Is the Mid-Autumn Festival Highway Free?
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Highways are not free during the Mid-Autumn Festival. Below are the specific details about highway toll exemptions: 1. Free holidays: The holidays with toll-free highways are the Spring Festival, Qingming Festival, Labor Day, and National Day. During these toll-free periods, the following vehicles enjoy free passage: passenger vehicles with 7 seats or fewer (including 7-seaters) and motorcycles traveling on ordinary toll roads. 2. Highway toll-free passage method: No card issuance, just lift the barrier for passage. In previous years, the main cause of congestion during toll-free periods was the sudden increase in vehicles on the highways. Although tolls were waived, vehicles still had to stop to receive a card, which involved slowing down before entering the toll station, stopping to take the card, and then accelerating to leave—a process that took about one minute. After the severe congestion during the National Day Golden Week, the Ministry of Transport decided to implement a no-card, barrier-lifting passage method at toll-free lanes, significantly reducing waiting times and improving travel efficiency. The toll-free period is determined by the time the vehicle exits the highway toll lane. For ordinary roads, it is based on the time the vehicle passes through the toll station lane. If you enter the highway during a toll period and exit during a toll-free period, you will not be charged. Conversely, if you enter during a toll-free period and exit during a toll period, you will be charged.