Occurrence of false notification of violation points related to vehicle restriction order violation

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June 12, 2018
West Japan Expressway Co., Ltd.
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Central Japan Expressway Co., Ltd.

In the notification of the number of violations related to the vehicle restriction order violation, West Japan Expressway Co., Ltd. mistakenly recognized that the company (Kyoto City) that did not violate the vehicle restriction order did the violation, and the business cooperative to which the company belongs It was discovered that he had misreported the score against.

Based on this event, West Japan Expressway Corporation, East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd. and medium-Japan Expressway is three companies of the Corporation, since April 2017 violation points notification result of the census for the wrong score It has been found that 15 notifications have occurred.

We deeply apologize for the great inconvenience caused to those involved, and we will sincerely regret what caused this situation and strive to prevent a recurrence.

1 History

  • At the Nishi-Nippon Expressway Kansai Regional Head Office, from October 2017 to January 2018, notification of the number of violation points was sent to the same association to which the company belongs every month. (Notice 4 times in total)
  • In February 2018, Regional Head Office confirmed the violation score for the past shipment, and as a result, it was found that the violation was of another company with the same name and the notification of the violation score so far was incorrect. did. (Note that the number of violations is notified from Regional Head Office registered by each union, so another union Regional Head Office belongs to the union to which the other company of the same name who actually violated belongs. I was notified of the number of violations.)
  • For this reason, in March 2018, Regional Head Office explained to the company and the union that it was an erroneous notification, the cause of the occurrence, etc., and then handed over the correction document of the violation score to the union again. We apologize for the inconvenience.

2 Cause

Due to a lack of confirmation / checking when collecting the violation points, mistakes in the counting, etc., a misidentification of the violation event with that of another company of the same name, or notification of incorrect points, etc. occurred.

3 Results of 100% survey conducted from March 2018

In response to this false notification, three Expressway companies, including West Japan Expressway Co., Ltd., conducted a survey from March 2018 for similar false notification cases. As a result, there were no cases of accidentally notifying other companies with the same name, such as this event, but we found 15 new cases of notification of incorrect score or omission of notification of violation score. In addition, we apologize to all 15 persons concerned and corrected the violation points.

(Unit: number)
company name Notify wrong score Omission of notification Total
West Japan Expressway Co., Ltd. 2 8 10
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd. 0 2 2
Central Japan Expressway Co., Ltd. 2 1 3
Total 4 11 15

4 Recurrence prevention measures (common to Expressway companies)

  1. At the time of on-site enforcement of a vehicle restriction order violation, we will make a telephone call to the company to which the violating vehicle belongs and check the content of the violation, the number of the violating vehicle, the owned vehicle, etc., and strive to accurately identify the violating company. I will.
  2. In order to thoroughly eliminate duplicate notifications and counting mistakes, we will build a check system to share and check the counting results with each Expressway company.
  3. Before issuing the notification document of the number of violation points, we will contact the violated union member in advance.
  4. When notifying the number of violations, we will inform the union of not only the number of violations of the members but also the details of the violation so that we can confirm the fact of the violation.

Supplementary material

While Expressway is deteriorating (Attachment (1)), each Expressway company has a Vehicle Restriction Order (Exhibit (Attachment (Attachment (Attachment 2)) We are strengthening the control of illegal vehicles.

As part of the above-mentioned strengthening measures, for large-scale / frequently-discounted discounts on Expressway usage fees (Attachment (3)), discounts will be given when the person who is subject to the discount violates the vehicle restriction order and reaches the prescribed cumulative violation point We are taking measures to suspend it (Attachment (4) * Reviewed from April 2017).

In connection with this measure, from June 2017, a system will be sent to those who wish to use the large-scale, frequent discount system to request the cumulative number of violations of their members (Attachment) (5)) is being implemented.

Attachment (1) About deterioration of Expressway

(West Japan) http://www.w-nexco.co.jp/renewalproject/
(East Japan) http://www.e-nexco.co.jp/renewal/
(Central Japan) http://www.c-nexco.co.jp/koushin/

Attachment (2) Vehicle Restriction Order

http://www.jehdra.go.jp/pdf/shagen_torikumipamphlet.pdf

Attached sheet (3) About large-scale, frequent discount system

(West Japan) http://www.w-nexco.co.jp/etc/frequency/
(East Japan) http://www.driveplaza.com/traffic/tolls_etc/etc_dis_frequency/
(Central Japan) http://dc2.c-nexco.co.jp/etc/discount/frequency/

Attachment (4) Large-scale, frequent discount suspension measures, etc. for those who violate vehicle restrictions

(West Japan) http://corp.w-nexco.co.jp/corporate/release/hq/h28/0929a/
(East Japan) http://www.driveplaza.com/safetydrive/weight.html
(Central Japan) http://www.c-nexco.co.jp/corporate/pressroom/news_release/3927.html

Attachment (5) About the violation score notification system pertaining to the violation of the Vehicle Restriction Order

(West Japan) http://www.w-nexco.co.jp/safety_drive/specialcars/notification_system/
(East Japan) http://www.driveplaza.com/traffic/tolls_etc/etc_dis_frequency/pdf/seigen05.pdf
(Central Japan) http://dc2.c-nexco.co.jp/etc/discount/frequency/pdf/20170525_notice.pdf

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