About holding "Winter Driving School"

-Rally driver Kenjiro Shinozuka teaches driving skills! ~

December 11, 2015
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Niigata Regional Head Office

NEXCO EAST Niigata Regional Head Office (Chuo-ku, Niigata City) welcomed the first Japanese overall victory in the Paris-Dakar Rally to Kenjiro Shinozuka, an instructor, to provide a driving school for improving driving skills on snow. It will be held as follows.

You can experience the car's behavior by sudden start on snow, sudden braking and cornering, which you can not normally experience, and running on snow with summer tires, learn the driving skills on winter roads and realize the importance of safe driving It is a plan that you can do.

1 Date and time

Saturday, January 23, 2016 10:00-16:00

Morning Part: Reception
9:30-9:50
Lecture
10:00 to 10:45 (No application required, free participation)
Practical training
11:00-12:30 (advance registration required)
Afternoon section: Reception
13:00 to 13:20
Lecture
13:30-14:15 (no application required, free participation)
Practical training
14:30-16:00 (advance application required)

*If you attend only the lecture, you do not need to register.

2 Contents

  • Snow road safe driving lecture
  • Snow road safe driving practical skill class

3 venue

  • Naeba Prince Hotel Building No. 6 1F "Mikuni"
  • Naeba ski area 5th parking lot special course

4 Instructor

Kenjiro Shinozuka

  • 1997 Paris-Dakar Rally Japan's first overall victory
  • 2010 South Africa Solar Challenge Winner (2 consecutive victories)
  • 2013 Electric vehicle once charged mileage world record update
  • 2014 Solar Car Fastest Guinness World Record Update

5 Participation fee

Free (Transportation costs to the local area are borne by each person)

6 Participation application

  • For practical training, advance application is required for each department in the morning and afternoon.
    (Limited to 15 people in each department. If there are many applications, it will be drawn by lottery.)
  • Exclusive application form from NEXCO EAST website
    Download [PDF: 508KB] Alternatively, please fill in the required information on the back side of the leaflet provided for SA/PA and apply by fax.
  • 講演会につきましては、どなたでも自由にご参加いただけます。
    【お客さまお問い合わせ先】
    ウィンタードライビングスクール事務局((株)エイエイピー内)
    FAX. 025-246-5533
    TEL. 025-246-5010 [平日 10:00~18:00]

7 Application acceptance period

From Saturday, December 12, 2015 to Tuesday, January 12, 2016

8 cooperating institutions

Naeba Prince Hotel Naeba Ski Resort

Implementation status at Niigata Regional Head Office last year

Image of implementation status at Niigata Regional Head Office last year

Reference material

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