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Freeway drivers should keep their hands properly placed on a vehicle’s steering wheel even when an automatic driver support system is being used, the Freeway Bureau said yesterday.
The bureau called for drivers to be vigilant following a significant rise in collisions caused by an over-reliance on automatic driver support systems, including lane-departure warnings, cruise control, automatic braking and blind-spot detection.
The bureau recorded 70 accidents between January and last month in which its construction vehicles or truck-mounted attenuators were struck from behind by vehicles on freeways.
Thirty-one of the collisions were caused by motor vehicles that were equipped with such systems.
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Fewer than 70,000 people are expected to travel by train or freeway bus during the three-day Dragon Boat Festival holiday amid a nationwide level 3 COVID-19 alert, the Ministry of Transportation and Communications said yesterday.
Many have expressed concern that traveling and family gatherings during the long weekend, which begins tomorrow and ends on Monday, would spread the disease and worsen the outbreak.
As such, the ministry has encouraged people to avoid travel and stay home as much as possible.
As of Wednesday, 38,863 high-speed rail tickets had been sold, accounting for 5.55 percent of total capacity, data from the Department of