About holding of "snow road experience drive lesson"

-You can experience the behavior of a car on a snowy road for free on a special course-

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January 8, 2010
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Kanto Regional Head Office

NEXCO EAST Kanto Regional Head Office (Regional Head Office, Taito-ku, Tokyo; Director: Shinichi Ishikawa) is aimed at customers who are unfamiliar with snowy roads that come to Nagano for winter leisure etc. , "Snow Road Experience Drive Lesson", an event where you can experience the behavior of the car when you operate the "sudden" steering wheel or "sudden" brake on the snowy road, Joshin-Etsu Expressway "Saku Ski Garden" directly connected to the Sakudaira Parking Area (PA) It will be held at Parada.

According to the traffic accident data of 2008 on Expressway in Nagano prefecture, 42 slip accidents occurred on February 20 when there was snowfall in the whole Nagano prefecture, and the number of personal injury accidents in February (27) Stands out at about twice the average annual number. By traffic purpose, 428 (23.7%) were “tourism/entertainment purposes”, which was the second largest after “business”. Therefore, at this event, customers who were “unfamiliar with snowy roads” or “leisure purposes” were selected. The target is to appeal for "road safety on snowy roads".

  • The traffic accident data is "Actual traffic situation on Expressway Nagano prefecture-from accidents during 2008" (Nagano Prefectural Expressway Traffic Police Corps, Nagano Prefectural Expressway Traffic Safety Council), Nagano Prefectural Police High Speed Corps Bulletin ( From 2009 No. 3)

[Event Summary] (Detail is" Event contents (Please refer to)

1 Date and time

From Saturday, January 30, 2010 to Sunday, January 31, 2010 from 10:00 to 15:30

2 venue

Saku Ski Garden "Parada" North Parada Third Parking Lot [PDF: 30KB]
(Directly connected to Joshinetsu Expressway Sakudaira PA via smart interchange)

3 Instructor

Norihiko Katsuta (2009 All Japan Rally Championship JNA Class Series 2nd overall)
Nobuhiro Murata (Super Taikyu 2009 Series Champion)

4 Participation fee

Free (However, transportation expenses to the site are excluded)

5 Participation application

Reception on the day (first-come-first-served basis)

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[Event contents]

Date and time From Saturday, January 30, 2010 to Sunday, January 31, 2010 10:00 to 15:30
Venue Saku Ski Garden "Palada" North Parada Third Parking Lot
(Direct connection to Joshinetsu Expressway Sakudaira PA via smart interchange)
Implementation content
  • On a special course (20 m wide x 80 m long frozen road surface), we drive each of the vehicles equipped with normal or studless tires (for normal riding) prepared by our company to perform "quick" start, slalom, and "quick" brake operation. Experience the difference in car behavior. Before driving, an instructor (professional drivers Norihiko Katsuta and Nobuhiro Murata) will give a lecture on points to be aware of when driving on snowy roads, and will also take lessons while riding.
  • The original character "Dr. Mammothie" who promotes our winter road campaign will excite the event, and we will also display a panel exhibiting our efforts to drive safely on the winter Expressway.
Qualification Those who have an ordinary driver's license or higher (* Those who are drunk cannot participate).
The number of participants First 50 people (each day)
Participation fee Free (However, transportation expenses to the site are excluded)
Reception method On the day, fill out the application form at the reception located beside the course
Participation privilege Get a free drink ticket from Palada Center House
Other
  • We also lend ski shoes for changing shoes and temporarily store ski wear.
  • Depending on the weather conditions and conditions of the snowy road experience course, the holding time may be shortened or canceled.

[Instructor profile]

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Norihiko Katsuta

Rally debut since 1991
1993 Chubu region series champion
1993 All Japan Rally debut
2007/2008 All Japan Rally Championship JNA Class Series Champion
2009 All Japan Rally Championship JNA Class Series 2nd overall

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Nobuhiro Murata

1992 Stock car S2000 class race debut
1996 Stock Car S2000 Class Series Champion
2001 Super Endurance Race
2009 Super Taikyu Series 2 class series champion

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