Mixed blessing in road trip

Will the lifting of toll fees for passenger vehicles with seven seats or less during the coming National Day holiday really be a policy that pleases the majority of holidaymakers as intended?

Intuitively it would seem yes for those undertaking a driving trip during the holiday from Sept 30 to Oct 7, as toll-free driving on expressways will reduce traveling expenses by about 40 percent or even more.

That explains why the car rental business has witnessed a boom and why a survey in North China's Hebei province found that 70 percent of residents who have their own cars intend to travel in them during the holidays.