About holding "Winter Driving School"
-Rally driver Kenjiro Shinozuka teaches driving skills! First in Niigata Prefecture! ~
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January 20, 2012
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Niigata Regional Head Office
NEXCO EAST Niigata Regional Head Office (Nishi-ku, Niigata City) will host a driving school for improving safe driving skills on snow with rally driver Kenjiro Shinozuka who has won the Dakar Rally as an instructor.
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.
[Event Summary]
1 Date and time
Friday, February 17, 2012
- Morning part: 10:00 to 12:30 (reception 9:30 to)
- Afternoon part: 13:30-16:00 (Reception 13:00-)
2 venue
Joetsu International Ski Resort Osawa Parking Lot Restaurant "Tirol" 2F and Osawa Parking Special Course
Address: Osawa, Minamiuonuma City, Niigata Prefecture
(10 minutes by car from Shiozawa Ishiuchi IC on the Kan-Etsu Expressway. Guide map [PDF: 258KB] reference. )
3 Contents
- Snow road safe driving practical skill class
- Snow road safe driving lecture
4 Instructor
Kenjiro Shinozuka
- 1997 Paris-Dakar Rally Japanese first overall victory
- 2010 South Africa Solar Challenge Winner (2 consecutive victories)
- 2011 World Solar Challenge Winner (2nd consecutive win)
5 cooperating institutions
Niigata Prefectural Police Headquarters Transportation Department Expressway Traffic Police Corps
[Outline of practical training application]
Prior application is required only for "Practical training" (limited to 30 people).
1 Participation fee
Free (Transportation costs to the local area are borne by each person)
2 Participation application
- Please download the exclusive application form from "DraPla" or fill in the necessary information on the back side of the leaflet provided with SAPA and apply by fax.
- Other events can be attended at the reception desk on the day of the event.
3 Application acceptance period
From January 20, 2012 (Friday) to February 10, 2012 (Friday)
[Application for coverage]
1 Coverage application
If you would like to cover the day, please contact us in advance.
- If you wish, you can experience the same “practical training” as the participants. (Please note that if there are a large number of requests, it will be a local lottery.)
2 Meeting place
Joetsu International Ski Resort Osawa Parking Lot Restaurant "Tirol" 2F reception
[Conduct status at Tohoku Regional Head Office last year]
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