglu service area, Jiande service area, G56 (Hanghui) high-speed Lināan service area, etc., which are affected by the sharp increase in short-distance travel by self-driving vehicles. Saturation or even the phenomenon of queuing back to the main line, it is recommended that the driver refuel in advance and take an early rest.
Warm reminder: Most drivers travel at high speeds, please pay attention to the electronic information boards along the route, especially truck drivers, if they encounter temporary traffic control, they should follow the signs and electronic information boards to remind them to drive.
If you violate the prohibition sign and drive, you will be punished with 3 points and a fine of 100 yuan.