Keiyo Road Funabashi Main Line tollgate, we announced today that we arrested a person who was driving in the ETC lane following the preceding car and repeatedly breaking through without paying the toll on the suspicion of violating the Road Maintenance Special Measures Act. But there was from Chiba Prefectural Police.

The person arrested this time was a method called so-called slipstream driving, in which the toll was illegally escaped while keeping the distance to the vehicle in front.

The Road Maintenance Special Measures Law was amended in accordance with the privatization of road related 4 public corporations on October 1, 2005, and the toll booth was breached in violation of the traffic method (authorized by the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism) established by the Expressway company. Criminal penalties will be imposed on drivers of cars and other vehicles that pass by.

East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd. has been working on "countermeasures against illegal traffic" for a long time, but since the suspect was repeatedly breaking through at the toll booth, he reported to the Chiba Prefectural Police Headquarters Expressway Traffic Police Corps. However, this led to the arrest this time.

Until now, we have been working with a strong stance of “no unauthorized traffic” by utilizing unauthorized traffic surveillance cameras, etc. so as not to damage customers' trust in the toll road business. The arrest of a suspect who performed a dangerous and malicious toll that could lead to an accident is significant not only from the perspective of ensuring fairness in toll burden and deterring unauthorized traffic, but also from the perspective of safety. thinking about.

We will continue to take a resolute attitude against unauthorized traffic and will actively cooperate with police investigations to tackle unauthorized traffic.