About arrest of unauthorized passers who do not pay toll

On November 5, the Kanagawa Prefectural Police announced that they arrested an illegal passer-by who ran away without paying the toll fee at the toll booth on the Yokohama-Shindo Road Road, allegedly violating the Road Maintenance Special Measures Act. Did. This illegal passer-by left behind his own English declaration and ran away without repeatedly paying the toll.

The Road Maintenance Special Measures Law was amended in accordance with the privatization of 4 road-related corporations on October 1, 2005, and it violates the traffic method established by the Expressway company (authorized by the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism) and passes through toll gates. Criminal punishment will be imposed on the driver of the car or other vehicle.

The arrest was triggered when the suspect ran away without paying the fee at the tollgate and without the consent of the toll collector, so the Company notified the Kanagawa Prefectural Police Expressway Traffic Police Corps. is.

Up until now, we have been working with a strong stance of “don't allow unauthorized traffic” by using unauthorized traffic surveillance cameras, etc. so as not to damage customers' trust in toll roads. We believe that the detection of suspects who pass the traffic will ensure fairness in the toll burden and deter unauthorized traffic.

Going forward, we will continue to take a strict and resolute attitude toward unauthorized traffic from both civil and criminal responsibilities.

In addition, the suspect in this case will be charged a surcharge (twice the amount exempted) to the illegally exempted toll, and will be charged three times the illegal exempted toll.