5.4 kilometers east of State 10, a small passenger car and a bus collided with each other.

(Provided by Gaogong Bureau)

[Reporter Chen Xinyu/Taipei Report] Returning to her mother's home in the second day of junior high school, the national highways in Taiwan began to congest before dawn today (23rd). The traffic flow on the western national highway is expected to be relieved at 10 pm, and the national 5 traffic is expected to be relieved at 12 pm.

Many road sections are currently (12:00 noon) purple. In the morning, 5 small passenger cars collided on the northbound section of the National 3 Changhua system, causing a 7-kilometer blockage.

Yang Jinyan, Section Chief of the Traffic Control Team of the Highway Public Transport Bureau, said that due to the good weather today and the high willingness of the public to travel, it is estimated that the traffic flow on the national highway today will be 10% higher than that on the second day of last year.

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The Gaogong Bureau predicts that the key congested road sections this afternoon will appear in the south of Yangmei-Hsinchu in the country 1, Xiluo-Puyan system in the north, Miaoli-Hukou in the north; Zhushan-Zhongxing, Caotun-Wufeng, Dashan- in the north of the country 3 Xiangshan, Kansai-Dasi; National 5 to Nangang system-Toucheng in the south, Yilan-Pinglin in the north, and Jiuzheng-Wufeng system in the west of National 6.

At present (12:00 noon), the "Zibo" instant speed is lower than 20 kilometers on the section of the national highway, including the section from Neihu to Donghu Lake in National 1, the southbound section from Caotun to Zhongxing System in National 3, and the northbound section from Donghu to the elevated Xizhi end in National 1; other Sections with congested roads and roads whose real-time speed is less than 30 kilometers include National 6 Wufeng to Jiuzhengdong, National 3 Tianliao to Yanchao south, National 3 Daxi to Longtan south, National 1 Yuanshan to Neihu, National 3 Zhongxing road section southbound and so on.

For the National 5 part, from the Yilan River bridge head to the entrance of the Yilan Interchange of National 5, the backblocking is 0.5 kilometers, the queue of the National 3 North to the National 5 South Port system is 3 kilometers, the National 3 southbound queue is 2 kilometers to the National 5 South Port system, and the Jiaoxi Transit Station passes through Taiwan 9 Queue for 1km at the entrance of Toucheng Interchange on Line 4 to National 5, queuing for 0.5km at the entrance of Toucheng Interchange on Jiaoxi Transit Station via Line 4 to Toucheng on National 5, and from Luodong Chuanyi Intersection to the entrance of Luodong Interchange on National 5: Queuing for 1.5 kilometers, and queuing for 0.5 kilometers from Suao Haishan West Road to the entrance of National 5 Suao Interchange.

The Gaogong Bureau stated that as of 12:00 this morning, the traffic volume of the entire national highway was 52 million vehicle kilometers, and the estimated traffic volume today is 138 million vehicle kilometers, which is still within the expected traffic volume.

In the morning, the congested section of the National Highway is mainly from the south of State 1 to Xizhi to Yuanshan, Sanchong to Wugu, the elevated Yangmeiduan to Hsinchu system, Taichung to Changhua (caused by the accident); the north of State 1 to Yuanshan to Xizhi, Daya to Taichung system, Ren De system to Tainan system, Nanzi to Hi-Tech; State 1 viaduct north down Tayou to Xizhi end, Taishan transfer road to Sanchong; State 3 south to Sanying to Plateau, Longjing to Hemei (accident), Wuri to Nantou service District; Country 4 goes west to Tanzi system to Fengshi; Country 5 goes south to Nangang system to Shiding, Pinglin to Toucheng; Country 8 goes east to Tainan end to Tainan system; Country 10 goes east to Zuoyingduan-Yanchao system.

In addition, there were three accidents this morning, which once caused traffic jams of 3 to 7 kilometers, affecting traffic flow.

Including 2 passenger cars colliding at 190.5 kilometers south of Guo 3 Hemei road section at 8:3 am, occupying the middle lane, which was cleared at 8:52 am, causing traffic flow to be blocked for 4 kilometers; at 10:18 am 5 small passenger cars collided on the northbound Changhua system section of National 3 (at 197.6 kilometers), occupying the inner and middle lanes, and were removed at 11:13 am, causing the rear traffic to back up for 7 kilometers; at 10:31 am on National 10 In the east direction (5.4 kilometers) of the Renwu road section, a small passenger car and a bus collided with each other, occupying the outer lane, and were cleared at 10:36 in the morning, causing the rear traffic to backtrack for 3 kilometers.

The Gaogong Bureau recommends that southbound people use the afternoon time to drive on the national highway, and northbound people use the morning time to drive.

The Gaogong Bureau predicts 15 key congested road sections today:

●Country 1 Southbound: 6:00 am to 2:00 pm Yangmei - Hsinchu, 7:00 am to 12:00 am Changhua system - Puyan system

●Country 1 Northbound: 9 am to 1 pm Nantun-Houli, 10 am to 1 pm Yuanshan-Dahua system, 3 pm to 9 pm Xiluo-Puyan system, 3 pm to evening 10:00 Miaoli - Hukou

●Country 3 Southbound: Tucheng-Kanxi from 7:00 am to 1:00 pm, Kuaiguan-Wufeng from 8:00 am to 12:00 noon; Northbound from 3:00 pm to 9:00 pm Zhushan-Zhongxing, Caotun-Wufeng, afternoon 3:00 to 10:00 p.m. Dashan - Xiangshan, 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Kansai - Daxi

●Country 5 southbound: 6:00 am to 4:00 pm Nangang system - Toucheng, northbound 11:00 am to 12:00 midnight Yilan - Pinglin

●National 6: From 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm Old Zheng-Wufeng

This morning at 0803, 2 small passenger cars collided at the 190.5 km section of Hemei Road in the southbound direction of National 3.

(Provided by Gaogong Bureau)

At 10:18 this morning, 5 small passenger cars collided at the 197.6-kilometer section of the Changhua system in the northbound section of State 3.

(Provided by Gaogong Bureau)

Going back to my natal home in the second day of junior high school, the national highways in Taiwan began to congest before dawn today (23rd). The traffic flow on the western national highway is expected to be relieved at 10:00 pm, and the national 5 traffic flow is expected to be relieved at 12:00 pm.

The picture shows the congestion of the central national highway at noon today.

(taken from Gaogongju 1968)

Going back to my natal home in the second day of junior high school, the national highways in Taiwan began to congest before dawn today (23rd). The traffic flow on the western national highway is expected to be relieved at 10:00 pm, and the national 5 traffic flow is expected to be relieved at 12:00 pm.

The picture shows the congestion of the northern national highway at noon today.

(taken from Gaogongju 1968)