{"id":25414,"date":"2022-09-13T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-12T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/?p=25414"},"modified":"2026-09-24T13:45:50","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T04:45:50","slug":"first-time-on-chuo-expressway-in-years-thoughts-motorcycle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/20220913\/blogs\/thoughts\/first-time-on-chuo-expressway-in-years-thoughts-motorcycle","title":{"rendered":"First time on the Chuo Expressway in years!? (*’\u03c9’*) \u3010Thoughts\u3011 Motorcycle. Every morning at 8 AM"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Chuo and Tomei expressways are connected by the Kensodo!? Well, better late than never… <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the Tomei Expressway had accident congestion, I took the Chuo route to Bright Logic <\/a> to pay a visit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clear skies for the first time in a while\u2014felt great (*’\u03c9’*)
Compared to the brutal heat, this was downright cool. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Already on the Kanto Loop, either an SD card error or a malfunction with the SE2 monitor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The DJI Action 2 developed a read\/write speed error and kept stopping!
Even after formatting, it didn’t improve, so no video footage ( \uff1b\u2200\uff1b) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And I thought I brought a universal USB cable, but…
all four ports were micro USB, so I couldn’t charge anything…

Spare SD cards and cables are essential… <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also, I put on one of those trendy nasal breathing aid gadgets and then put on my helmet,
and for some reason the balance was off\u2014the gadget pulling my nose and the helmet pulling my face in opposite directions caused a headache.
I took it off quickly at the PA and it went away… What a thing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Google Maps showed the Atsugi PA smart toll booth nearby, or so I thought… <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wait! It’s not smart at all!??

The PA has a first and second section, and I was at the second. You can only exit from the first.
You need to be careful… <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I ended up getting lost again, and after winding around,
I recognized the road and managed to arrive safely\u2014about an hour and a bit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On the way back, the northbound lane had a chain-reaction collision, causing soft congestion.
And in the opposite lane, a vehicle fire… <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, the video wasn’t recording when it happened… <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rather than just head back on the Tomei, I took K7 to the Third Keihin.
I stopped at my usual Tsuzuki PA for Starbucks and a break.

This PA is so peaceful, I like it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I need to get in the habit of shooting horizontally on my phone…
Once you get used to the Instagram ratio, it’s hard to switch. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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These days, in this dangerous world, helmets are getting stolen!? So I hear…
Ride home without a helmet? Call a tow truck? Will they even come?…

Maybe it’s reassuring to carry a hat? Though that won’t work either… <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So, today’s expressway toll was… <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a52,960…
After seeing that congestion, maybe Route 246 would’ve been better…
It wasn’t as smooth as the usually clear Metropolitan Expressway. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately, I put the banana pipe back.
And the NGC performs surprisingly well (*’\u03c9’*)… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Chuo and Tomei expressways are connected by the Kensodo!? Well, better late than never… Since the Tomei Expressway had accident congestion, I took the Chuo route to Bright Logic to pay a visit. Clear skies for the first time in a while\u2014felt great (*’\u03c9’*) Compared to the brutal heat, this was downright cool.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24889,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pochipp_cv_data":"","swell_btn_cv_data":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[269],"class_list":["post-25414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-thoughts","tag-thoughts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25414\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}