How can I avoid a fine if I stay in a highway service area for more than 5 hours?

There will be no penalty for staying in the expressway service area. But there is a high-speed overtime fee.

Overtime fee:

Overtime fee is a procedure for handling overtime vehicles set up by the national highway network to prevent illegal activities such as "changing cards to evade tolls". Highways across the country generally have procedures for handling overtime vehicles, but the time spent in the service area and the time spent due to traffic accidents and other reasons can be deducted.

Official advice:

You should leave receipts for accommodation and car repairs on the way.

In order to avoid fatigue driving, it is necessary for drivers to rest in service areas. Many car owners also rest in the service area for a long time due to excessive fatigue, which is understandable. As long as the car owner keeps the invoice or other proof of accommodation in the service area, the toll station staff will not overcharge the driver. In addition, if a breakdown occurs while driving, relevant maintenance records must be kept.

Extended information

Audit standard:

According to the explanation from the Zhejiang Provincial Highway Administration Toll Settlement Center, the standard is "40 kilometers/hour 15 minutes." That is to say, when the vehicle gets off the highway and swipes the card at the exit, the system will automatically calculate the mileage of the vehicle from the entrance to the exit. Calculated at a speed of 40 kilometers per hour, the total time required will be calculated, and 15 minutes will be added to this time. Once the actual driving time of the vehicle exceeds the time calculated by the system, it is determined as "timeout".

According to the "Road Traffic Safety Law", the minimum speed on my country's highways is generally 60 kilometers per hour. Therefore, this standard has set aside sufficient time for the driver, taking into account a certain amount of rest and refueling time. Of course, if the driver needs more time to rest, or is delayed for a long time due to refueling or repairing the car, as long as there are corresponding tickets and vouchers and they are confirmed by the toll station, it will not be counted as overtime.

If you exceed the time limit and cannot provide a voucher, no matter how much time you exceed, you must be charged according to the entire mileage in the direction of travel, that is, you will be counted as traveling from the entrance farthest from the exit. high speed.

For example, on the Shanghai-Hangzhou-Ningbo Expressway, no matter you come from Jiaxing or Hangzhou, once you exceed the time limit, you will be charged according to the mileage from Shanghai to the expressway.

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