On the afternoon of April 30, many netizens started a trip during the "May Day" holiday. Then the topic "traffic jam" detonated the hot search, and some netizens said that they "underestimated the degree of traffic jam on May Day".
Many netizens continued to post on Weibo until midnight that they were still stuck in traffic jams, and some netizens said that the last day of April was spent in the service area.
"聪明人想着提前走
I didn't expect them to be smart people."
"Smart people want to leave early, but they don't expect that they are all smart people. Many netizens on the way home posted their traffic jam experiences.
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Some netizens went out two hours in advance to catch the high-speed rail, but they still underestimated the extent of the traffic jam, and finally had to change the high-speed rail that could not catch up with it to a green train.
A netizen in Guangxi also went through several twists and turns of taking a taxi, jamming traffic, changing tickets, and changing stations, and finally sat down at the station with peace of mind.
A netizen in Jiangsu was blocked on the highway at 3 p.m.
In the taxi process posted by a Changsha netizen, the driving section of the driver has turned red to show congestion.
Try to stagger peak travel times as much as possible
According to the recently released "2024 May Day Holiday Travel Forecast Report", affected by the free passage of high-speed during the holiday and the concentration of travel demand, it is expected that the overall traffic pressure of high-speed departures across the country will be higher than that of returns.
May 1 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. is the peak time for outbound congestion, and the peak occurs from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. It is expected that 15:00-19:00 on May 4 and 14:00-18:00 on May 5 are the peak hours of return congestion, and their peaks will occur at 16:00-17:00 on May 4 and 15:00-16:00 on May 5.
Avoid congested road sections
According to the "2024 May Day Holiday Travel Forecast Report", from the perspective of the distribution of high-speed congestion-prone road sections across the country, the outbound congestion-prone road sections mainly appear in the eastern region. The most congested section of the Shanghai S20 Outer Ring Expressway (Huaxia Elevated Road to Wuzhou Avenue Overpass) is the section with an average speed of only 5 km/h throughout the day.
Source: "2024 May Day Holiday Travel Forecast Report"
Source: "2024 May Day Holiday Travel Forecast Report"
Safety comes first when traveling by car
In order to better meet the public travel needs during this year's "May Day" holiday, the Ministry of Transport will work with relevant departments to carry out a series of pragmatic measures to clear congestion and ensure smoothness, and at the same time remind the public of the following travel precautions:
The first is to understand the road condition information. Before traveling during the holiday, you can obtain road conditions through multiple channels such as official WeChat Weibo, traffic radio, and navigation maps, and plan your travel route in advance.
The second is to pay attention to weather changes. Understand the weather conditions in time before traveling, and remember to "slow down, control distance, and bright tail" in case of rain and fog weather. Through sharp bends and steep slopes, and waterlogged road sections after rain, it is necessary to reduce the speed of the vehicle in advance, do not rush to the direction, and step on the brakes sharply to prevent the vehicle from slipping and rolling over out of control.
The third is to remember to drive cautiously. Do not change lanes or stop when driving on the highway, and when you miss an intersection, do not reverse or stay where you are, and go to the next highway exit.
Source: CCTV, Daily Economic News, Xiaoxiang Morning News, Guoshi Through Train, etc