@tokyo 14 Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 Personally haven't witnessed the Evilness of Kanetsu, it has been ok when I have used it. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 Now you shall feel the wrath of the devil road!! Muahahahaha!! Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander L 80 Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 If you do take it to Vietnam, you would be extremely frustrated. Perhaps wasting 19 years of your life. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 That does not sound good at all. Link to post Share on other sites
frannyo 2 Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 Hey what the heck has happened to the ETC expressway discounts? That rug was torn from under us without much fanfare wasn't it! Link to post Share on other sites
Chriselle 158 Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 PieEater can probably comment ... he being Abe's cheerleader and all.... Link to post Share on other sites
frannyo 2 Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 have all weekday discounts gone? Link to post Share on other sites
Thundercat 60 Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 Not sure. We got the discounts two weeks ago driving from Shizuoka to Yokohama. 50% off. Link to post Share on other sites
Thundercat 60 Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 According to the Nexco website 50% discounts are still on for the weekend. However, from July 1 the discount on the weekend goes down to 30% (from 50%) Link to post Share on other sites
frannyo 2 Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 None for weekdays then? :( Link to post Share on other sites
Thundercat 60 Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 I didn't look like anything had changed for weekdays. Still has the 00:00-04:00am 30% off and the 06:00-09:00 and 17:00-20:00 under 100km 50% off. I think only the weekend one is changing. Link to post Share on other sites
frannyo 2 Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 Didn't used to be 100km, I'm pretty sure Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 It's jolly confusing isn't it. I thought the 100km thing was at the beginning of the discounts a number of years back and that limit was scrapped. I was sure I have had the discount on longer journeys in more recent times. I may well be wrong though. Anyway, we should all really just be very happy for the chance to contribute in lots of varying ways to the success of Abenomics! Link to post Share on other sites
big-will 7 Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 Definitely been cut back but very little fuss about it on the news. You need to use 5-9 times in a month for 30% off, and 10 times or more for 50% off for the weekday evening discount. Link to post Share on other sites
HeatherLocklearRocks 1 Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 I'm still waiting for my salary to increase to balance out everything else that is going up in price. It isn't happening though. My g/f is a teacher (Japanese) and in the last few years her salary has actually decreased. Apparently due to 3/11 or something. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted June 16, 2014 Author Share Posted June 16, 2014 Yes, life does seem to be getting more expensive in so many different ways at the moment. Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 It's jolly confusing isn't it. I thought the 100km thing was at the beginning of the discounts a number of years back and that limit was scrapped. I was sure I have had the discount on longer journeys in more recent times. I may well be wrong though. Anyway, we should all really just be very happy for the chance to contribute in lots of varying ways to the success of Abenomics! I don't think the 100km limit was ever scrapped for the weekday commuting time discount. Instead the change was to automatically calculate the 100km's worth of discount into all journeys of 100km or more. It was to stop people leaving the highway after just under 100km to get the discount and pulling a U-ey at the gate to get back on again. People with two cards would still do it to get the discount twice, but changing it meant that people with one card did not have to leave the highway. The fee for the distance over 100km was calculated at full price. By the looks, they've changed the commuting time discount to a full on commuting one in that you need to use the highway 5 times in a month to get a 30% discount and 10 times to get the 50% one there was before. So occasional users will get a big fat zero in discount. The weekend discount is also being cut from 50% to 30% next month. I don't know if it applied before, but the bits close to Tokyo and Osaka are exempt from both of those discounts. I say this every time but all highways except for the heavily used ones like the Tomei lose money. The people using them don't cover the full price of maintenance with their tolls, i.e., its not a system where just the user pays. If the taxpayer is also paying, the tolls should be set at a level that ensures lots of usage. Otherwise its just the less well off subsidizing the rich. Link to post Share on other sites
Nisoko 6 Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 As others have said though, this has hardly been mentioned on the news has it? Well, doesn't seem to have been. Link to post Share on other sites
634-maru 4 Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 You'd think they might have seen how more people used the expressways more often with the discounts and thought hmm this is a good idea. Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 As others have said though, this has hardly been mentioned on the news has it? Well, doesn't seem to have been. It was Frannyo that told me! Link to post Share on other sites
Saitaman 1 Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 You'd think they might have seen how more people used the expressways more often with the discounts and thought hmm this is a good idea. Though, this is the island of Japan! So maybe not. Link to post Share on other sites
JellyBelly 1 Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 All I can say on the subject is.... Link to post Share on other sites
iiyamadude 6 Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 From this month weekends and holidays discount down from 50% to 30%. Link to post Share on other sites
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