Today both tracks have become seriously congested and the second track increasingly resembles the first, creating the possibility that the two could merge in the not-too-distant future. Indeed, Academia Sinica president Lee Yuan-tseh has characterized graduates from technical and vocational schools as "lacking in fundamentals and practical experience."
如今，兩條國道上逐漸「車滿為患」，第二國道逐漸向第一國道靠攏，幾乎要「兩道匯成一道」，技職畢業生甚至成為中研院院長李遠哲口中「要基礎沒有基礎，要實務沒有實務」的一群。