Comfortable driving forecast for Expressway during the year-end and New Year period [NEXCO EAST Version]
Congestion peaks tend to disperse in the Out-bound direction, and from January 2 (Fri) to 3 (Sat) in the In-bound direction
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- Comfortable driving forecast for Expressway during the year-end and New Year period [NEXCO EAST Version]
December 5, 2008
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
NEXCO EAST (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Chairman of the Board: Shigejiro Yagi) is busy during the year-end and New Year period (December 24, 2008 (Thursday) to January 6, 2009 (Tuesday) for 14 days). We have summarized the traffic congestion forecast by.
Please use it for travel planning, such as shifting the time when traffic congestion is predicted.
If you use ETC, you can use various discounts such as time zone discounts and smart interchanges. http://www.driveplaza.com/traffic/tolls_etc/ Please refer to the).
Congestion trends
One of the characteristics of the year-end and New Year holidays this year is the congestion caused by U-turns when returning home, We predict that the Out-bound direction will be dispersed, and that the In-bound direction will occur particularly frequently from January 2 (Fri) to 3 (Sat).
Large traffic congestion of 20 km or more is due to the In-bound Tohoku Expressway Hanyu Parking Area (PA) (Hanyu City, Saitama Prefecture), the Joban Expressway Kashiwa Interchange (IC) (Kashiwa City, Chiba Prefecture), and the Kan-Etsu Expressway Hanazono IC (Fukaya, Saitama Prefecture). It is predicted by (city).
In addition, Kan-Etsu Expressway Numata near the IC (In-bound line, Gunma Prefecture Numata) and Kan-Etsu Expressway Akagi near the IC (In-bound such as line, Gunma Prefecture Shibukawa), also at a point that does not generate too much traffic congestion is usually, are expected to increase 10km or more. (See Attachment-1 [PDF: 95KB])
At locations where major traffic congestion is predicted to occur, the sag section that is the main cause of traffic congestion *1 And In-bound as congestion measures by the speed drop in the slope "Providing speed recovery information by such as LED display board" We will try to alleviate the congestion by carrying out activities such as training and locating guides at rest facilities.
- Refers to that of the first recess, the road Out-bound from the hill In-bound the place to change the slope. Congestion is likely to occur due to speed reduction.
Notice
Traffic congestion forecast information is available on the NEXCO EAST information site "DraPla" (http://www.driveplaza.com) Traffic jam forecast calendar and traffic jam forecast guide (distributed at rest facilities) etc. (See Attachment-2 [PDF: 205KB])
Sag part and In-bound in such as slope, speed is reduced to one not notice, this may be traffic congestion due to occur. In order to alleviate this traffic jam, we are requesting caution for speed reduction and speed recovery by utilizing the LED display board with excellent visibility. If there is a display panel below, be careful of the speed reduction.
NEXCO EAST Regarding traffic congestion at Expressway in the business area during the year-end and New Year holidays, there is a tendency that there is less traffic compared to the Golden Week period and Obon season, but due to the rate discount system and the impact of accidents and snow, etc. Traffic conditions can change significantly, so please check the latest snow road information (https://www.driveplaza.com/) and road traffic information on "DraPla" before departure.
In addition, the snowy roads are slippery, and there is a danger that the visibility will deteriorate due to snowfall or snowstorm. It is important to be fully prepared, not only in regions with a lot of snow, but also in the case where the weather is good at the point of departure, it may be snowing at the point of destination or the point of passage.
~Requesting customers to drive safely~
- Wear winter tires and carry a chain!
- Most troubles can be prevented by checking before driving!
- Wear a seat belt even in the back seat! (Required to wear from June)
- Make sure that you have not forgotten to insert the ETC card or that it is not completely inserted!
- The ETC lane slows down to 20km/h or less, enters, and then passes slowly!
- Be careful of a rear-end collision at the end of a traffic jam!
- Let's keep safe speed Decelerate sufficiently before the curve or JCT!
- Refuel and toilet early! Take a moderate break and drive safely!
- Should an accident or malfunction occur, immediately evacuate to a safe place and make an emergency call!
- Abnormality of road is road emergency dial "# 9910] To report!
[New Year's holiday traffic jam forecast (national version) pamphlet]
・ Out-bound
・ In-bound direction
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