Concerning traffic jams on Expressway year-end and New Year holidays [Metropolitan area version]
Out-bound peaks are diversified. In-bound peaks are January 2 (Fri) to 3 (Sat).
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- Concerning traffic jams on Expressway year-end and New Year holidays [Metropolitan area version]
December 5, 2008
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd. Kanto Regional Head Office
Central Japan Expressway Tokyo Regional Head Office
Central Japan Expressway Co., Ltd. Hachioji Regional Head Office
NEXCO EAST Kanto Regional Head Office and NEXCO CENTRAL Tokyo Regional Head Office /Hachioji Regional Head Office, year-end and New Year holidays [December 24 (Wednesday) 2008-January 6 (Tuesday) 14 days] Kanto Koshin region and Shizuoka prefecture We would like to inform you that we have summarized the tendency of traffic congestion (10 km or more) due to the concentration of traffic that is expected to occur on the Expressway.
Please use it for making a comfortable travel plan, such as adjusting the departure time based on the time of day when the peak of traffic congestion is predicted. Also, be sure to equip yourself with winter equipment so that you can use the Expressway safely and comfortably.
If you use ETC, you can use various discounts such as time zone discounts, social experiment discounts, and smart interchanges.
(For more information, please see http://www.driveplaza.com/traffic/tolls_etc/ or http://www.c-nexco.co.jp/etc/ )
(Please note that holiday daytime discounts are not eligible for discount on Friday, January 2nd.)
In the ETC lane, keep a sufficient distance between vehicles and drive at a safe speed of 20 km/h or less.
1 Congestion prediction
(1) Trend of traffic congestion
This time, the traffic congestion on the Out-bound line is more likely to take long vacations than the arrangement on the day of the week, so it tends to be distributed, and the traffic congestion on the In-bound line is expected to be concentrated on January 2 (Fri) to 3 (Sun) I will.
- Gaikan Expressway, the direction toward Misato Minami IC is "outer direction" and the direction toward Oizumi JCT is "inward direction".
(2) Prediction of particularly long traffic congestion (top 4 predicted traffic congestion length by direction)
| Direction | Peak Monday/Sunday/Weekday |
Time zone | peak Time |
Road name | Top of traffic (location) | Peak Congestion length |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Out-bound | 12/27 (Sat) | 9：00～ 15：00 |
12 o'clock | Tomei Expressway | Yamato Near TN |
Yamato City, Kanagawa Prefecture (Yamatoshi) |
20 km |
| 12/30 (Tue) | 6：00～ 9：00 |
7 o'clock | Kan-Etsu Expressway | Takasaka Near SA |
Sakado City, Saitama Prefecture (Goodbye) |
15km | |
| 12/31 (Wed) | 10：00～ 16：00 |
13:00 | Tomei Expressway | Yamato Near TN |
Yamato City, Kanagawa Prefecture (Yamatoshi) |
20 km | |
| 1/2 (Friday) | 9：00～ 17：00 |
12 o'clock | Tomei Expressway | Yamato Near TN |
Yamato City, Kanagawa Prefecture (Yamatoshi) |
20 km | |
| In-bound direction | 1/2 (Friday) | 11:00~ 1:00 the next day |
18:00 | Tomei Expressway | Yamato Near TN |
Yamato City, Kanagawa Prefecture (Yamatoshi) |
35km |
| 1/2 (Friday) | 13：00～ 23：00 |
17:00 | ChuoExpressway | Small buddha Near TN |
Hachioji City, Tokyo (Hachioji) |
25km | |
| 1/2 (Friday) | 14：00～ 23：00 |
16:00 | Kan-Etsu Expressway | Flower garden Near IC |
Fukaya City, Saitama Prefecture (Fukayashi) |
25km | |
| 1/3 (Sat) | 11:00~ 0:00 the next day |
18:00 | Tomei Expressway | Yamato Near TN |
Yamato City, Kanagawa Prefecture (Yamatoshi) |
25km | |
For a list of major traffic jams (peak traffic jam length of 10 km or more) on Expressway in the Kanto Koshinetsu region and Shizuoka prefecture, see Attachment 1 [PDF: 29KB] Please refer to.
2 How to obtain road traffic information
For information on how to obtain real-time road traffic information and traffic congestion forecast information, please see Attachment 2 [PDF: 29KB].
3 Requests to Customers
To avoid traffic congestion and ensure a safe trip, we ask our customers to check the following points.
(1) For travel plans
- Please use the traffic congestion prediction information
If you shift the departure time before or after the time when the peak of traffic congestion is predicted based on the traffic congestion prediction information, you can avoid the traffic and move. - Consider using ETC time zone discount
You can enjoy a great trip by avoiding traffic jams such as late at night and early morning and by using the ETC time zone discount.
For more information, please see the Internet [Address http://www.driveplaza.com/traffic/tolls_etc/ or http://www.c-nexco.co.jp/etc/ .
(2) For safe travel
- Please be sure to equip your winter equipment
Expressway it may snow locally and the weather may change suddenly. Please wear winter tires and carry anti-slip devices such as tire chains.
Therefore, we provide information about snow through our website, etc. so that you can use the Expressway in winter safely and comfortably.
NEXCO EAST Area Expressway Snow Road Information
NEXCO CENTRAL Area Expressway Snow Road Information (Yukiiro.com) - Please be careful of a rear-end collision at the end of a traffic jam
When a traffic jam occurs, there are many rear-end collision accidents in the traffic queue and at the tail end of the traffic jam.
Don't look aside, but at the end of the traffic jam, use hazard lights to signal the following vehicle and try to prevent a rear-end collision. - Please take a proper break
Driving at night or for a long time can make you tired easily. Please take a proper break in the service area and try to drive safely.
Refueling and toilets in service areas during this period are expected to be crowded. Please finish as soon as possible before using the Expressway or before the congested section. - Please fasten your seat belt even in the back seat
From June 1, 2008, the revised Road Traffic Law was enforced, and it became mandatory to wear seat belts even in the rear seats. Be sure to fasten your seat belts properly not only in the driver's seat and passenger's seat, but also in the rear seats.
(3) For customers using ETC
- Make sure to insert the ETC card
If you forget to insert the ETC card or use it in the incompletely inserted state, the open/close bar will not work and it is extremely dangerous. Make sure that the ETC card is inserted into the in-vehicle device before using it.
In addition, after keeping a sufficient distance from the vehicle in front of the ETC lane, decelerate to 20 km / h or less and enter the ETC lane, slow down in the ETC lane, and stop safely. Please make sure that the open/close bar is open before passing.
(4) In case of accident or breakdown
- Please evacuate to a safe place promptly
If you stop due to a traffic accident or breakdown, staying on the road is very dangerous.
Please take the following actions for your safety.- Use hazard lamps, triangular stop signs, smoke tubes, etc. to notify the following vehicles of danger.
- Evacuate to a safe place, such as outside the guardrail, immediately while watching for passing vehicles.
- Please report the situation by "emergency call" and follow the instructions and wait in a safe place
(5) If you find an abnormality on the road
- Please let us know by emergency call or road emergency dial " # 9910 "
If you find an emergency situation such as a pit or a fallen object on the road that may interfere with the traffic of the vehicle, please call the emergency phone near you or the road emergency dial "#9910".
"#9910" can be reported from landlines (NTT), mobile phones (NTT Docomo, au, SoftBank Mobile, e-Mobile) and PHS (Willcom).
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