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Is the New Year's Eve Expressway free?

New Year's Eve Expressway is free.

First, the Spring Festival high-speed free policy overview

Spring Festival is one of the most important traditional festivals in China, and it is also the period with the largest flow of people in China. In order to facilitate the masses to go home for the New Year, the state has issued a free high-speed policy in Spring Festival travel rush. This policy means that during the Spring Festival, minibuses will be free in expressway, and the specific time will generally start at 0: 00 on New Year's Eve and end at 24: 00 on the sixth day of the first month.

Second, the New Year's Eve Expressway is free

New Year's Eve is the day before the Spring Festival, and it is also an important moment for people to go home for reunion. According to the high-speed free policy during the Spring Festival, expressway is free on New Year's Eve. Therefore, whether driving home or traveling, there is no need to pay tolls.

It should be noted that although the expressway is free, the traffic volume is large and the road conditions may be congested. Therefore, it is best to plan the route in advance and avoid the rush hour to ensure the safe and smooth arrival of the destination.

Third, other considerations of Spring Festival travel rush.

In addition to the high-speed free policy, there are other travel precautions during the Spring Festival. For example, we should pay attention to traffic safety, abide by traffic rules, and not overspeed, drunk driving or fatigue driving; At the same time, we should also pay attention to the safety of personal property and avoid carrying a lot of cash and valuables in public.

In addition, due to the large flow of people during the Spring Festival, epidemic prevention and control can not be ignored. Before traveling, you should know the epidemic situation at the destination, do personal protection and abide by the local epidemic prevention and control regulations.

To sum up:

Expressway on New Year's Eve is a national policy to facilitate people to go home for the New Year. On this day, whether driving home or traveling, there is no need to pay tolls. However, before going out, we still need to pay attention to road conditions and traffic safety, do a good job in travel planning and personal protection, and ensure that we can reach our destination safely and smoothly.

Legal basis:

"Implementation Plan for Exempting Small Bus Toll on Major Holidays"

Article 1 stipulates:

The free passage time covers four national statutory holidays, such as Spring Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day, Labor Day and National Day, as well as the above-mentioned statutory holidays determined by the documents of the General Office of the State Council in that year. The free time period starts at 00: 00 on the first day of the holiday and ends at 24: 00 on the last day of the holiday (the time when the vehicle passes through the toll lane of the toll station is subject to the time when the vehicle leaves the exit toll lane in expressway).

Road Traffic Safety Law of the People's Republic of China

Article 4 provides that:

People's governments at all levels shall ensure that road traffic safety management is compatible with economic construction and social development.

Local people's governments at or above the county level shall adapt to the needs of road traffic development, formulate road traffic safety management plans according to road traffic safety laws, regulations and relevant state policies, and organize their implementation.