What are the dangers of self-driving travel on the Sichuan-Tibet Line?

July is the best time for self-driving tours in Sichuan and Tibet every year, and July is the hottest period of the year for the Sichuan-Tibet line. Starting around July 10th, self-driving tours have already begun. The best time, so what are the dangers of self-driving travel on the Sichuan-Tibet Line and what should you pay attention to. One of the invisible hazards: mudslides

Self-driving Sichuan-Tibet Highway, whether it is 317 or 318, faces some difficulties in road conditions. It is not that the two Sichuan-Tibet highways are difficult to walk, but because of the Alpine valleys have sparse vegetation and loose soil, and are extremely prone to sudden geological changes during travel.

Western Sichuan is located in the Longmen fault compression zone between the Himalayas in the southern Tibetan Plateau and the Northeastern Plate. While the Himalayas in the southern Tibetan Plateau move northward at a rate of 3cm per year, the Northeastern Plate and the northern Tibetan Plateau do not move. The collision between them produced huge energy, causing the geological structure in western Sichuan to be unstable. Invisible hazard two: Driving skills

Driving skills are very important in the process of self-driving on the Sichuan-Tibet Line. Generally speaking, the self-driving Sichuan-Tibet Line requires drivers to have a historical driving mileage of 50,000 kilometers. There are only a handful of traffic lights along the Sichuan-Tibet Line. The 2,400-kilometer mountain road is full of drivers of all kinds, and everyone has complete freedom of expression.

Wuling Hongguang transforms into F4, and Great Wall Cannon evolves into an airplane. Even if you can resist overtaking or speeding, others keep honking from behind or speeding in the opposite direction, which will always affect your normal driving. Behavior. The third invisible hazard: falling rocks

Personally, I think this is the number one invisible hazard on the Sichuan-Tibet line. If you encounter falling rocks while driving, you will only be able to escape by telling your fortune. There are many rockfall sections along the Sichuan-Tibet Line, but these rockfalls are very small and are blocked by protective nets on the hillside, which will hardly affect the normal driving of vehicles.

However, if the vehicle happens to encounter a large rockfall, it is really unrealistic to escape. First of all, there are no signs of falling rocks, unlike large-scale mudslides that can be observed in advance. The speed and momentum are so fast that it rolls down the hillside and directly smashes the car body. It is almost a miracle that the people in the car are still safe.