What should you pay attention to when traveling on New Year’s Day?

You need to pay attention to these things when traveling on New Year's Day

1. Before traveling, please understand the weather and road traffic conditions along the way in advance, and try to avoid fog-prone periods in the morning and midnight. If you encounter haze Weather conditions, please use lights correctly, reduce speed, keep distance between vehicles, and drive cautiously.

2. During the festival, traffic pressure around urban business districts is high. The traffic police reminds drivers that they should try to travel at off-peak hours. If there is a traffic jam, please obey the traffic police's instructions and do not force traffic jams or fight for lanes.

3. Fatigue driving will lead to reduced judgment, slow reaction, and increase the risk of operational errors. Traffic police remind you that when driving during the New Year's Day holiday, please arrange your rest time reasonably, ensure adequate sleep, drive no more than 4 hours continuously, and stop and rest for no less than 20 minutes. If you feel sleepy or in poor condition, please choose a safe place to park and rest.

4. Drinking alcohol causes slow reaction, slow action and inaccurate judgment. There are many gatherings of relatives and friends during the New Year's Day. Please remember that drunk driving harms others and yourself. For your safety and happiness, please do not drive after drinking, and do not drink while driving.

5. Research shows that the risk of accidents caused by driving a vehicle to answer phone calls is four times that of normal driving. The traffic police reminded that when driving, please concentrate on your phone, do not use mobile phones, send text messages on WeChat, smoke, etc., and avoid distracted driving. Please remember that although safety details are small, neglecting them can lead to disaster!

6. According to statistics, collisions on curved slopes are frequent due to illegal overtaking and fighting for the lane. Warm reminder from the traffic police: when traveling during the holidays, safety comes first! When driving on a curved road, please do not overtake illegally, do not occupy the opposite lane and drive in the opposite direction, honk the horn in time on roads with poor sight distance, slow down and be prepared to park.

7. The weather is cold in winter, please pay attention to vehicle safety maintenance. Before traveling, pay attention to checking the vehicle tires and carry safety equipment such as anti-skid chains with the vehicle when traveling in ice and snow areas. Operating buses must undergo routine safety inspections to ensure driving safety. Diesel vehicles must use diesel of the corresponding grade according to the temperature to avoid being left on the road.

8. Seat belts are life belts! The traffic police reminded that standard use of seat belts can reduce the number of injuries by at least 40% in the event of a traffic accident. Drivers are requested to fasten their seat belts and remind passengers to fasten their seat belts. Have a safe journey together!

9. Overcrowding will increase the weight of the vehicle body, reduce the braking performance of the vehicle, and increase the probability of tire and other mechanical parts failure. Traffic police remind those who carpool, rent a car or drive by car during the festival not to overcrowd, and all traffic participants are asked to refuse to ride in overcrowded vehicles.

10. During the festival, rural markets and folk activities increase, and people travel together. When driving a van, please do not overload passengers or mix passengers and cargo. When driving a truck or tractor, please do not illegally carry people in the cargo compartment. When passing through villages, towns or markets, pay attention to passing at a low speed and give way to pedestrians.

11. During the festival, when traveling, please go to regular passenger terminals to take vehicles with legal operating qualifications, and wear seat belts. Please do not ride on overcrowded vehicles, do not ride on low-speed trucks, three-wheeled vehicles, tractors and other cargo vehicles, do not ride on assembled or scrapped vehicles that pose serious safety risks, and do not intercept vehicles outside passenger terminals or beside highways.