I heard that the 2024 Spring Festival has begun! Unlike previous years, 80% of people choose to travel by car this year, because cars are becoming more and more popular, road infrastructure is becoming more and more perfect, coupled with the high-speed free policy, these factors have stimulated people's enthusiasm for self-driving in the Spring Festival. But oh, the increase in self-driving travel has also brought higher requirements for the smooth flow and safety of the Spring Festival.
On the one hand, the Spring Festival self-driving travel and the first volume have obvious surging characteristics, coupled with the proportion and scale of self-driving this year have increased significantly, which means that there will be more traffic congestion on the road. This requires relevant departments to improve the "congestion avoidance" plan, and reduce traffic congestion as much as possible by releasing real-time road traffic information and formulating diversion plans in advance. On the other hand, it is necessary to strengthen public services related to self-driving travel. For example, now that the penetration rate of new energy vehicles is getting higher and higher, the demand for charging has also increased significantly, and the highway service area must be equipped with sufficient charging piles, and it is necessary to take into account that the charging time is longer than the refueling time, and the stay time of passengers in the service area will also become longer, so it is necessary to provide more and more comfortable rest space for passengers.
The Spring Festival is coming, and there are more and more people traveling by car! In order to cope with this self-driving trend, all parts of the country are also using their brains. For example, Chongqing Expressway has prepared 156 fixed charging stations, and 54 mobile charging piles have been specially arranged in those service areas with large charging needs to solve the charging problem during the festival and prevent everyone from queuing up for charging!
There are also some service areas in Anhui, but they have added a "mobile public toilet", which is convenient for everyone to go to the toilet and no longer have to worry about suffocating and uncomfortable. Some service areas in Ningxia have intimately set up a "driver's home", which has basic functional areas such as public lounges and book reading rooms, as well as service facilities such as mobile phone charging and emergency medical kits, to meet the needs of drivers and passengers in an all-round way, and they are all free!
The weather for the Spring Festival this year is not very stable! The central and eastern regions are likely to experience the most complicated Spring Festival weather since 2008, and the scene of rain and snow may become the norm. Therefore, all localities and departments should prepare in advance, and don't mess up everyone's travel because of the weather. It is necessary to strengthen the sharing of weather forecasts and road traffic information, deal with risks and hidden dangers in a timely manner, and prepare sufficient snow and ice removal and emergency rescue forces to ensure that everyone drives safely on the road.
The road of self-driving in the Spring Festival represents everyone's yearning for family and distance. Keeping the roads open and making travel safe and worry-free is our common expectation. In order to realize the dreams of hundreds of millions of people, we must work together and go all out! Let happiness come as scheduled, and protect the happy journey of thousands of families!