About holding "Winter Driving School"
-Rally driver Kenjiro Shinozuka teaches driving skills! ~
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- About holding "Winter Driving School"
January 15, 2016
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Tohoku Regional Head Office
NEXCO EAST Tohoku Branch (Sendai-shi Aoba-ku) is a rally driver Mr. Kenjiro Shinozuka who won the first Japanese general victory at Paris-Dakar Rally as an instructor, and a driving school for improving safe driving skills on snow We will hold as follows.
You can experience the behavior of the car due to sudden start on snow, sudden braking and cornering, and running on snow with summer tires, which you can not usually experience, to learn the driving skills on winter roads and realize the importance of safe driving It is a plan that you can enjoy.
1 Date and time
Saturday, February 27, 2016 10:00-15:30
Reception 10:00 to 10:50
Lecture 11:00-11:30 (No application required, free participation)
Practical training 12:30-15:30 (advance application required)
2 Contents
- Snow road safe driving lecture
- Snow road safe driving practical skill class
3 venue
- Appi Kogen Ski Resort Appi Plaza 3rd floor
- Appi Kogen Ski Resort Large parking lot special course
Address: 117-1, Appi Kogen, Hachimantai City, Iwate Prefecture
(15 minutes by car from Matsuo Hachimantai IC on the Tohoku Expressway bound for Tokyo and Sendai)
(Approximately 20 minutes by car from Toyo Tohoku Expressway Ashiro IC towards Aomori)
4 Instructor
Kenjiro Shinozuka
- 1997 Paris-Dakar Rally Japan's first overall victory
- 2010 South Africa Solar Challenge Winner (2 consecutive victories)
- 2013 Electric vehicle once charged mileage world record update
- 2014 Solar Car Fastest Guinness World Record Update
5 Participation fee
Free (Transportation costs to the local area are borne by each person)
6 Participation application
Prior application is required for practical training (20 people only). The application form for the practical training course is
- Download from NEXCO EAST website [PDF: 1.5MB]
- Please fill in the required information on the back side of the leaflet attached to the SA/PA and apply by fax.
- If there are many applications, it will be a lottery.
You do not need to apply in advance for the lecture, and you can participate freely (about 50 people).
7 Application acceptance period
From January 15, 2016 (Friday) to January 28, 2016 (Thursday)
8 cooperating institutions
Iwate Police Department Transportation Department Expressway Traffic Police Corps
H25 holding situation
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