NEXCO EAST Kanto Regional Head Office and NEXCO CENTRAL Tokyo Regional Head Office /Hachioji Regional Head Office, Obon period [14 days from Thursday, August 6 to Wednesday, August 19, 2009] Expressway in Kanto Koshin region and Shizuoka prefecture We have summarized the trends and countermeasures for traffic congestion (10 km or more) due to traffic concentration that is expected to occur in such areas.

This year's Bon Festival will implement tariff measures to disperse traffic. However, it is predicted that there will be a lot of traffic congestion, so please refer to this traffic congestion forecast to shift your departure time before and after the time when the peak traffic congestion is expected. When distributed use is not sufficiently planned, more traffic jams are expected to occur, so please make good use of special discounts during the Obon season, traffic jam forecast information, and the latest road traffic information, and ask for cooperation in distributed use. To do.

As a result of the discount on the Bon Festival, we forecast traffic congestion based on the results of this year's Golden Week, which introduced a special holiday discount. As a result, it is expected that a lot of long traffic jams will occur, and there may be traffic jams even in places where no traffic jam has occurred until now.

Also, if you use ETC, you can use various discounts and smart interchanges.
(For more information, please see http://www.driveplaza.com/traffic/tolls_etc/ or http://www.c-nexco.co.jp/etc/)

In the ETC lane, keep a sufficient distance between vehicles and drive at a safe speed of 20 km/h or less. NEXCO EAST and NEXCO CENTRAL, speed control measures are being implemented to delay the opening timing of the ETC opening/closing bar. We ask for your understanding and cooperation.

Congestion is expected to concentrate on the Out-bound line from Thursday, August 13 to Friday, August 14, and on the In-bound line from Friday, August 14 to Sunday, August 16. Toll measures will be implemented to disperse traffic, but if decentralized use is not sufficient, it is expected that the past tray and traffic trends will change and traffic congestion will increase.

• Gaikan Expressway, the direction toward Misato Minami IC is "outer direction" and the direction toward Oizumi JCT is "inward direction".

For travel planning

• Please use the traffic congestion prediction information

  If you shift the departure time before or after the time when the peak of traffic congestion is predicted based on the traffic congestion prediction information, you can avoid the traffic and move.

• Please refuel and toilet early.

  Refueling and toilets in the service area are expected to be crowded.

  Please finish as soon as possible before using the Expressway or before the traffic jam section.

• Please check the car before driving to prevent troubles during driving.

  Trouble on a Expressway can cause accidents and congestion. Most troubles can be prevented by basic vehicle inspection before driving. In particular, be sure to check the fuel, tires, oil, and cooling water.

• Please take a proper break

  Driving at night or driving for a long time is easy to get tired. Take appropriate breaks in the service area and try to drive safely.

  In addition, please be aware that there have been some cases where you accidentally made a mistake in the approaching direction, such as after a break in the service area, and running backwards on the main Expressway, leading to an accident.

• Never drive, don't drive

  Drunk driving is an extremely malicious and dangerous driving act that can lead to serious accidents such as death. Let's make sure that each and every one of us "doesn't drive and never drives" to eliminate the tragic accidents of drinking and driving.

• Please wear your seat belt even in the back seat

  From June 1, 2008, the revised Road Traffic Law came into force, and it became mandatory to wear seat belts even in the back seats. Be sure to wear your seat belt properly not only in the driver's and passenger seats but also in the rear seats.

• Please be careful of a rear-end collision at the end of a traffic jam

  When a traffic jam occurs, there are many rear-end collision accidents in the traffic queue and at the tail end of the traffic jam.

  Don't look aside, but at the end of the traffic jam, use hazard lights to signal the following vehicle and try to prevent a rear-end collision.

• Insert the ETC card securely

  Forgetting to insert the ETC card or using it in the incompletely inserted state may cause the open/close bar to not operate and is extremely dangerous. Make sure that you have inserted the ETC card into the in-vehicle device before using.

  Also, the ETC card has an expiration date similar to a credit card. Please note that expired cards cannot be used.

• Please use the ETC lane at a slow speed.

  Enter the TC lane with a sufficient distance between you and the vehicle in front of you, decelerate to 20 km/h or less, enter the ETC lane slowly, and open and close the bar at a speed that allows you to safely stop. Please make sure that has opened.

• Please evacuate to a safe place promptly

• Please let us know by emergency call or road emergency dial " #9910 "