​There will be a flood of dummy cars for three days to celebrate the National Day. New Taipei City’s various traffic control reports will inform you

The police will implement various traffic control measures during the holidays. (Photo by reporter Xu Shenglun)

This year's National Day three-day holiday will begin on October 9, and it is expected that there will be a wave of people and vehicles returning home, traveling and participating in celebration activities. The Traffic Brigade of the New Taipei City Police Department announced that it will launch full-scale diversion services from 4 p.m. on the 8th to 10 p.m. on the 11th. It will strengthen monitoring of national highway interchanges, expressways, scenic spots and activities around the area, and dispatch large and heavy-duty motorcycles and aerial drones to conduct high-altitude inspections. In case of sudden congestion or accidents, the "quick arrival" mechanism will be immediately activated to eliminate them quickly.

The police predict that a wave of fake cars will appear around 5 p.m. on the 8th, and that major interchanges on National Highways 1 and 3, as well as sections such as Provincial Highways 64, 65, and 61, are likely to be blocked. In conjunction with national highway control, the southbound entrance ramps of National Highway 5 Shiding and Pinglin will be closed during specific periods on the 9th and 10th. Vehicles heading to Yilan and Pinglin can take Provincial Highway 9 or Provincial Highway 106 B and other alternative roads; in the afternoons of the 10th and 11th, the northbound entrance of National Highway 5 will also implement high-occupancy control.

In addition, during the holidays, large-scale events will be held one after another, including the National Day Gala at Banqiao No. 1 Sports Stadium, the Hakka Yiminye Cultural Festival at Citizen Square and Banqiao No. 2 Sports Stadium, as well as the Fulong Sand Sculpture Season and Wanli Crab Events. It is expected that a large number of people and vehicles will flow into the surrounding roads. In addition to strengthening on-site order maintenance, the police will also integrate surveillance systems, real-time traffic information networks and CMS billboards to broadcast road conditions in real time to guide traffic to avoid congested roads.

The New Taipei City Police Department urges people to check current road conditions before traveling and make more use of public transportation. Please abide by traffic rules, keep a safe distance when driving, and do not park illegally or drive under the influence of alcohol or drugs to jointly maintain holiday driving safety.