Results of winter tire installation rate survey (first)
～Please wear winter tires to prevent traffic accidents on snowy roads～
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- Results of winter tire installation rate survey (first)
December 3, 2015
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Niigata Regional Head Office
NEXCO EAST Niigata Regional Head Office (Chuo Ward, Niigata City) has a rest facility in its jurisdiction with the aim of encouraging early winter tire replacement and enlightening safe driving on snowy roads as the winter begins. We will survey the installation situation of winter tires in and announce the results.
We will conduct surveys regularly until the winter tire installation rate improves and we will inform you of the results.
1 How to conduct a winter tire installation status survey
[Scheduled date]
1st November 30th (Monday) to 2nd December (Wednesday), 2nd December 7th (Monday) to 9th (Wednesday), 3rd December 14th (Monday) to 16th ( Wednesday), 4th December 21st to 23rd Wednesday
- The survey date is subject to change without notice due to weather conditions.
[Survey method]
The surveyor visually confirms the tire type of the vehicle parked in the service area (SA) parking area (PA) of the survey area (each survey confirms about 50 vehicles)
- The number of vehicles surveyed may change depending on how the parking lot is used.
[Survey location]
Tanigawadake PA (Kan-Etsu Expressway), Kurosaki PA (Hokuriku Expressway), Yoneyama SA (Hokuriku Expressway), Myoko SA (Joshinetsu Expressway)
- All Out-bound lines
【Investigation result】
It will be announced on Thursday of each survey week.
- The survey results are subject to change without notice due to reasons such as changes in the survey date.
2 Survey results
- Results of the first survey (number of surveys: 249)
The average percentage of winter tires installed was 71.5%, high for large vehicles (80.3%) and low for small vehicles (67.6%). In addition, since the average of all vehicle models was 76.6% in the same period last year (the first week of December), the winter tire installation rate is lower than last year.
| Survey location | First survey | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Route | Name of facility | Vertical line | Survey date | Classification | Winter tires Wearing rate | Number of surveys | 【reference】 Same period last year |
| Kan-Etsu Expressway | Tanigawadake PA | Out-bound line | 12/2 (Wednesday) | Small car | 72.4％ | 58 | 67.6％ |
| Large car | 80.0％ | 30 | 86.4％ | ||||
| Total | 75.0％ | 88 | 74.6％ | ||||
| Hokuriku Expressway | Kurosaki PA | Out-bound line | November 30 (Monday) | Small car | 66.7％ | 36 | 86.0％ |
| Large car | 81.3％ | 16 | 84.6％ | ||||
| Total | 71.2％ | 52 | 85.7％ | ||||
| Hokuriku Expressway | Yoneyama SA | Out-bound line | November 30 (Monday) | Small car | 72.3％ | 47 | 77.8％ |
| Large car | 75.0％ | 12 | 50.0％ | ||||
| Total | 72.9％ | 59 | 74.5％ | ||||
| Joshin-Etsu Expressway | Myoko SA | Out-bound line | 12/1 (Tue) | Small car | 53.1％ | 32 | 60.0％ |
| Large car | 83.3％ | 18 | 94.1％ | ||||
| Total | 64.0％ | 50 | 71.2％ | ||||
| total | Small car | 67.6％ | 173 | 73.8％ | |||
| Large car | 80.3％ | 76 | 84.5％ | ||||
| Total | 71.5％ | 249 | 76.6％ | ||||
Request from NEXCO East Niigata Regional Head Office
- Please put on early winter tires before snowfall.
On Expressway prefecture, we observe the first snow on November 25 and carry out snow removal work, so please replace it with early winter tires. - Please drive slowly and safely when driving on snowy roads.
On snowy roads, even with winter tires, the same speed and handling as in other seasons is extremely dangerous. Please drive slowly and safely without using the "fast steering", "quick acceleration", "quick braking", and other operations with "sudden" while keeping the inter-vehicle distance sufficiently low. - "Frequent information gathering before and after going out"
Due to the sudden change of weather on the winter Expressway it may be snowing at the destination or the passing point even if the departure place is sunny, so please wear winter tires and carry a tire chain. Also, check the road information and weather information frequently before going out or in the service area.
NEXCO EAST Information Site" DraPla "Provides information such as traffic jam prediction and winter Expressway courses.
Also, "Drive Traffic (DraTra)" The Expressway offers information of the weather (snow-covered road) forecasts and road conditions (snow-covered road live camera).
NEXCO EAST in the winter of Expressway in order to use the safe, secure and comfortable, educational activities and traffic safety campaign in SA · PA · IC, HP "DraPla in." "Dr. Mammoshi's Winter Expressway Course" We are actively disseminating information.
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