Today (August 25th), an illegal passer-by who forcibly broke through at the Iwashiro Toll Gate of the Nihonkai-Tohoku Expressway without paying the toll was arrested on the same day by the Akita Prefectural Police on the suspicion of violating the Road Maintenance Special Measures Act. There was an announcement.

Road-related 4 Public corporation privatization The toll booth was violated due to the revision of the Road Maintenance Special Measures Law on October 1, 2005, violating the traffic method established by the Expressway company (authorized by the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism). Criminal penalties will be imposed on drivers of cars and other vehicles that have

The arrest was made because the suspect broke the ETC lane at the tollgate and a tollgate employee called 110 to the Akita Prefectural Police.

We believe that the arrest of a suspect who has committed malicious and illegal traffic will ensure fairness in the payment of charges and prevent unauthorized traffic.

Our company has always taken the stance of "no unauthorized traffic" so as not to damage the customer's trust in the toll road business. We will continue to take a resolute attitude toward illegal traffic and will actively cooperate with police investigations to tackle illegal traffic.

For illegal traffic by the suspect, we will charge an extra fee (twice the amount exempted) in addition to the illegally exempted toll fee.