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Taipei, Jan. 22 (CNA) Heavy traffic congestion was seen in several parts of Taiwan's freeway system Sunday as the 10-day Lunar New Year holiday entered its third day.
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Most drivers with outstanding freeway toll fees did not pay their bills because they forgot or did so in protest against the freeway Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) system, a National Freeway Bureau survey showed.
The system was implemented in December 2013, billing drivers automatically per kilometer traveled on freeways. Since then, outstanding bills have accumulated to more than NT$800 million (US$28.54 million).
The bureau had tasked Taiwan Real Survey Co to find out why drivers do not pay toll fees and if they know the legal consequences.
The survey showed that 47.2 percent of drivers with outstanding fees said they forgot to