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About result of winter tire wearing situation investigation (the second)

-Promotion of early winter tire replacement and second report on safe driving on snowy roads-

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November 12, 2014
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Tohoku Regional Head Office

NEXCO EAST Tohoku Branch (Sendai-shi Aoba-ku), aiming at the early winter tire replacement, will aim to raise a safe driving of snow road driving, in the coming snowfall period, for winter use on expressway We will investigate the mounting condition of the tire and announce the result.

Compared to the previous survey (conducted on November 4), the winter tire installation rate is higher in the entire Tohoku region. However, compared to the same period last year, winter tire installation rates are low in some areas.

A cold wave is expected to arrive this week in the Tohoku region, and the temperature will drop, so before the start of the full-fledged winter, please change to early winter tires and drive safely when using the Expressway. To do.

1 Survey results on Monday, November 10

Survey location Winter tire installation rate Number of surveys this time
This time survey
(November 10)		 Last survey
(November 4)		 [Last year's survey]
(Nov. 11)		 Winter tires
Number of installed		 Total number
Aomori Prefecture Tohoku Expressway Aomori IC 60％ 38％ 92％ 6 10
Hachinohe Road Hachinohe IC 35％ twenty four% 41％ 7 20
Aomori prefecture total 43％ 29％ 67％ 13 30
Akita Tohoku Expressway Towada IC 72％ 47％ 84％ 62 86
Akita Expressway Akita Minami IC 43％ 3％ 67％ 20 46
Akita Michi Yokote IC 31％ 20% 87％ 21 68
Akita prefecture total 52％ 31％ 81％ 103 200
Iwate Prefecture Tohoku Expressway Morioka South IC 53％ 29％ 55％ 37 70
Tohoku Expressway north Ezuriko IC 37％ 19% 51％ 10 27
Iwate prefecture total 48％ 27％ 52％ 47 97
Miyagi Prefecture Tohoku Expressway Furukawa IC 56％ 0％ 27％ 14 25
Tohoku Expressway Sendai Miyagi IC 39％ 9% twenty five% 37 96
Miyagi prefecture total 42％ 7％ 26％ 51 121
Yamagata Prefecture Yamagata Expressway Yamagata Kita IC 52％ 16％ 52％ 26 50
Yamagata Road Kushibiki PA 50％ 22％ 55％ 9 18
Yamagata total 51％ 18％ 53％ 35 68
Fukushima Prefecture Tohoku Expressway Fukushima Iizaka IC 36％ 15％ 17％ 28 77
Tohoku Expressway Koriyama IC 29％ 16％ 39％ 21 72
Ban-Etsu Expressway Aizuwakamatsu IC 26％ 17％ 17％ 26 100
Joban Expressway Iwaki Chuo IC 10％ 7％ 10％ 14 145
Fukushima Prefecture total 23％ 13％ 20% 89 394
Tohoku Regional Head Office 37％ 19% 42％ 338 910
  • Survey method: Visually check the tire type of the vehicle passing through the general lane at the tollgate. (100 units or 60 minutes each time)
  • "IC" stands for interchange, "PA" stands for parking area.

The next survey is scheduled for November 17 (announced November 19).

(The survey date and publication date are subject to change without notice due to weather and other reasons.) This material is released by the press release "About the results of the winter tire installation status survey (first)-early replacement of winter tires." The first report on promotion and safe driving on snowy roads-(November 6, 2014)”.

2 Request from NEXCO EAST Tohoku Branch

  • Please put on early winter tires before snowfall.
    Summer tires tend to slip on snowy roads, and slip accidents on winter roads can lead to serious accidents, so please replace them with winter tires early.
  • "Snowy road operation is safe enough" please. Reference Material-1 [PDF:246KB]
    When driving on snowy roads at the beginning of the season, the feeling of safe driving on the snowy roads has not returned, so even with the winter tires installed, you should keep a sufficient distance between cars and keep your speed down. Please do not operate and drive slowly and safely.
  • "Frequently gathering information before and after going out" please. Reference Material-2 [PDF: 1.1MB]
    The weather on winter Expressway changes rapidly, so be sure to check the road and weather information before and during your trip.
Image of Dr. Mammoshi

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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