The Gaogong Bureau estimates that there will be traffic on National Highway 5 at 9:00 am tomorrow (31st).

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[Reporter Ding Yi/Taipei Report] Tomorrow (31) is the last day of work before the 5-day Ching Ming holiday. Many people have already taken leave and are planning to travel and visit graves in advance. It is 105 million vehicle-kilometers, 10% more than usual. Among them, National Highway No. 5 is expected to see traffic flow from 9:00 am, and there will be a lot of vehicles until late at night.

Cai Mingzhe, Section Chief of the Traffic Management Team of the Highway Public Security Bureau, said that tomorrow will still be dominated by commuting traffic, but there will also be some southbound traffic for tourists and tomb-sweeping vehicles. However, National 5 has fewer lanes and many tunnels, so congestion is more likely to occur. The Highway Public Security Bureau will try its best The ramp is instrumented and the road shoulders are opened in a timely manner to avoid traffic flow below 40 kilometers per hour.

The Gaogong Bureau predicts that tomorrow there will be three major congested sections due to tourism and tomb-sweeping vehicles, namely the Yangmei-Hsinchu section of National Highway No. 1 from 6:00 p.m. From midnight to 12 o'clock in the middle of the night, the section of the National 5 Nangang system to Toucheng can take up to three times the usual driving time.

Be sure to pay attention to safety when driving during the Qingming Festival holiday. According to the statistics of the Gaogong Bureau, the average number of accidents per day during the Qingming Festival consecutive holidays in the past two years was 102 (110 years) and 134 (111 years), which is about 90 times higher than the average on weekdays. 1-4 percent.

The main causes of accidents are failure to maintain a safe distance, failure to pay attention to the situation in front of the vehicle, or improper lane change.

The Highway Bureau reminds passers-by to keep enough energy before going on the road, keep a proper driving safety distance, pay attention to the situation in front of the car at all times, and do not change lanes arbitrarily to maintain driving safety.