Results of winter tire installation survey (5th)
-Promotion of early replacement of winter tires and final report on safe driving on snowy roads-
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- Results of winter tire installation survey (5th)
December 5, 2012
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Tohoku Regional Head Office
NEXCO EAST Tohoku Regional Head Office (Aoba Ward, Sendai City) will use winter tires on Expressway in order to promote early snow tire replacement and enlighten safe driving on snowy roads during the coming snowfall season. A tire installation status survey is conducted and the results are announced.
Since the winter tire installation rate has reached a little over 80% in the Tohoku region (same level as last year), this survey is the final one.
It is expected that snow will begin to fall in the entire Tohoku region in the coming winter, so please drive safely when using the Expressway.
NEXCO EAST Tohoku Regional Head Office, traffic safety campaign and website "DraPla We will carry out a wide range of educational activities through such means. (Thank you for your cooperation.)
1. Survey results on December 3 (Monday)
| Survey location | Winter tire installation rate | Number of surveys this time | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This time survey (December 3) | [Previous survey] (November 26) | [Reference: last year's fifth bullet] (November 28) | Winter tires Number of installed | Total number | ||
| Aomori Prefecture | Tohoku Expressway Aomori IC | 100％ | 100％ | 100％ | 17 units | 17 units |
| Hachinohe Road Hachinohe IC | 100％ | 100％ | 91％ | 15 units | 15 units | |
| Aomori prefecture total | 100％ | 100％ | 94％ | 32 units | 32 units | |
| Akita | Tohoku Expressway Towada IC | 97％ | 92％ | 97％ | 73 units | 75 units |
| Akita Expressway Akita Minami IC | 96％ | 92％ | 97％ | 44 units | 46 units | |
| Akita Michi Yokote IC | 100％ | 98％ | 100％ | 80 units | 80 units | |
| Akita prefecture total | 98％ | 94％ | 98％ | 197 units | 201 units | |
| Iwate Prefecture | Tohoku Expressway Morioka South IC | 99％ | 89％ | 95％ | 99 units | 100 units |
| Tohoku Expressway north Ezuriko IC | 100％ | 88％ | 76％ | 36 units | 36 units | |
| Iwate prefecture total | 99％ | 89％ | 86％ | 135 units | 136 units | |
| Miyagi Prefecture | Tohoku Expressway Furukawa IC | 78％ | 47％ | 41％ | 25 units | 32 units |
| Tohoku Expressway Sendai Miyagi IC | 69％ | 47％ | 68％ | 61 units | 89 units | |
| Miyagi prefecture total | 71％ | 47％ | 54％ | 86 units | 121 units | |
| Yamagata Prefecture | Yamagata Expressway Yamagata Kita IC | 96％ | 82％ | 82％ | 96 units | 100 units |
| Yamagata Road Kushibiki PA | 100％ | 90％ | 100％ | 13 units | 13 units | |
| Yamagata total | 96％ | 83％ | 84％ | 109 units | 113 units | |
| Fukushima Prefecture | Tohoku Expressway Fukushima Iizaka IC | 87％ | 53％ | 64％ | 87 units | 100 units |
| Tohoku Expressway Koriyama IC | 80％ | 66％ | 50％ | 36 units | 45 units | |
| Ban-Etsu Expressway Aizuwakamatsu IC | 90％ | 74％ | 61％ | 81 units | 90 units | |
| Joban Expressway Iwaki Chuo IC | 64％ | 21％ | 32％ | 85 units | 133 units | |
| Fukushima Prefecture total | 79％ | 47％ | 52％ | 289 units | 368 units | |
| Tohoku Regional Head Office | 87％ | 69％ | 74％ | 848 units | 971 units | |
- Investigator visually confirms the tire type of the vehicle that is temporarily stopped in the general lane at the entrance of the toll gate (100 vehicles or more than 30 minutes each time)
- "IC" stands for interchange, "PA" stands for parking area.
This material is a press release " Results of winter tire installation survey (1st report)-Promotion of early winter tire replacement and 1st report of safe driving on snowy roads-(November 8, 2012) It is a continuous survey.
2. Request from NEXCO EAST Tohoku Regional Head Office
- "Please drive safely on snowy roads".
When driving on snowy roads at the beginning of the season, the feeling of safe driving on the snowy roads has not returned, so even if you have winter tires installed, you should keep a sufficient distance between cars to keep your speed down, and to handle sudden steering and braking. Please do not operate and drive slowly and safely.
- Please "collect information before and after going out".
The weather on the Expressway changes rapidly in winter, so be sure to check the road and weather information before and during your trip.
- Please "install winter tires".
Accidents caused by slipping of summer tires can lead to serious accidents, so please replace them with winter tires.
In order to use the winter highway safely, securely and comfortably, NEXCO EAST enlightenment activities at SA, PA, IC, traffic safety campaign, "Drupa" HP 's winter highway We actively send out information such as lectures ".
* Dr. Mammoshi: A researcher specializing in car and snow road safety
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