We announce result of winter tire wearing situation investigation (the first)
-Please change to winter tires early in preparation for a snowfall soon! ~
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- We announce result of winter tire wearing situation investigation (the first)
October 20, 2016
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Hokkaido Regional Head Office
NEXCO EAST Hokkaido Regional Head Office (Sapporo City Atsubetsu Ward) will announce the results of winter tire installation on Expressway in order to prompt early replacement of winter tires during the coming snow season. ,It will be announced. Please replace your tires with winter tires early so that you don't panic when it snows.
This survey is planned to be carried out until the wearing rate reaches about 80%, and the results will be announced regularly.
1 Survey results
| Survey location (*) | Survey date/winter tire installation rate | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 【1st】 October 3 | [The second] October 11 | [3rd] October 17 | [Last year (H27) survey] October 19 | ||
| Hokkaido road | Onuma Park IC neighborhood city area | 4.2％ | 12.0％ | 19.2％ | 16.7％ |
| Muroran IC neighborhood city area | 11.3％ | 8.3％ | 28.6％ | 2.9％ | |
| Tomakomai Higashi IC neighborhood city area | 4.8％ | 15.9％ | 6.5％ | 17.1％ | |
| Kitahiroshima IC neighborhood city area | 0.0％ | 17.9％ | 6.9％ | 4.7％ | |
| Iwamizawa IC neighborhood city area | 0.0％ | 5.6％ | 32.7％ | 8.0％ | |
| Asahikawa Takasu IC area | 0.0％ | 21.4％ | 14.0％ | 9.7％ | |
| Sasson Expressway | Asari IC area | 10.9％ | 5.9％ | 23.5％ | 7.6％ |
| DOTO EXPWY | Otofuke Obihiro IC area | 8.6％ | 10.2％ | 0.0％ | 2.1％ |
| Tokachi Shimizu IC city area | 8.3％ | 18.2％ | 77.3％ | 51.3％ | |
| Overall | 5.5％ | 12.3％ | 19.5％ | 10.％ | |
*The survey location is a parking lot of commercial facilities near each interchange (IC).
From the survey results, it can be said that the number of customers who are changing their winter tires earlier than usual is increasing, probably because snow has already been observed in the mountain pass in Hokkaido. However, the percentage is still low, so please wear early winter tires.
Survey method
<Scheduled date of survey>
November 7th (Mon), 14th (Mon), 21st (Mon), 28th (Mon)
*The survey will end when the winter tire installation rate exceeds 80% at all survey locations.
<Place of implementation>
Parking lots such as commercial facilities facing general roads near the following IC
Do-O Expressway Onuma Park IC, Muroran IC, Tomakomai Higashi IC, Kitahiroshima IC, Iwamizawa IC, Asahikawa Takasu IC
Sasson Expressway Asari IC
Doto Expressway Otofuke Obihiro IC, Tokachi Shimizu IC
<Survey method>
・In a parking lot such as a commercial facility, a researcher visually confirms the tire type of the parked vehicle
・About 60 minutes per check
<Survey results>
It will be announced the week after the survey date.
*The information may be changed without notice due to changes in the survey date.
2 Request from NEXCO EAST Hokkaido branch office
- "Early winter tire installation before snowfall and road surface freeze" please.
Summer tires are prone to slip on snow and icy roads, which can lead to serious accidents. Please wear winter tires early. - "Low speed driving on snowy roads and safe driving" please. Reference Material 1 [PDF: 95KB]
On the snowy roads at the beginning of the season, the feeling of driving on the snowy roads has not returned, so even if you are wearing winter tires, you should keep a sufficient distance between cars and keep your speed down. Do not operate the steering wheel or brake suddenly and drive safely. - "Frequent information gathering before and after going out" please.
The weather changes abruptly on winter Expressway. Before going out, as well as during going out, check the road information, weather information, and other information frequently, and drive in a comfortable manner.
NEXCO EAST 's information site "DraPla" applies information such as traffic congestion prediction and winter Expressway lectures. In addition, "drive traffic (DraTra)" The Expressway offers information of the weather (snow-covered road) forecasts and road conditions (snow-covered road live camera).
* DraPla address
* DraTra Address
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