Provincial Route 64 Guanyinshan Tunnel partially turns off lights due to electromechanical inspection. Road administration and police urge passers-by to turn on lights

The Highway Bureau will carry out mechanical and electrical equipment maintenance on the Provincial Route 64 Expressway and the Guanyinshan Tunnel at 11 a.m. today. The lighting of partial sections of the two-way road will be temporarily turned off for about 15 minutes. Passers-by are urged to turn on their headlights when passing through the section to avoid poor visibility and affecting driving safety. (Photo by reporter Wu Renjie)

The Highway Bureau will carry out mechanical and electrical equipment maintenance on the Provincial Route 64 Expressway and the Guanyinshan Tunnel at 11 a.m. today. The lighting of some bidirectional sections will be temporarily turned off for about 15 minutes. Passers-by are urged to turn on their headlights when passing through this section to avoid poor visibility and affect driving safety.

The New Taipei City Police Department and the North District Maintenance Engineering Branch of the Highway Bureau announced that the Guanyinshan Tunnel section of Provincial Route 64 (Bali Xindian), which is 3 to 5.4km in both directions, will conduct routine electromechanical equipment power outage testing operations from 11:00 to 11:15 this morning. At that time, the lighting in the tunnel will be temporarily extinguished, but two-way traffic will still be maintained. Passers-by must turn on their headlights when passing through this section.

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The police said that after the lights of the Guanyinshan Tunnel are turned off, passers-by are prone to blindness due to light differences. They call on them to turn on the lights as soon as possible to adapt to the parallax. If you feel uncomfortable or have poor vision, do not apply the brakes to make an emergency stop or change lanes in a hurry. When your vision recovers, speed up slowly again to maintain driving safety.