About holding "Winter Driving School"
-Rally driver Kenjiro Shinozuka teaches driving skills! Tohoku's first! ~
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- About holding "Winter Driving School"
January 27, 2011
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Tohoku Regional Head Office
NEXCO EAST Tohoku Regional Head Office (Aoba Ward, Sendai City), we will hold the driving school for improving the safe driving technique on snow for the first time in the Tohoku region, with Mr. Kenjiro Shinozuka, who is a rally driver who has won the Paris Dakar as an instructor.
On Expressway the Tohoku region in winter, due to sudden changes in the weather, the road surface changes rapidly due to dryness, snowfall, freezing, and careful driving is required.
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
- Morning part 10:00 to 12:30 (reception 9:30 to)
- Afternoon section 13:30-16:00 (Reception 13:00-)
2 venue
Address: Fukushima Prefecture, Yamada-gun, Bandai Town Attachment 1 [PDF: 92KB]
(15 minutes by car from Bandai Heigashi IC on the Ban-Etsu Expressway)
3 Instructor
profile: Attachment 2 [PDF: 704KB]
- 1997 Paris-Dakar Rally Japanese first overall victory
- 2010 South Africa Solar Challenge Winner
4 Participation fee
5 Participation application
- Prior application is required only for "Practical training" (limited to 30 people)
- Please download the exclusive application form from the NEXCO EAST website "DraPla" or fill in the necessary information on the form on the back of the leaflet attached to SA/PA and apply by fax.
- Other events can be attended at the reception desk on the day of the event.
6 Application acceptance period
7 cooperating institutions
[Application for coverage]
1 Coverage application
- 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
[Conduct status at the Hokkaido Regional Head Office last year]
In order to use the winter highway safely, securely and comfortably, NEXCO EAST enlightenment activities at SA, PA, IC, traffic safety campaign, "Drupa" HP 's winter highway We actively send out information such as lectures ".
* Dr. Mammoshi: A researcher specializing in car and snow road safety
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