About holding "Winter Driving School"

-Rally driver Kenjiro Shinozuka teaches driving skills! ~

December 17, 2013
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 18, 2014 10:00 to 16:00

  • Morning session: Reception from 9:30 to 9:50
    Lecture from 10:00 to 10:45 (no application required, free participation)
    Practical skill class 11:00-12:30 (advance application 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)
  • Those who attend only the lecture 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 "New York"
  • 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)
  • 2011 World Solar Challenge Winner (2 consecutive victories)
  • 2012 Adventure Class Winner at Sasol Solar Challenge South Africa

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.)
  • The dedicated application form This [PDF: 454KB]
    Please fill in the required items on the back side of the leaflet provided for download or SA/PA, and apply by fax.
  • Anyone can freely participate in the lecture.

【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]
※年末年始12月28日~1月5日を除く

7 Application acceptance period

From December 17, 2013 (Tuesday) to January 14, 2014 (Tuesday)

8 cooperating institutions

Niigata Prefectural Police Headquarters Transportation Department Expressway Traffic Police Corps
Naeba Prince Hotel Naeba Ski Area

[Conduct status at Niigata Regional Head Office last year]

A picture of the status of implementation at the Niigata Regional Head Office last year

Reference material

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