Long-distance travel, many people will face a problem, that is, to take the national highway or high-speed, take the national highway does not need to pay tolls, but it takes longer, and although the high-speed needs to pay tolls, but the time is shorter, how to choose? Let's just do the math.
Open cost: Taking the national highway is much lower than the high speed
If you only calculate the economic account on the surface, there is no doubt that the national highway should be more fuel-efficient, which is beyond doubt.
First, the toll, the current domestic toll is about 0.5 yuan per kilometer, the same is 300 kilometers of distance, the highway needs to pay a toll of 150 yuan, and the national highway does not need to pay tolls.
The second is fuel costs, many people say that high-speed is the most fuel-efficient, in fact, not necessarily, the national highway with good road conditions is definitely more fuel-efficient than high-speed, because the national highway is not an urban road, there are fewer traffic lights, long-distance national highways, in the case of no traffic jam, basically can maintain an average speed of 60, which is the most favorite speed range of fuel vehicles. Because of the faster speed, the high speed needs to overcome greater wind resistance, and the fuel consumption is generally 1-2 liters higher than that of the national highway, especially the SUV model.
Therefore, in the case of good road conditions, the same 300 km mileage, taking the national highway is at least 150-200 yuan in cost savings compared to taking the high speed. Therefore, if you are going to save money, taking the national highway is definitely more economical in the case that the distance is not particularly far.
Hidden costs: National highways may have to pay more hidden costs
However, this account is not so simple, it seems that the economic cost of taking the national road is much lower, but it is not yet a hidden cost. In this way, in fact, the national highway may not save money.
Time cost
Taking the national highway, to pay more time costs, the same 300 kilometers, the highway may take 3 hours to arrive, but it takes 5-6 hours to take the national road. Moreover, taking the national highway means that a lot of time needs to be solved on the road to solve the problem of eating and even accommodation, and if you count these, it takes longer to take the national road.
Hidden cost of violations
Compared with the high-speed, the probability of violation is greater, and the high-speed highway only has speeding and occupying the emergency lane, but the national highway has traffic lights, speeding, yellow lines, retrograde and other violations, especially for national highways that you are not familiar with, the probability of violation is greater.
Hidden accident costs
Compared with the high speed, the road conditions of the national highway are more complicated, increasing the number of vehicles in the opposite direction, taking the national highway at night, and the lights of the opposite car make you blindingly doubt life. In addition, animals such as electric vehicles, motorcycles, pedestrians, cats and dogs are all traffic participants, which increases the risk of accidents.
Hidden health costs
Taking the national highway means that it takes more time on the road, and after a long period of driving, there will be back pain, which is also the hidden cost of taking the national road.
In the final analysis, whether to take the national highway or run the high speed depends on your own time arrangement and the distance of the distance. Personally, I think that 300 kilometers is the limit of taking the national highway, and then the long distance, there is not much need to take the national highway, unless it is a self-driving tour, although the high-speed has to pay the toll, but in fact, it is a hidden cost, and the high-speed is not necessarily lower than the national highway.